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Emily Mae Ernstzen
Aug 27, 20201 min read
Week 28 Work Review
As this was the final week of the project there was not a lot of work left to do. I spent all my time arranging my files and making sure...
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Emily Mae Ernstzen
Aug 20, 20201 min read
Week 27 Work Review
Luckily at the beginning of the week, the book arrived. I was delighted that the book arrived, but unfortunately, there were a few...
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Emily Mae Ernstzen
Aug 13, 20201 min read
Week 26 Work Review
This week I spent a lot of time tidying up the loose ends of my project. I want to make sure I have all the essential design work done. I...
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Emily Mae Ernstzen
Aug 10, 20201 min read
Tattooing the design
For the purpose of demonstration, I decided to tattoo one of the designs onto fake skin to see if it worked well on the "skin". The fake...
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Emily Mae Ernstzen
Aug 6, 20202 min read
Week 25 Work Review
This week I focused on designing posters for the backing of my exhibition piece. I wanted to create posters that were inviting and helped...
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Emily Mae Ernstzen
Jul 30, 20202 min read
Week 24 Work Review
With the business cards complete, the first thing that needed to be done was to send the book to print. The book needed to be sent off as...
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Emily Mae Ernstzen
Jul 23, 20202 min read
Week 23 Work Review
As the book was finalised last week, it was time to focus on the extra elements to the project, for example, the business cards. Although...
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Emily Mae Ernstzen
Jul 16, 20202 min read
Week 22 Work Review
After completing the tattoo designs last week, I moved onto creating the layout of the book. I began doing this by researching book...
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Emily Mae Ernstzen
Jul 13, 20202 min read
Book Layout
Initially, I had a layout concept for the book where the tattoo designs would illustrate the pages. For example. Although I did quite...
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Emily Mae Ernstzen
Jul 9, 20202 min read
Week 21 Work Review
This week I had worked on the final set of revisions for the tattoo designs. Looking back from the first week of designs I hadn’t...
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Emily Mae Ernstzen
Jul 8, 20201 min read
Talking to a Tattoo Artist
Through researching, I came across a tattoo artist from England who focuses on scar covering tattoos especially breast cancer scar...
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Emily Mae Ernstzen
Jul 3, 20203 min read
Week 20 Work Review
At the beginning of the week, I decided to take a break from designing tattoos. I wanted to create some motion graphics for the landing...
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Emily Mae Ernstzen
Jul 2, 20201 min read
Participant F Third Design
For participant F, I had redrawn the moth design with ornate beaded lacework included also the design included some jewels and more...
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Emily Mae Ernstzen
Jul 1, 20201 min read
Participant E Third Design
For participant E I had initially completely redrawn the design. I changed from the buddha head to the full body. I decided to go with...
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Emily Mae Ernstzen
Jun 30, 20201 min read
Participant D Third Design
Participant D’s feedback was that she really liked the design but she just wanted to see a bit more of the lioness she had asked him...
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Emily Mae Ernstzen
Jun 29, 20201 min read
Participant C Third Design
Participant C had asked for some simple revisions she wanted the Tigers head to look less aggressive and emphasize more on the beauty of...
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Emily Mae Ernstzen
Jun 28, 20201 min read
Participant B Third Design
After the initial changes participant B had asked for I had redesigned the tattoo with emphasis on the snake looking more like a snake I...
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Emily Mae Ernstzen
Jun 27, 20201 min read
Participant A Third Design
For participant A I had simplified the design as she requested the design now consists of two roses and a lot more foliage the design...
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Emily Mae Ernstzen
Jun 25, 20202 min read
Week 19 Work Review
Last week I sent off the first designs to the participants to get their feedback on them. This was very important to me as I wanted to...
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Emily Mae Ernstzen
Jun 24, 20201 min read
Participant F Second Design
Participant F simply requested a more ornate and decorative moth design to show off her feminine side. She had asked if I could include...
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