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Aidan's Fire - tribal dragon and flame elements with garnet birthstone option

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Contest Discussion

#4211, 4214 (B-Dates)

June 14 2010 9:50am

Which one of the birthdates do you prefer?

S.O.

#4208

June 13 2010 7:11pm

Sorry, I forgot to add the birthdate. I will fix it and resubmit.

O.S.

@badapple

June 11 2010 2:53pm

Thanks! I think I will put ink into the final product. Hand drawn is the way to go at first, I think. =)

badapple

@locha

June 11 2010 12:04pm

throw some ink into it, will really stand out then..

badapple

@locha

June 11 2010 12:02pm

great dragon, very noble... u have the skillz

KGarvs Contest Holder

Thank you

June 8 2010 2:56pm

Thanks very much. I just posted a comment as well as some links under 4099.

Many Choices

June 8 2010 2:44pm

I made the changes that you requested and threw out many other options for your perusal.

No Problem

June 8 2010 1:17pm

I'll give it a try.

KGarvs Contest Holder

Makes Sense

June 8 2010 10:40am

I see what you are saying about the date. Let's try one with no date. I like your explanation of the phoenix - might make sense if the middle name is included. So, maybe try spelling out Aidan Nichols like this:

Aidan
Nichols

Centered in the middle. Is there any way the thin out the bottom of the phoenix and make the name part more prominent? Kind of how you did with 4078 but with the design of 4076?

Thanks for your explanation, really helped...

New Ideas

June 8 2010 10:09am

I chose the phoenix because you said that your son was named after his grandfather(?). So the phoenix represents not only strength but also the name being past from one generation to another. I will work up something with just initials but I'm afraid the "Memorial feel" is because of the date incorporated into the design. Generally speaking, the use of a date with initials implies a date of death. You might consider leaving off your son's date of birth. Just a suggestion.

KGarvs Contest Holder

Thinking

June 8 2010 7:07am

May need to change the concept. My sister took a peek and she said it reminded her of a memorial tattoo. Especially because the falcon reminded her of a phoenix which I guess symbolizes rebirth? Eek.

Maybe the best thing to do would be work on just the initials. I think something really strong in script or italics. I'm still looking for fonts I can post. Here is a link to something I think he would like:

http://img403.imageshack.us/img403/2113/#

KGarvs Contest Holder

Melissa

June 7 2010 7:13am

Hi again. Is there any way you can thin out the bird an make the initals part more pronounced? I would like that to be the focus and I think it is getting swallowed up by the design. Also, the font could be much stronger. I will add some font ideas to the description section. Thanks again!

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Melissa

June 6 2010 1:07am

I really like your bird-like design, It is actually very fitting as my husband loves peregrin falcons. I like the black one better. Could you posssibly rework with initials ANG instead of name spelled out and DOB in 1.3.08 format? Also maybe make the name/date park more pronounced. And maybe make the feathers look a bit more natural while keeping the flame feel..I really like where this is going...

KGarvs Contest Holder

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June 5 2010 9:10pm

Appended Description (June 5 2010 9:10pm)

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Melissa and Lightening Child

June 5 2010 9:08pm

Melissa, I agree with black only for sure.

LightningChild, it is really hard to say band vs. free-form...honestly he seems open to both, Again, this is the first part of an entire arm he wishes to do. He has recently said wrist to shoulder on left arm where he presently has nothing....yikes! So, the sky's limit I guess! He did mention he has other people's initals he wants to incorporate eventually....if that helps at all.

Also, he said he likes solid script better than Old English....