Recently, I was asked by a friend to design a tattoo. He wanted one like Carlos Delfino. Who? Carlos Delfino is an Argentine born pro basketball player who was drafted by the Detroit Pistons in 2003. He played a few years for Detroit, then one for Toronto. He now plays with Khimki BC of the Russian League.

But, all that matters for this story is that he has a sweet tattoo! So I did a little scouring and all I could come up with was this image.

Neither he nor I like the strange figure in front of the dragon, nor could we really figure out what it was. So, looking at the image on my screen, I freehanded a sketch of the tattoo first.

After sketching, I placed the image in Illustrator and began working magic with the pen tool. It actually took a while to get the continuity in the lines just right. Here is the result:

My friend just had the tattoo done today and he is very happy with the result! He has promised me a photo of the actual tattoo. Once I have it, I’ll be sure to update this post with the pic!

Update: I have the pic from Steve now; thanks Steve (and Andy)!

• BROWSE / IN TIMELINE
• « Launching My Portfolio
• » My Business Cards

• BROWSE / IN Portfolio
• « Launching My Portfolio
• » My Updated Portfolio!