First time using Derwent Inktense watercolour pencils, and immediately for a tattoo design I might actually get at some point.
I had this idea in mind for my left hand.
I found the skull, rose, and eye online, photoshopped them together, played with some contrast, added the blood and shine, it was a bit too much, but the idea is there.
I wanted to get an idea of the skull, which means suffering, the rose on it's head, meaning it might still have a beautiful mind, but the mind also makes itself bleed, and the eye is somewhere between scared, suffering, and hope.
The rose is real punchy red, i think the end result should be darker reds up to lighter reds, to make it pop more. Same might go for the skull. Didn't go too dark to not lose as much detail, and the tattoo has more to work with.
On my hand it will have a blending out black shadow/shade all around it, but i will leave the end result up to the tattoo artist that will put this on me, also let him/her determine how far the blood will go over a finger etc. They know more about what looks right and what will show right on a human hand than me.