01-02-2016, 03:13 PM
Welcome Bryce! I don't know what tattoo illustration requires differently from other forms of painting (eg. card illustration, or 3D game texture painting), but becoming better at illustration and painting in general never hurts. What you'll consider more than the rest of us is how this tattoo will look when wrapped around certain body parts, so in a sense, it is quite similar to 3D game asset texture painting! A great place to start is by browsing threads on Polycount Forum. Learn yourself about tricks in that area, then look for cheap books about tattoo (I saw a lot of those in a Japanese bookstore). Good journey forward, and hope to see more!