So i’m drawing a tat for a buddy, he wants a big feudal style lion, from the side view, tong lolling out. I think he’s going to get it done in red ink, but I’ll draw the rough with a black ink roller pen.
what i need is some good, fairly original feudal lions to go off of. any suggestions/thoughts/ideas?
Jessie M, 9 months ago
What I would suggest is to do some research, like look at photos of Chinese/Japanese guardian lion statues. Also look up books on Japanese art, if you find some at a local library you can copy the pages on a copy machine and keep them at home so that you always have a reference image. I look for reference images all the time if I am going to create a certain design that originates from another country. Then I create my own version of it… :) I hope it helps… Good luck…