Here are some papers and general madness I keep on my desk. Gun cup, sword letter opener, ship, and more. Just another general blog update - I won't be blogging on any other site, but this one. I'll try and blog everyday with something new.
On the subject of drawings and its fantastical subject matter
Artwork by Michael C. Hsiung
- Workspace Mess
-
![[info]](http://l-stat.livejournal.com/img/userinfo.gif)
michaelchsiung- March 18th, 8:19
- TATTOO In Progress
-
- michaelchsiung
- March 16th, 11:26
I recently got a email about designing a tattoo for a client in Australia. I was really excited about working on this project especially since he had a very clear idea in terms of what he wanted. It's nice to have room to create, but at the same time it's nice for a commission job to have some boundaries. His email read:
Here is my working second draft.My concept for the tattoo is the dichotomy of powers. I am an Australian born Chinese, parents are from Hong Kong and I feel as though I am between two worlds, but of both of them. I am also a Pisces, the sign of eternal internal conflict and struggle, yet bound as one. Being of eastern background but living in a western society makes me feel as though there are two forces that govern my life, yet i sit comfortably with my heritage and my the society i grew up in.
Ideally i would like a perhaps to mermen facing eachother, almost like a typical pisces sign representing two opposing fish. Perhaps they could be holding polar objects, e.g. a lock and a key, or two different national flowers, a peony rose and an english rose. Could you also somehow draw the mermen to look like they are of different nationalities? One with a moustache and one without?
