Back to the drawing board, literally.

Since the interview at the tattooist for the apprenticeship, I have heard...................................... nothing, not a sausage! :( Online though, they made a statement last week that they where still collecting applications. I don't know whether to be hopeful of this or be sad because I was one of the first people to go up there, did I do enough to stay in their minds? I have been basically willing the phone to ring, just staring at it, hoping and praying to whatever God there is to give me a chance.Pleeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeease! Just a chance!!!! God, Buddha, Genesh, Spongebob Squarepants??!!!!! If you hear me, please give me a break! I knew this process was not going to be easy, but it's the being in limbo that really sucks! I'm going out of my mind! There is another tattoo studio in Bristol that I am looking into going to. Maybe tomorrow! I had a fight with my parents at the weekend, it was awhful to say the least and so proving that I can do the tattoo career seems more vital than ever before. My parents aren't opposed to me having a job as a tattooist but they do think that doing this, while trying to save money for a wedding is silly. Anywho, drawings?

I do love drawing swallows :) haven't drawn one in a while and this one I am fairly happy with.

The idea for this one came from something I saw in a tattoo magazine, but I decided to put my own spin on it and I hadn't drawn anything like this before so I wanted to give it a go.

Still drawing eyes :)

A mexican Day of the Dead skull, in a shirt and tie. Everyone's a winner! Well, this has been a serious time of late, I started to draw it this way (with the shirt and tie) and it's just a bit less serious. It's nice not to take yourself too seriously :)

After the previous swallow, I decided to give another one a go, but with a different shape, in terms of the wings. I also drew this yesterday after the big bust up with the parental unit. I have always thought that a lot of tattoos share a certain honesty with them and this one is certainly true of that.

I honestly, don't know what to do about the apprenticeship. Maybe I should just bite the bullet and phone them. I'll keep praying too, I hope Spongebob Squarepants is listening.
                 

July July!

So, I've been to Belfast and back! Had a lovely time whilst there and the weather was actually lovely for a few days! But now that I have left the pub it's back to the serious business of getting a tattoo apprenticeship!

Which actually, I made some progression with last week. There was a post online for an apprentice in a studio in Southmead. Which, for anyone out there who doesn't know, it's an area of Bristol. The studio is about 20mins or so away from the house. So, I phoned and asked when I should pop up. the dude on the other end of the phone said I could go that day! Which I thought sounded good. So I hopped in the shower, got ready, gathered my sketch books and hit the road. It wasn't a very nice day to be walking anywhere, the rain was terrible, it was made a bit worse when I got a little bit lost! Stupid online map!
          Anyway, I got there in one piece. I was shown outside to the studio where they guys tattoo, it's a bit of a funny lay out but it seemed pretty cool. Here, they asked a few questions about my art education, why I wanted to be a tattooist, that kind of thing. The answers I gave I think where ok, but everyone always walks out of interviews wishing they had answered differently, don't they?
         I can not explain how nervous I was! It was pretty intense to say the least, I could hardly hold the pencil! I had been informed that in some tattooists they will get the new apprentice to draw for them, as a way of figuring out what kind of standard they are at in their drawing. This isn't totally uncommon, but difficult to draw properly when the pencil is shaking because you can't quite control your hand! I was asked to draw a rose and then a skull. Both of these I have draw many times, just check the drawings that I have posted! The rose wasn't too bad from what I remember, but the skull! Oh! The skull! :( if I don't get the apprenticeship, I'm going to put it down to the skull! It could have been sooooooooooo much better. I did tell them I was nervous but I doubt that will have saved me any embarrassment. But I would like to point out that the reason I was so super nervous is because I want this so badly! There was a bit more chat and then they said they had other people to interview for the job and that they would let me know next week, meaning this week! I think I could have been better so I'm not pinning all my hopes on this one. But when I know, you'll know.

After all that! Here is what I have been drawing lately......................

Most sacred hearts are always drawn with a regular <3 but for this drawing, I had the idea to incorperate and anatomical heart.

This one is my fiance's favourite. It's a image that I have drawn a lot of times, but I am taking more time with what I draw now. And I think this has helped my drawing get better. Everyone is always telling me to be patient.

This drawing is kind of unfinished but I quite like it so I decided to post it anyways! Hehe!

For my last picture it's normally something funny or silly. But this time around, I have two photos........

Found in a shop in Belast that specialises in all kinds of religious statues and ornaments. I had to get a pic of this :)

These two beautiful moths where found at the front of my parents house..................

This photo helps to show the size of the moths, they where big! But oh so beautiful! They stayed there, getting funky for about 17hours. Nature is pretty cool, I think so anyway! :)