For the next part of this I spent some time just sketching ideas and stuff that I thought would translate into a suitable tattoo. I did a spidergram with the words that I associated with 'mother' and from this moved in the direction of a carer-mother-guardian feel. I also liked the idea of the letters MUM linked together, and noticed the heart-shaped of the 'm' and thought this worked well.
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| More sketches |
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| Maori-based sketches |
I then traced this into illustrator and produced the image below. Its a good start and something that could, with a little polish, make a decent tattoo. I also think it could work as a greeting card illustration if some colour is added.
From there I tried out a few more ideas based on the symbolic route and then tried to develop it a little further so that it wasnt so obvious. I think its starting to develop into something that could pass as a pretty cool tat. I like the fact that it looks slightly tribal, slightly maori, with the two inner 'heads' facing each other which could be representative of children, which also loosely resemble a heart, which are then in turn, wrapped up in the 'arms' of the outer shape, which again, is not obvious as a woman/mother figure.
As a tattoo this would be nice in a line and tone with maybe a hint of colour but it could be used in many ways on a greeting card with flat lines and solid colour or even with sparkly bits glued to the card to give it a 3D-handmade finish. Thinking further, I reckon it would make a nice bit of jewellery....(where will this all end!)
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| Final rough. |
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