Original Artwork

Original Artwork

You probably aren't seeing many original upper back tattoos. This isn't a knock against you personally. It's a knock against the current state of the internet and the state of the generic laced artwork galleries that are opening up their doors. The good news is that you don't have to spend one more minute staring at cookie cutter upper back tattoos, because there's a quick way to get to the original stuff.

Here's what I know. I know that way too many people end up picking generic tattoo designs. It's not because they "wanted" to, though. It's because that was all they saw, so they just settled on something. About 99% of the people who do this, though, will end up fully regretting the fact that they stuck such a generic piece of artwork on their skin. My first tip might sound drastic, but it's just necessary if you want to avoid those generic upper back tattoos. Stop using search engines.

At the very least, you should really limit your use of them when hunting for good, high quality artwork galleries. Their lists have become so horrible lately and there is no sign of it turning around. They constantly forget to include the big, original, high quality artwork places. That's where you'll find the perfect upper back tattoos for your particular tastes, which is why you need to move on to a way that actually works for finding them.

The best way to do that is by using large forums to their fullest. They are so easy to use, because all you need is their archive section. It's where hoards of topics about tattoo art have been started, and just a little bit of browsing by you will allow you to grab names and links to the sensational galleries that others have found. The topics are loaded with people sharing their recent findings of awesome galleries, which is how you get to real, original upper back tattoos. Nothing is simpler and nothing works this well.

Your perfect opportunity to find fresh, perfectly drawn upper back tattoos is by taking things into your own hands.

Here are the 3 largest, most original websites to find tons of great Upper Back Tattoos.

Adam Woodham is the author of this article and runs the resource blog Quality Tattoo Art, which features the 3 top websites with the absolute largest gallery of tattoo styles you will ever see.

What is the best software to buy for creating original artwork?

I would like some insight on what software to use to create original artwork from scratch or scan. I'm really not interested in tinkering around with photo's at all. Links would be great! I'm not rich so an inexpensive one would be nice too! Have you used the ones you're recommending? Thanks in advance!:)
Oh, and I have a tablet, I just want some great software to use it with:)
I would mostly like to draw anime and color it- to create something like this:
http://i57.photobucket.com/albums/g222/MoonlightNeko/Anime_Friends.jpg
or this:
http://i166.photobucket.com/albums/u112/songo714/AnimeGirl2.jpg
a program that lets you draw and has pressure sensitivity and allows you to draw and color your work:)

The default would be to tell you either Photoshop CS3 or Illustrator CS3. Photoshop if you are a painter, Illustrator if you are a drawer. There are alternatives of course. Search for the best deals!

Corel and Adobe has free trial versions so give it a try to see which one suits you best.
http://www.adobe.com/downloads/
http://www.corel.com/servlet/Satellite/us/en/Content/1152796555406

....vector programs....
Illustrator, around $70-600
CorelDRAW, $80-120
ConceptDraw, $500 (has free trial)

....raster programs....
Photoshop, around $150-350
Corel Panter X, $500
Corel Paint Shop Pro, $80

For drawing anime, get a vector program. You will get sharper smoother lines. The drawing style does not require a lot of color mixing either so that's your best choice. You'll see a longer list for vector software: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_vector_graphics_editors
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