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realitysquared — Celtic Knot Zoomorphic- Rats

Published: 2006-01-26 19:13:09 +0000 UTC; Views: 15576; Favourites: 93; Downloads: 548
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Description A female friend of mine and I were talking a little while ago and she mentioned how she was considering getting another tattoo, an armband style celtic knot. We got to talking about it and I agreed that I'd try to come up with the design for her and that I would try to include rats (her favorite animal) in the design.

We went through a couple of design changes before reaching this more-or-less finished product (pending opinion and changes by her). The 'yin-yang' rat design was something she and a friend came up with while discussing a previous rough draft of it and it does work better than the previous rat designs.

It was a fun, relatively quick design which took onlya couple of hours or so with a pencil doing rough sketches and trying out different approaches. Once I had settled on my approach I drew it using Photoshop and my old Wacom tablet to get the product which you see here.

The black line above the design is there for measuring and reference purposes and if everything works out correctly the design should mesh together flawlessly when she gets it inked.
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Comments: 25

Vocol [2014-01-19 06:17:42 +0000 UTC]

if only this had wolves on it omg

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x-Nici-x [2009-06-11 12:39:38 +0000 UTC]

Well done, it looks great!

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stilgar [2007-03-03 09:35:17 +0000 UTC]

Pretty darn slick to slip rats in there... it looks great.

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mikey-madness [2006-11-16 03:06:31 +0000 UTC]

That is pretty schweet. I like it a lot.

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Orzeszek [2006-11-02 14:09:17 +0000 UTC]

great

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cardowl [2006-10-26 23:02:09 +0000 UTC]

That is very wonderful!

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staticfax [2006-09-27 06:14:17 +0000 UTC]

I really like that I love celtic and rats I have a rat over a tribal that I drew on my ankle.

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CrystalWing [2006-08-25 19:25:33 +0000 UTC]

Wow.. this is great <3

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bleedsopretty [2006-05-25 13:36:28 +0000 UTC]

Oooo. I really like this. You should design me a tattoo ! heh.

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realitysquared In reply to bleedsopretty [2006-05-27 20:44:17 +0000 UTC]

If only I had the time.

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bleedsopretty In reply to realitysquared [2006-05-29 06:22:58 +0000 UTC]

aw.

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anjicle [2006-02-12 22:57:36 +0000 UTC]

I love how personal this tattoo design is. Very well done! (and I would love to see it inked on! ).


Anj

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ArsenicAddiction [2006-02-11 14:26:38 +0000 UTC]

from someone whose done knotworking I can just cause I know how difficult it is, the piece flows together beuatifully and the Yin/Yab=ng rats compliment the design well. great work boss

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commiealex [2006-02-04 20:34:43 +0000 UTC]

Ever think about joining ?

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SalHunter [2006-01-31 10:53:33 +0000 UTC]

Beautifully clean and crisp and an excellent tattoo design!

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irkeninvadernak [2006-01-29 01:14:55 +0000 UTC]

omg I love knotting..!!! ^^ RATTTIEEESS

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Muwaru [2006-01-27 19:48:30 +0000 UTC]

That's really nice, couldn't help but stare...good work hope your friend enjoys it

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SnowFlurryCat [2006-01-27 19:40:36 +0000 UTC]

How absolutely cool! Or, as my children would say, "kewl!"

(grin)

~SnoCat

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nuvem [2006-01-27 16:50:59 +0000 UTC]

hey mate.
very nice for sure, your frind must be delighted!

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Subversive-imaginati [2006-01-27 13:05:22 +0000 UTC]

This is very nice, I've always been a big fan of tattoo flash and this is a very nice piece of that, the only thing that I'd point out is that the ears on the black rat look a little pixelly and perhaps could do with a little smoothing.

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fourteenthstar [2006-01-27 12:03:38 +0000 UTC]

exellent knot work, this will make a wonderful tattoo.

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kamiawolf [2006-01-27 01:09:01 +0000 UTC]

heh im not really a rat person. but the design is really good. I like the way the tails lace into the knots. Hope your friend likes it

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SkippyJr [2006-01-26 23:15:04 +0000 UTC]

That's very cool design,
Very nice work,
I really liked this one.

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myra911 [2006-01-26 19:57:35 +0000 UTC]

This is amazing. I have so much respect for someone who can do such detail so perfectly. I have such trouble with the celtic knots. I always find in the end my overlaps turn out wrong. This is beautiful. I'mloving the ying/yang style of the rats together as well.

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damphyr [2006-01-26 19:46:20 +0000 UTC]

Wow, very nice! It's very eyecatching, I love the more angular celtic knot looks. The way their tails go in and out of the knots are a nice touch, too.

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