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Research

Further inspiration

17/12/15

As further research I have decided to look into tattoo designs, particularly by Hannah Snowdon. This is because I feel that her designs have a floral quality, while not actually depicting any flowers. It ties into my previous designs inspired by Georgia O'Keeffe. 

Hannah usually works with Mandala's, which in Sanskrit, means circle. The circle is a symbol of perfection, eternity, unity and completeness.

This design, whoile void of any colour, is bold due to the varying thickness of the lines she has used, The pattern is simple yet beautiful.

Within these two designs, she has used Pointilism, which gives the design tones and shading that are gradiented rather than block colour. The designs are bold due to this and again, her use of varying line thickness. The foremost design I feel has slight resemblance to a flower.

This design lacks any shading and use of varying line thickness, however, focuses on the patterns within. It is a lot more delicate than the previous designs.

I feel these designs are useful due to the floral resemblances, pattern, shape and also because each design has a focal point, which I have been experimenting with.

Other Sources

While this isn't a tattoo, the design of the earring is very similar to the designs she produces. Once again a mandala design, it contains varying line thickness, patterns and has a floral quality.