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Great work, my friend! I don’t think I would have been able to get such a clean silhouette from that reference photo. Well done!

Laurene wrote: Sat Oct 04, 2025 12:02 pm Great work, my friend! I don’t think I would have been able to get such a clean silhouette from that reference photo. Well done!

Thank you very much for kind comment Laurene
I hope the wole design will be looking a bit better once it’s finished
The reference is bad, I know it - but I’d like to use it because of the angle the spider is presented…
And it’s representing the correct specimen of Poecilotheria Rufilata, not any other similar looking if you know I mean.

Yes, I do know what you mean. I’ve been there too. If the pose is perfect, the photo is out of focus. If it’s in focus, the pose is all wrong. LOL. That’s where the artist comes in. Your drawing is so much better than the reference!

Everything Laurene just said.

Not because I'm lazy, but there really is nothing else to say...

That's a super drawing from a questionable reference.

Laurene wrote: Sat Oct 04, 2025 12:02 pm Great work, my friend! I don’t think I would have been able to get such a clean silhouette from that reference photo. Well done!

Thank you very much for kind comment Laurene
I hope the wole design will be looking a bit better once it’s finished
The reference is bad, I know it - but I’d like to use it because of the angle the spider is presented…
And it’s representing the correct specimen of Poecilotheria Rufilata, not any other similar looking if you know I mean.

Mike Sibley wrote: Mon Oct 06, 2025 3:41 pm Everything Laurene just said.

Not because I'm lazy, but there really is nothing else to say...

That's a super drawing from a questionable reference.

Thank you very much Mike

What I like about this ink is that you refrained from using too much line to express the hairiness of the trantula - you have used just enough to show that it is hairy without blurring or overdrawing. As tattoos do tend to blur and fade with age, loosing their crispness, your restraint with this means this work will stand the test of time! Well done Pogs!

LindasPencils wrote: Tue Oct 14, 2025 9:09 pm What I like about this ink is that you refrained from using too much line to express the hairiness of the trantula - you have used just enough to show that it is hairy without blurring or overdrawing. As tattoos do tend to blur and fade with age, loosing their crispness, your restraint with this means this work will stand the test of time! Well done Pogs!

I wouldn’t be able to put the thoughts into words better, than you just did Linda
Thank you very much for keen words.

Hi dear friends.
I’ve finished the tarantula last Friday.
It’s my very first tarantula art work ever - I bet it could be more professionally done, but it’s my best I’m capable of at this stage…
My client likes it and complimenting, her friends complimenting too, my tattoo artist friends are positive as well - so after all I think it’s not too bad?
Thank you for watching