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it started to feel like it was looking back

Project Pufferfish

Concept

This wasn’t meant to be unsettling at first. It started as something organic; just an exploration of form, texture, something that could exist on skin without feeling forced. But the more I worked on it, the more it shifted. The eye became too present. Too aware. It stopped feeling like a design and started feeling like something observing.

pufferfish design on procreate done by nate inks at pulsatink tattoo studio juhu in mumbai
pufferfish design on procreate done by nate inks at pulsatink tattoo studio juhu in mumbai

draft sketch

Reflection

Looking back, I think I could’ve pushed the distortion further.

There’s still a part of it that feels slightly held back.

but maybe that restraint is what makes it sit well on skin.

the client connected with it immediately
which mattered more than making it more extreme.

It doesn’t need to be louder.

It just needs to exist the way it does.

pufferfish surrealism tattoo done by nate inks at pulsatink tattoo studio in mumbai juhu
pufferfish design on procreate done by nate inks at pulsatink tattoo studio juhu in mumbai

draft sketch

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