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I N T R O D U CT I O N B AC KGR O U N D O ve r w i n te r b re a k , I h a d a f r i e n d m e n t i o n t ha t s h e wa n te d to g e t a t a t to o w i t h h e r b ro t h e r o v e r b re a k a s a C h r i s tm a s g i f t . S h e wa n te d t h i s t a t to o to s e r ve a s p e c i a l p u r p o s e ; to h o n o r h e r l a te g ra n d m o t h e r s o n b o t h s i d e s o f h e r f a m i l y. S h e h a d e x p l a i n e d to m e s h e h a d a n i d e a o f w h a t s h e wa n te d b u t was n ’ t sure w h a t to d o i n te r m s o f f in a l i z i n g a n i d e a a n d t a t to o . D u e to my b a c kg ro u n d i n d e s i g n, I o f fe re d to h e l p d e s i g n h e r s o m e t h i n g t ha t wo u l d b e wo r t hy o f p e r m a n e n t l y b e i n g i n ke d o n h e r b o d y. I b e g a n w i t h a s i m p l e p ro ce s s a n d c re a te d a ‘m o o d b o a rd ’ o f i d e a s to u n d e r s t a n d w h a t k i n d o f d e s i g n s h e wa s t h i n k i n g b a s e d o n w h a t i n fo r m a t i o n s h e h a d g i v e n m e . O n ce I f i n i s he d t h i s , we m e t a n d d i s c u s s e d w h e re s h e wa n te d t h e d e s i g n to g o a n d o f fe re d s o m e fe e d b a c k o n t h e i m a g e s a n d s ke tc h e s I p ro v i d e d . I t h e n b e g a n s ke tc h i n g a n d wo r k i n g o n s i x s i m p l e co n ce p t d raw i n g s b e fo re m e e t i ng ag ain. Afte r se ve ra l me e t in gs a n d d i s c u s s io n s , we wo r ke d to g e t h e r to u l t im a te l y f in i s h a d e s i g n t ha t wa s s i m p l i s t i c a n d b e a u t i f u l t ha t h o n o re d h e r f a m i l y.

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F I N AL I Z AT I O N A f te r s e v e ra l re v i s i o n s a n d m e e t i n g s w i t h t h e c l i e n t ( A l e x i s ) , I h a d f in a l i ze d a d raw i n g t ha t u t i l i ze d a m i n i m a l d e s i g n w i t h s ym b o l i c m e a n i n g . S h e h a s s a i d t ha t s h e a n d h e r f r i e n d s a n d f a m i l y re a l l y l i ke d t h e p i e ce a n d wa s e xc i te d to g e t t h e t a t to o . Un fo r tu n a te l y, d u e to h e r b ro t h e r ’s a t h l e t i c a n d a c a d e m i c s c h e d u l e , t h e y h a d to p o s t p o n e t h e a p p o i n t m e n t b u t h o p e to g e t i t s o o n .

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o f my p ro ce s s . I d e c i d e d to p u t t h i s i n to my p o r t fo l i o to s h o w my c a p a b i l i t ie s w i t h co m m u n i c a t i n g a n d e x p l a i ni n g d e s i g n to o t h e r s n o t i n o u r f i e l d s o t ha t t he y u n d e r s ta n d w h a t i s h a p p e n i n g a n d t ha t t h e re su l t i s s o m e t h i n g t he y a re h a p p y w i t h .

“I APPR EC IAT ED YO U R AB I L I T Y TO ADJ UST TO M Y PR EFER EN C E S AN D N EED S . WH EN I D E C I D ED TO GO A D I FFER E N T R O U T E , YO U WER E C O M PL E T E LY O PE N TO C H AN G I N G T H E D E S I G N AN D M AK I N G ADJ U S T M E N T S . YO U R D E S I G N P R O C E S S WA S M E T H O D I C AL B U T N OT O V E R LY C O M PL E X TO T H E U N T R AI N E D E Y E .

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a t i v i t y, i t a l s o i nv o l ve s co m m u n i c a t i o n, h o n e s t y, a n d wo r k i n g w i t h o t h e r s . I a m h a p p y w i t h h o w I wa s a b l e to wo r k w i t h s o m e o n e I wa s n o t su p e r c l o s e w i t h a t t h e t i m e a n d b e a b l e to c re a te s o m e t h i n g t ha t m a d e h e r h a p p y. He r f a m i l y a n d f r i e n d s we re a l s o h a p p y a n d e xp re s s i v e o f my wor k a n d I a m p ro u d o f t h e e n t i re s i tu a tion.

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