'Tattooed Lady'
illustration by Steve Simpson
Inspired by some of my favourite things; Victorian encaustic ceramic tiles, folk art and old school tattoos.

Initial quick pencil sketch

refined digital sketch

with a complicated limited palette I find it best to create a rough colour (digital)

Artwork created on the iPad Pro in Affinity Designer

detail - texture created using a combination of brushes and overlaid textures

Final Artwork
process video

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