A close up gallery from my solo show.

I've realised that I don't post enough shots of the details from my work. It's all super detailed but that's tricky to convey online. So I'm posting a buch of close ups from each of my animals.

Graffiti mural: pink worm in top hat & monocle with dollar sign, constricting blue Cookie Monster holding a cookie

Source: http://

tags: snake, ink onpaper, rabbit, artists, drawing, content, hairy, Surreal, painting, fish, furry, prints, jellyfish, art, eye, custom painting, designer, artist, artwork, artworks, graphic design, ud3, sydney artist, doodle, Pacific garbage patch, theud3, exhibition, ink, detailed, cute, animals, handmade, skulls, drawn, making art, custom art, the ud3, hand painted, draw, Surrealism, wierd, illustration

categories: illustration, exhibition

Thursday 07.24.14

Posted by Sam Shennan

First Inked Tattoo Design

I'm stoked to see my first UD3 design inked into a human. The friendly polish Jan volunteered his torso to go into the studio and get tattooed. Just to be clear, I had no involvement in the actual application of the design.
He was stoked, and I'm very happy to reveal this one.

Psychedelic cicada tattoo with bold line work, green, purple, and multiple eyes

Black and white tattoo design of a psychedelic cicada with intricate symmetrical patterns and multiple eyes

Bold line cicada tattoo with purple wings and green details on a person's chest

Source: http://samshennan.com/blog/cicada-tattoo

tags: tattoo, ink, skin, chest, insect, sam shennan, ud3, the ud3, cicada, wings, collourful, colorful, symmetry, bug eye, legs, chest tattoo

categories: commissioned, illustration, tattoo

Saturday 05.31.14

Posted by Sam Shennan

Illustration of a brown griffin with spread wings against a black and white background of blank scrolls and flames — WIP for a client. Bit of heraldry action.

tags: griffin, fantasy, imaginary animal, fiction, fictional, ink, tattoo, custom tattoo, pen and ink, ink on paper, inkonpaper, illustration, samshennan, sam shennan, theud3, the ud3, ud3, beak, feathers, wings, wingspan, grand, proud, old

Friday 02.14.14

Posted by Sam Shennan