A Full sleeve design in memory of my grandmother.

Summary:

A Deep and meaningful design-(Full Sleeve) That'll mean a hell of a lot to me.

Description:

Hi Guys,

My Name is Dean and I live in the united kingdom I'd like to explain the idea behind my tattoo design so you can fully appreciate what I'm looking for :-)

When I was nine years of age I was taken into care due to my mother being a drug addict. My grandmother took the responsibility of looking after me from that point and I spent two fantastic years with her before she sadly passed away. She was an amazing women, and not a day goes by without me thinking of her.

My grandmother's name was Grace and I'd like my tattoo (full sleeve) to be graceful, like a work of art, beautiful to look at :-)

I have a small piece already tattoed on my arm, it looks a little like the virgin mary (I'll include this in my sample pictures) I feel in love with it when I went to the tattoo shop. What I will say is that it does look very religeous, obviously haha and I'd like the remainder of the sleeve to steer away from a religeous look whilst still looking very graceful.

Below I'll Describe the each part of the design, I hope for a unique artistic mind to peice them all together for me :-)

PANSIES/ROSES-My nans garden was full of these flowers and I remember them clearly.

RALEIGH CHOPPER-My First bicycle :-) bought for me by nana at a market (I'll include a picture of one) I have fond memories of riding it.

KINGS CROWN-This will symbolise the estate/Block we lived on.

A SYRINGE-Needle used to inject herion-this will symbolise my mother's drug addiction and a reminder of the destruction hard drugs can cause to a family.

A BROKEN CLOCKWORK HEART-This will be the main piece in the design, my grandmother had heart desease and had a pace maker fitted. She used to rest my head of her chest and I'd listen to it tick along :-)

SWAN - The lake were we lived had swans living there and my nana used to give me a loaf of bread to feed them.

The word Grace or graceful can be shown in many pictures I guess and I'd like to see how the artist perceives this with a little of their own input.

The sample pictures are there just to give the artist more of an idea on what i mean in each description.

Black & white design -Maybe I'll have a rose in colour (red)

Additional Details:

• Contest Length: 10 Days
• Gender: Male
• Size: 6 x 25 inches
• Detail: High
• Winning artist must provide stencil / line work at completion of contest

Appended Description (January 14 2012 4:09am):

I fogot to add I like the idea of the big diamond Jewl on the top of the kings crown included in my sample pictures....

Example Images:

Payment Methods:

This contest has been pre-paid. The winning artist will be paid directly by CreateMyTattoo via Paypal.