A holiday break

A busy person I have been for just over a week and a half. I travelled to Whakatane in the North Island of New Zealand where my uncle owns a Nursery. Nestled in a gully with no cell reception, and dial-up for internet I found time to experiment with my editing software.
 I had also realised that there hadn't been a windy day my entire stay. Reason being the position in the gully pretty much escapes the wind more than not. We had frosty mornings (It's winter here) and glorious fine days. It was a great break away.
 Here is a tattoo design I worked on in CorelDraw Graphics Suite X6. Although I have added no shading, I still think the onlooker can use their imagination and create their own shading, colour, and add your own elements to turn this into something you might like to get tattooed. To me it has some resemblance to a Cuttlefish or squid. I'm not that great at using the software yet and only rely on youtube as and when required rather than read the instructions (which 90% of it I would forget). I'm more of a visual person so reading hampers my efforts due to not being able to retain what I've read.
Well, I hope you like what you see and should you want to use the design I would like to see the results. Of course it's free to use so no obligation.
BTW it is 72dpi. I do have a 300dpi image so if you want to contact me I can send that to you.

House Painting

Over the last one and a half weeks I've been painting a mates house in Carterton, South Wairarapa, NZ. We're slowly working our way to completing the outside. Rain, wind and sunshine have been the main hazards, not to forget it's winter and yes, I said sunshine! Overcast days are the best. In the Wairarapa you can almost guarantee you'll get four seasons in one day hence the length of time it's taken so far. 
On the other side of things, I've been working on a business card design in my spare time. Ta Moko is the permanent body and face marking by Maori. There's still plenty of room to play around with the design too.

 

Sleeve tatt design

I've spent the last two days working on a sleeve tatt for a guy. Although I like it it's not up to me. I don't have to wear it. I am hoping that their are only a few changes necessary. 
I'm not sure if you can see it all that clear on here but I have had fun. It's not something I normally do and I still have to add colour if he is happy with the design. 

Mums Tattoo

I thought I would post a photo of my Mums, who's 68, tattoo that I designed. It's still healing. She got it done this Tuesday Mum was told by the tattooist that it was a really good design. Nicely balanced. Funny thing is I was asked to design a sleeve for a friends nephew. I'm working on that starting from tomorrow.