Animal portraits in Melbourne?

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Mon Oct 27, 2008 7:59 am

Hi everyone!

I am looking for some help in locating an artist to do a couple black and grey portraits of my beloved dogs. I lost the first about 6months ago after 16 faithful years, and the second was lost in an accident about 3months ago after only being with us for a month.

I miss both of them terribly and have decided to tattoo both my pups on my leg so they can always be by my side no matter what.

i was wondering if anybody could suggest a suitable artist for the job? ive had a look at a bit of work from korpus and also eternal instinct which were good, and was wondering if anybody knew of any other places that would be worth checking out?

i am even willing to go interstate if thats what it takes to find the perfect artist! so yeah, any help and advice would be greatly appreciated!

Thanks everybody!
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Mon Oct 27, 2008 10:58 am

If you are prepared to travel interstate, than without a doubt Les Rice in Sydney.

He won the Archibald Portrait Prize (as in the famous potrait painting competition) a couple of years back.

http://artintimidatinglife.com/
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Tue Oct 28, 2008 3:06 am

ahh awesome, you are a legend dingoshred! thanks for the link mate i really appreciate it! i went to the site and checked out his work, it was great, just a pity there wasn't more to look at!!

thanks again for the hookup :D
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Tue Oct 28, 2008 4:48 am

Sarah Melder from Dynamic tattoo, right there in Melbs. Amazing at portraits! There may be a sit of a wait but it's well worth it! worth checking out Tattoo magic too. Both world class shops and by far the best in Australia (imo :wink: )
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Tue Oct 28, 2008 9:43 am

Thanks badtaste for that bit of info :D

I have actually had a look at dynamic tattoo and was very impressed by a couple artists including sarah melder, but i didnt notice many portraits in her gallery actually, maybe i should have a second look?

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i just had a second look at dynamic tattoo and realised that the sarah i saw was sarah bowyer not sarah melder!! so i guess i have to have a better look ;) unless they are the same person??

Also i was looking through some work at korpus and i thought brian graydon's work was pretty damn good, that one portrait of the grandpa seemed so real it was scary! I sent him an email asking a few questions about dog portraits, so hopefully i will get a reply sometime soon :)

thanks so much you guys for the help, this place rocks!
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Tue Oct 28, 2008 11:15 am

The other person I'd suggest is Trevor Bennett (again out of private studio in Sydney). Again he has a massive wait.

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or even Nathan Puata at Tatudhama in Sydney

I can't think of anyone else but Sarah off the top of my head in Melb.....
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Tue Oct 28, 2008 11:16 am

BadTaste wrote:Sarah Melder from Dynamic tattoo, right there in Melbs. Amazing at portraits! There may be a sit of a wait but it's well worth it! worth checking out Tattoo magic too. Both world class shops and by far the best in Australia (imo :wink: )
Thats a big call.
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Thu Dec 18, 2008 2:04 pm

very nice your information ok thanks
and i am also like animal portraits

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Fri Dec 19, 2008 2:28 am

BadTaste wrote:Sarah Melder from Dynamic tattoo, right there in Melbs. Amazing at portraits! There may be a sit of a wait but it's well worth it! worth checking out Tattoo magic too. Both world class shops and by far the best in Australia (imo :wink: )
Man you love those shops lol.
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Fri Dec 19, 2008 2:49 am

Why wouldn't I :p
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BadTaste wrote:Why wouldn't I :p
They are awesome shops, i'll give you that. I'm pretty certain I'll get a tat from either one of them, this based solely on your advice.
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