Pics from Charlie’s smoky wolf! Learning how to illustrate and tattoo smoke has been the coolest endeavor ever <3 This year I wanted to commit to a series of new skills and one of them is finally mastering brush pens. I’ve never really sat down and decided to practice with them. I’d always do one drawing one time in my sketchbook and get frustrated too quickly, only to shove it back into my pencil pouch and switch to something I was more comfortable with. But learning isn’t like that. Actually learning takes many attempts over many hours. Go figure. So when I open my sketchbook now, I’ve adopted a new mental state. I tell myself that I’m going to try something five or more times. The cow on the last slide was my fifth attempt at using my brush pen to really capture her details, fur and volume. It’s still a big work in progress of course, but it’s a start! #practice #newskills #sketchbook #smoketattoo #wolftattoo #pdxtattoo #tattooartist #portlandtattoo