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This is for a request for a totem pole tattoo design. It’s a combination of totem, tiki, and Kustom Kulture styles. The eyes and motifs on the body are traditional, the raised eyebrows and tapered shape are tiki, and the design in the wings comes from custom car scallops.

I guess you could call this a warmup sketch, an hours diversion. I happened to notice that the shape of the eagles beak is surprisingly true to life on highly stylized totem eagles. Pencil on a cheap 4″ x 5″  sketch pad, too small for a whole lot of detail:

This site is brand new. I thought my first request, if anyone ever found the site, would be for a butterfly or flower or something. Nothing wrong with that, but my first request was way better than that. The day I finished building the site I got a fascinating request from the guy I bought a stock photo from that I used in the sites header. Could I draw the Ida May, a classic yacht he and a friend were restoring. Aside from being a beautiful craft and the fact that I truly love classic wood boats, the Ida May has an incredible history, a very worthwhile diversion.

Here’s my first Drawbuck.com Pen & Ink