Ink Trails Tattoo Forum: Week 76 Flash Contest : Travel/ "on The Road/ocean/skies" - Ink Trails Tattoo Forum

Since I'm listening to mostly old old Blues, Country, Hillbilly, Rockabilly, etc at the moment...and that has many a lyric about roamin', ramblin', leavin' town on that midnight train, etc had me thinking about applying these ideas to tattoos. So think Jack Kerouac, Woody Guthrie and the Hobo lifestyle, or sailor's with their souveniers, gal in every port, or the travel trunk, backpack with stickers/patches of different destinations. So can be destinations, mode of transport or the mentality of the travelling life. I think I've given you enough ideas there, I think you get the gist and hope you dig it!

Around the World in a week n a bit

1:- Original Art ONLY
2:- Each member may submit only ONE entry per week
2:- Pencil, Pen, Ink, Crayon, Paints, watercolor etc...
3:- NO Digital or Photoshop (unless your cropping or making it a smaller size)
4:- Contest ends Sunday, June 21st (I know that more than a week but not everyone is going to check this before the weekend)
5:- Art must be "Tattooable."
6:- Nothing you drew a month ago is allowed, must be Original/New stuff for every contestant
7:- If you feel the need to Prove your work, please provide evidence of this. (entirely up to you)
8:- NO High Jacking of the weekly thread what so ever!!

Most important rule is HAVE FUN and good luck!

ahhhhh, so you want a dharma bum tattoo, cant wait to see the entries

ok here's my entry. hope it's ok as was stated could be mode of transport?

It's my first attempt at traditional, as it's one style i've never really liked and thought i'd give it a go.
not overly happy with it as i think the colours are too muddy (muddier than i'd have liked) and i think i simplified it too much?

If i get a chance to redo it (maybe keep the plane black and grey in contrast to background?) then i'll re-enter the newer piece.

Wow, that's quick off the mark...and I'd started to wonder if nobody liked the idea, as there hadn't been much response

yeah i took a look yesterday and was stumped on idea's took another look today and the idea smacked me in the face like a wet fish, don't think i pulled it off as well as i'd hoped but will keep tryin (but then it only took 10 mins to do).

great idea im in

Ok count me in on this one! Been meaning to git my chops in on one. Looks good Pin Cushion!

Didn't think I would have time to get an entry in but I had a little time yesterday and today so here it is

this comp still open? whens the deadline if it is?

Still open, deadline is USA midnight, so few hrs, dunno how many without checking, lol (it's 10.15ish here in the UK).

...could even maybe go an extension on this, what do people recon, I haven't found the time to do anything myself yet and we definately need some more entries. I thought this had the potential to be an interesting one but maybe people just weren't that into it . If we don't get more by closing and people had WIP, or ideas, then I think we should def' push it back .

...lovin' that piece by the way Mr.L & J

yeah def push back, maybe wednesday? if no more entries by then then, then maybe pick new subject?

i was thinking about maybe joining the contest but i honestly cant think of a single thing to draw for this subject

jay1, on Jun 21 2009, 11:17 PM, said:

Wednesday it is then

good shout on the wednesday thing,
I want to enter but havent got any time right now

Well this is rushed n a little scrappy looking and I kinda got off topic, or least digressed from my original post's vibe. I had a whole bunch of other ideas (which I will develop into a sheet) but this is the only one that got drawn up.

First idea was to make him drive by a hot chick at a bus stop in an old caddilac and text would say something like "Always ridin with a boner" or something like that,
but time wasnt on my side, coz i wanted to finish something tonight when i had the time, dont feel its complete, colors would make it look a little better and the texture sucks, but here goes..

Not gonna make it, but here's what I got. The ultimate traveler, Jack Kerouac.

Shame that's not finished Arejay, that woulda took it for me...can someone else poll this up for me, I haveta leave for work and not sure if I'll be online over the weekend, as I'm away from home. Be much appreciated .

barnstormer, on Jun 25 2009, 11:42 PM, said:

Poll is up mate.