Film Noir Forearm Tattoo

one more day pleaseeeeeee :(

Could fit Jazz singer in the back ground but just not sure if I am going in correct direction, will wait to hear from you if you like my starter design.

Thanks for the question. Ideally, I'd prefer not to have any weapons in the design. Given the theme, I guess that might be difficult, so maybe the odd pistol I guess!

Are weapons ok in the design??

I asked you some questions under my entry in the private chat area. Let me know your thoughts so I know how to proceed. Thanks!

The image of Veronica Lake (#5) is something I think I would like included. Image #3 is more of an example of the style/feel I'm looking for, and #6, although initially intended as an example, I quite like the idea of a glamourous, troubled jazz singer with old style microphone, so if you can squeeze that into a piece, that would be cool. Thanks :)

Hi there. I've been researching images and preparing to start drawing. In your reference pics, are the characters in #1, #3, #5, and #6 ladies that you definitely want in your design? Or did you post them as examples of the film noir style? Thank you :-)

I know you will do it justice! Good you are scared of Aliens.......not good, spiders........maybe those brown recluse! Good luck!

Contest Extended to September 17 2012 10:21am

i am way behind where i wanted to be- this design is damned intricate and i didn't want to half arse it! crossing my fingers for an extension. x

Please, please extend your contest. I would love to submit a design for you, but I'm only just now seeing the contest.

Thanks for the vote of confidence in me :-) I'm not scared of ANYTHING! (Except aliens and spiders)

Many thanks for the comments. It kind of did occur to me that because what I'm after requires quite a bit of imagination I might not be snowed under with entries. I'll see about extending things a little longer.

We are scared.........help!

You have a cool, original idea and only two entries?! That's terrible! I have been busy with other non-tattoo design projects, and I just saw your contest. I don't have any time until Monday to work on it, though. If you would like to, extend your contest for a week and I'll check back on Monday and start drawing you something.

Hi,
I just entered your new future tattoo sleeve.I am aware that you can only fit so much in a forearm tattoo sleeve as it is only half a sleeve but I did manage ti fit Quite some peices in and hope you enjoy them and if you dont have anything on your Upper sleeve Then you can Always go upper...Hopefully I will be that future artist..lol
well enjoy and remember to comment as many artist tend to shy away from actual art work...You can tell from lack of submissions,but if it was skulls or some photoshop type of theme there would be like 30 submissions by now....anyways.........


THANK -YOU

I've been busy measuring my forearm circumference (measurements in inches, with centimetres in brackets): wrist - 6.5" (16.5), middle - 8.8" (22.0), top (just below the bendy bit) - 11.0" (28.0), total forerm length (wrist to elbow) - 10" (25.0).

can you measure the circumference of the top, middle, and bottom of your forearm? thanks!

no, you're totally speaking my language! love veronica lake btw. one thing, though, i'm concerned about making the images too small- tattoos tend to blur with age so small details will be lost. how about two major characters, male and female, and then some background characters mostly in silhouette? i will get to sketching, so i can show you something instead of just gabbing about it! haha. cheers, a

That's no problem, I'd definitely rather have you ask loads of questions if it helps. I'm not really looking for specific characters/images from the influences I've chosen, but like you say - it's more a style/feel thing. I've uploaded a few images that hopefully get across the dark, moody noir style I'm looking for - but basically it's pretty much free reign to come up with your own characters/situations. That said, I do like the whole Veronica Lake look (see images) as a kind of femme fatale, the black and white image with red lips thing, and a series of smaller images rather than one big one? Hopefully this isn't all a big mash up of totally random ideas, and actually makes some kind of sense!

i'm sorry i did see that you'd mentioned those when i first read your description, i just had a brain blank when i revisited. i meant to ask, do you want the specific characters from these films/ graphic novels or if you just want the style/feeling represented? in other words, can i make up my own situation/ characters? cheers!

Thanks, it would be good if you could get some inspiration from LA Confidential, The Black Dahlia, The Blue Dahlia, Blade Runner and Dark City. As mentioned, the video game LA Noire (and it's soundtrack), and to a certain extent the feel and imagery of Bioshock, and the dark Batman and Marcel noir series comics. A few google image searches on these should hopefully give some idea of what I'm thinking.

any favorite noir films you'd like for us to draw inspiration from? i love this, can't wait to get started!! cheers, anna

Thanks for your interest. I'm not looking for generic film stuff - masks/reels etc thrown together, more a piece, or series of pieces in a dark, noir style.

Would you mind a mix of things tht have to do with films such as film reels, the mask faces, tribal designs, props from the movies you chose? let me know so when i create my sketch i can mix them in together.