#to make fictional design vernaculars that suited the flavour of the fantasy cultures without defaulting to Medieval Europe

[thedreadvampy]

Question

is this a decent lower arm tattoo? I'm gonna trace it out at some point to simplify out the design and adjust the font (I made the patternwork for a bigger and higher detail print area so I think I need to go over it with a relatively thick pen and scrap some of the fine detail, especially on the large wolf which even at this level of detail is a bit fussy)

Aiming for it to be a band covering around half my lower arm, so about 10-12cm across

#red said #I'm also worried about whether it's an appropriate thing to get tattooed #bc it is an original My Design buuuut it's based on a lot of very specific visual languages from cultures I'm not part of #several of which have very specific spiritual and religious significance attached to the design languages #i think I'm overthinking it bc it isn't meant to be In The Style Of any specific cultures even though it's drawing partial inspiration #but idk it's important to be on the level about that stuff if you commit to getting it inked on your own skin #for reference the cultures are rus COMMA norse COMMA and tlingit #with a tiny bit woven in from nepalese design work #bc the design is meant to evoke Fantasy Country In SubArctic Frigid Temperate Zones #so for all the design work in the RotE project i tried to draw on cultures from multiple continents in similar landscapes #to make fictional design vernaculars that suited the flavour of the fantasy cultures without defaulting to Medieval Europe #but idk i think that design fusion means different things in that context #vs as out of context pattern work