Tough or Suffer Ornate Lettering

An old client of mine, Brandon Wesson, had asked me to design him a tattoo based on the words “Tough or Suffer”.  He wanted something ornate and scripty.  I was up for the challenge so I showed him this.  While he loved the design itself, he decided to not get the tattoo (which he had planned to get across his chest).  It’s too bad, I would have love to have seen this in the real world.  However, I would never want someone to get a tattoo of something they didn’t 100% believe should be on their body for life.  So maybe it’s better he never did get it, it was a pretty large tattoo after all.  But alas, it lives here in my portfolio instead.

7 Responses to “Tough or Suffer Ornate Lettering”

  1. Janne April 29, 2009 at 1:41 am #

    i like the type style and the 3d dimension feel that you have here. nice one.

  2. Daniel June 8, 2009 at 6:10 am #

    super good

  3. Austin Modglin October 3, 2010 at 11:58 pm #

    Love this lettering. I am a huge fan of tattoo style ornate, and I like the extra steps you took too turn it into an actual piece that someone can make a poster out of.

  4. Peter June 25, 2011 at 7:52 pm #

    Hi I love your work and If thats ok with you I would love to get that tattooed on my chest or stomach .

  5. Peter August 14, 2011 at 5:12 pm #

    Any body here ?

  6. arnie omega January 22, 2012 at 3:15 pm #

    i love that letter so i got my tattoo of that!hehehehe.tnx

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