Paper flowers
My favorite book in the world is Flowers in the Attic by VC Andrews, and I want to base my next tattoo on it. If you haven't read the book: a mother locks her four children in a single bedroom in her wealthy parents' mansion, in order to hide their existence from her dying father so that she can inherit his fortune. The children have the attic as their playground, and they decorate it with paper flowers so that they have a garden while they're locked inside. That's what I want for my tattoo: paper flowers.
I really like how flower look without a black outline, like this one, so I definitely want to do it in that style. (I remember seeing someone post a tattoo of theirs that was similar, and I absolutely loved it. It was pink cherry blossoms with gray stems and I'm pretty sure it was on the front of their shoulder. If that person's still around, I'd really love to see it again for inspiration!) Another idea I had was to give the flowers a "threaded" outline... sort of like this (pardon my shitty drawing). Also, I don't want the flowers to look entirely realistic, but not too cartoony, either. They should resemble cardboard cutouts, because that's what they were in the book.
Please throw some ideas at me! Pictures of a similar style, or anything you think might work, would be great as well. I'm at the early stages of planning so I'd like to see as many different things as I can to take into consideration. Thanks!
Crossposted to tattoo_ink
I really like how flower look without a black outline, like this one, so I definitely want to do it in that style. (I remember seeing someone post a tattoo of theirs that was similar, and I absolutely loved it. It was pink cherry blossoms with gray stems and I'm pretty sure it was on the front of their shoulder. If that person's still around, I'd really love to see it again for inspiration!) Another idea I had was to give the flowers a "threaded" outline... sort of like this (pardon my shitty drawing). Also, I don't want the flowers to look entirely realistic, but not too cartoony, either. They should resemble cardboard cutouts, because that's what they were in the book.
Please throw some ideas at me! Pictures of a similar style, or anything you think might work, would be great as well. I'm at the early stages of planning so I'd like to see as many different things as I can to take into consideration. Thanks!
Crossposted to tattoo_ink