Snowboard Armband

Description:

I want this tattoo to be an armband wrapping around my upper arm. About 3-3.5 in. high by 13in long. (easy way to measure... use a normal 8x12 piece of letter paper. fold it in half the length wise. Just a little smaller height wise and a little longer length wise)

Some ideas I have had:

1) snowboard goggles with cool design, and in the lens, a reflection of a snowboarder, mountains, ect. Maybe just the a sillouette.

Idea 2) Maybe some mountains wrapping around entire arm, and different snowboarder postions all around.

Idea 3) Something totally different. If you're inspired to draw something else, GO FOR IT. Artistic Freedom. I'm up for anything.

As for color, I'm fine with just black, but depending on the design, color should be added only where it needs to be to make it stand out.

Don't want an extreme amount of detail. I know it's gonna be a small tattoo heightwise, and I want this to last and look good for a lifetime.

Words or phrase can be added only if it's gonna fit the tattoo, again, up to the artist.

I've included a photo that was the inspiration for this tattoo. I looked at it and saw a snowboarder possibly boarding down my shoulder somehow, and thought, what could someone else see.

I'll be checking the site daily and will give lots of comments to guide artists in the right direction.

Additional Details:

• Gender: Female
• Size: 13 x 3 inches
• Detail: Medium
• Winning artist must provide stencil / line work at completion of contest

Appended Description (January 30 2010 11:42pm):

After looking at the first two submissions... and thinking about... the mountains are pretty important. It's where I first learned how to snowboard and fell in love with it. (Fernie, B.C.) Sadly I haven't been back to the mountains since then, but I've always wanted to go back now that I'm a better boarder.

Appended Description (January 31 2010 5:04pm):

I don't know if it's at all possible, but a 3rd idea I had last night, was of just a board and the bindings maybe somehow wrapped around my arm. Don't know if it's possible or not.

Again, I'll leave it up to you all. The sky's the limit when it comes to creating this tattoo.

I wanna see everything!!

Good Luck.

Appended Description (February 3 2010 12:08pm):

Maybe another idea.

In a pair goggles, have the boarder holding the board looking out at the challenge ahead of him/her. Extreme mountains or something. This would also work not even in the goggles. Maybe might even be better.

Or 1 boarder coming down hill with mountains in background with a lot of being kicked up behind, and in there, (the snow being kicked up) a word or two.

Just throwing out some more ideas.

Example Images:

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