Can you learn to draw

[iDapzZ]

I so long story short I would absolutely love to be a tattoo Artist but I can't really draw. Is this something you can learn or a natural talent

 

[Rukbat]

If you're mostly right-brained, you can pick up a pencil and draw something pretty good. If you're mostly left-brained, you might be able to draw a straight line if you can find an app that will do it for you.

It's like asking if you can reach a tree branch that's 8 feet off the ground if you're 4 feet tall. Art is a right-brain activity and if your dominant hemisphere is your left one, you become a logician or a programmer. Go with your strength, going with your weakness is a waste of effort.

 

[lunatic59]

It is easier if you have some natural aptitude (also called "talent") but it's more a discipline. Just don't expect to be good after a few weeks. Think more in terms of years.

 

[iDapzZ]

Any way of telling sided brain you are

 

[Bearsyzf]

Yeah i'm sure it's not like when you would draw Fred Flintstone or Yogi the bear from the back of a Cereal box .

 

[rabidhunter]

My suggestion is to get some tattoo design books and start drawing them freehand. There are a lot of patterns and such out there. Look for something that has black and white like this:

Practice drawing them free hand. Then draw them backwards (a common tattoo method is transferring). They use a transfer paper (makes it easy to trace a pattern then transfer it onto your client). Using that method, you want to have it on the transfer paper backwards because when you transfer the pattern, it will show up right.

 

[iDapzZ]

See I think things like that would be a big problem it's more detailed things I struggle with animals trees etc. Roses skulls and things are OK and Koi carp

 

[rabidhunter]

See I think things like that would be a big problem it's more detailed things I struggle with animals trees etc. Roses skulls and things are OK and Koi carp

Yeah, that's a challenge. But a fun one... The best thing to do is to find black and whites (like my example) of those more complex things. They're out there. Buying books of them will help you out, plus gives your clients referance for what they are wanting.

 

[iDapzZ]

To be honest I think my biggest problem is depth getting things to look 3d rather than 2d

 

[iDapzZ]

And the reason I asked about learning is because theoretically it's mainly control as it's doing lines and shading in theory.

like I was really struggling with scales on the carp watched a few YouTube vids and was good to go