By Alex Smithback
My inspiration for this piece was my love for hunting and nature. I did a semi realistic style for the deer and added in tattoo styled flowers. I used hatching to show the texture of the hairs and showing where it would be darker. The outline is just a fine point sharpie marker. I used copic marker for the color, copic markers are the best blending marker that I’ve used so far.
This piece took me four hours, it’s about the size of my hand. When you put more time into details it takes a while but the outcome is rewarding. This is one of my favorite pieces because it was the first piece I had used the copic markers.