Private Phoenix Commission

Ink illustration of a stylized phoenix with cream feathers, fiery details, and scrolls on red and yellow

tags: illustration, poster, designer, bird, feather, wings, flame, phoenix, animal, fire, red, yellow

Friday 08.28.15

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

Ink drawing of a four-pointed star surrounded by swirling blue and yellow feathers — Amauri tattoo design. #tattoo #illustration #ink #flash #tattoodesign #brazil #travel #wings #feather #drawing #sketch #sketchbook #draw #direction #freedom #copuc

tags: brazil, tattoo, sketch, sketchbook, freedom, travel, flash, direction, draw, illustration, drawing, ink, tattoodesign, feather, wings, copuc

Monday 08.26.13

Posted by Sam Shennan

Red and blue mural on a door depicting a psychedelic totem pole with an eagle, multiple eyes, and a bearded face — Tots looks like a totem. #walltattoo #mural #streetart #graffiti #illustration #ink #penandink #draw #marker #blue #red #painting #moustache #beard #beardlove #mo #stash #bear #eagle #wings #eye #illusion #teeth #awesome #detailed

tags: detailed, walltattoo, streetart, awesome, mural, graffiti, ink, marker, blue, eye, illusion, red, beard, eagle, draw, beardlove, bear, illustration, wings, painting, mo, stash, teeth, penandink, moustache

Monday 06.03.13

Posted by Sam Shennan