Lesson 2: Self-Defining Tattoo Design Samples
Duration of Days: 2
Lesson Objective
Students will refine their chosen sketch into a "tattoo-ready" design, focusing on Line Weight and clarity.
How does line thickness change the "readability" of a symbol? Is your design clear enough to be seen from a distance?
Line Weight: The visual lightness, darkness, or heaviness of a line within a drawing. Contour: An outline, especially one representing the shape of something.
VA:Cr2.1.HS: Demonstrate acquisition of skills and knowledge in technical drawing and ink application.
Precision and Clarity: Just as clear syntax makes a sentence readable, clear lines make a visual message understandable.
Description: Final inking. Purpose: Refining a concept into a professional-grade graphic. DOK Level 2: Skill application.
Graphic Design: How logos and icons must be simplified to be effective and reproducible.
"I should shade it with pencil." Correction: For this transfer method, we need high-contrast black ink. Use cross-hatching or stippling for "shading."
Provide tracing paper for students who want to "clean up" their Day 1 sketch without starting from scratch.
Provide tracing paper for students who want to "clean up" their Day 1 sketch without starting from scratch.
Printer paper, Sharpies, Micron pens (various sizes), pencils.