Medium · Tattoo design · Size · Full sleeve composition · Series · Birds & Signs
A full-sleeve tattoo design depicting a goshawk hunting a male pheasant in Korea’s natural ecosystem.
This full-sleeve tattoo design, drawn in Seoul, depicts a goshawk hunting a male pheasant in Korea’s natural ecosystem.
Goshawks and pheasants both occur in Korea, and pheasants are part of the goshawk’s natural prey. When drawing Korean nature, I wanted to include not only its quiet scenery, but also the moments of pursuit and survival within it.
I placed the descending goshawk above the rising male pheasant, holding them at the moment just before the strike. Scattered feathers connect their movement, allowing the tension between predator and prey to continue from shoulder to wrist.
