Hey all, totally new here and I may have the wrong place all together but looking for some help. I've had a tattoo idea for months and really just don't have the $$ to get a professional artist to draw it up for me or the skill to do it myself (just a poor university student for now). I want the trees i have attached in just black. The trees themselves have lots of meaning to me as they were planted for my grandmother by my grandfather and i spent a lot of my childhood playing underneath them with my dog who has now passed. The issue I'm having is that clearly the trees are a little overgrown (which adds to the effect i think, that they are connected as they are) and I don't want the tattoo to be a blob. What I imagine is sticking to the outline of the two trees and filling the branches in with cartoonish branches and leaves? Sortof like the other tree attached? Looking for any suggestions, sketches or help at all. Thanks so much.
Is it possible to take more photos of the trees? If so, more photos from different angles might help.
Hopefully there will be a talented artist who is willing to help, but at the same time I understand most artists need to charge reasonably for their work, especially with the effort they put in learning. Since a tattoo is something you can never easily change, I think it would be worth waiting until you can afford to pay an artist who you are happy with. If you can find one who will work super cheap or free though, and you are happy with the results, then that's great too
up close would be cool. especially if you took a shot of a cool branch or from down below looking up.
with the image you have now it will be more blobby looking i think...
Hopefully there will be a talented artist who is willing to help, but at the same time I understand most artists need to charge reasonably for their work, especially with the effort they put in learning. Since a tattoo is something you can never easily change, I think it would be worth waiting until you can afford to pay an artist who you are happy with. If you can find one who will work super cheap or free though, and you are happy with the results, then that's great too