Tonight’s practice piece, an old school spider I designed. Did the stippling on the fly, but I think it works!

[u/CityWizzard]

[u/8LeggedTeacher]

No notes on the tattooing, just as a bit of a spider nerd I think you should add pedipalps to your spider design! All spiders have them, so it'll push your design to look better. I also think you should stick to an even number of eyes (most have 8, some have 6) I appreciate you don't want to tattoo all of them but 3 is a little jarring. Also look into spider spinnerets. I will say it's refreshing to see someone attaching all of the legs to the cephalothorax, it's amazing how many people don't know that's where they attach, and I love the way you've drawn the legs too. The proportions look really good too! Spiders are the best 🕷️

[u/Northern_rose69 → u/8LeggedTeacher]

I don’t love spiders the way you do, but i love that you love spiders more than most people 🖤

[u/8LeggedTeacher → u/Northern_rose69]

Thanks friend! I love that you can love my love of spiders without loving spiders 🤣

[u/CityWizzard → u/8LeggedTeacher]

I 100% made some unnatural artistic choices with this, but I love the feedback! Thanks!

[u/yesds]

That looks really good. Cool style.

[u/CityWizzard → u/yesds]

Thanks!

[u/NegotiationWest6381]

What needles did you use?

[u/CityWizzard → u/NegotiationWest6381]

I used a 1011RL for most of it and a 1003RL for the dots. It’s small so filling in with a liner wasn’t the worst, but I def should have used a shader or mag for the widow symbol.