I created a Tattoo Magazine replica

    This lesson took a lot of imagination and focus. I had to first, figure out what to make the magazine about in Adobe InDesign. I sent messages to my friends trying to figure out what might interest me. My friend Lee told me that the trans issue was one that was close to his heart because he is a transgendered man. I immediately sensed his bravery and courage and was moved. I decided to interview him but I needed a second topic to talk about in my magazine...My cousin is a tattoo artist and he also messaged me online and told me he would not mind if I interviewed him. Fantastic! I love tattoos. I have some myself. I was inspired by these two people and merged everything together. My magazine would be about tattoos and how they affected my friend Lee and Guyli, my cousin. It would tell Lee's story and the other article would tell the story of my up and coming tattoo artist cousin.

    I was lucky enough to be able to score photos from Lee of his tattoos and Guyli allowed me to take the pictures of his tattoo art and some of him from his Instagram. Then I created the back cover of my tattoo magazine and then the spine, and then the front cover in the traditional layout that goes to print style. Back, Spine to Front. I made the tattoo magazine title logo. I thought "Tattoo Lifeline" was an appropriate title. My cousin let me use all his flash tattoo art to make the wallpaper art that I used as a front and back cover. His art is really cool and has a subtle profound meaning, plus it's very creative and cheeky with modern icons. The back cover has the Winnipeg Tattoo Show ad and at the top is my own original art. I just wanted something that kind of went well together. Then I made the inside contents. It has a letter from the author, me, to the readers. Then the table of contents. Then Lee Sousa's interview with photos. The interviews have ads near them as was required for this assignment. Then it's my cousin Guyli's interview. Then the next page also has pictures of him and his tattoos. I also had to attach a magazine style guide and that is at the end. 

Disclaimer: I believe that being a Christian includes the act of being a friend and a friend listens and empathizes. Everyone sins. "I came not to call the righteous, but sinners to repentance." Luke 5:32, and in Mark 12:31 "‘Love your neighbor as yourself." We all matter to Jesus Christ no matter who we are and what we do. Christians can change the world by being compassionate. I do think prayer is important and powerful and I pray almost every night for all of my friends.

    

    Below are pictures of my tattoo magazine concept. If you would like to view it you can if you click this sentence, please keep in mind that it will show you the back cover first, spine and then the front cover.

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A wallpaper collage of Guyli's Flash Tattoo Art

This tattoo magazine inspired my design

My original painting

Exploring Charcoal Art

For this lesson we studied the human limbs and learned how to use charcoal to outline things and then blend and smudge to create shadows and hair strands etc-

I love drawing and traditional art. I had never used charcoal before though but I enjoyed the assignments tremendously! 

What an alien skull could look like

A foot that is tan

Saint Clare of Assisi

The Skeleton of a giraffe

My self portrait