KEY POINTS

  • The tattoo was inspired by an artwork of British illustrator Eleanor Tomlinson
  • Tomlinson raised an issue about copyright infringement of her drawings
  • The tattoo artist claimed he wasn't planning to make money off the tattoo

A tattoo artist from Spain has paid a tribute to late Queen Elizabeth II by inking an artwork that depicts the monarch and Paddington Bear walking hand-in-hand, as a corgi followed them.

Queen Elizabeth II died on Sept. 8 at Balmoral Castle, Scotland, at the age of 96, after her seven decades of service to the U.K. and the Commonwealth.

The tribute tattoo, which was done Monday, was inspired by an artwork by British illustrator Eleanor Tomlinson, who shot to fame by sketching the image after the queen's Platinum Jubilee celebration at Buckingham Palace in June. The tattoo shows the monarch in a turquoise dress as Paddington Bear donned a blue duffle coat, complete with a caption -- "Well that's that done, tea?"

The artwork immortalized the moment the queen sat down for a cheeky chat with the U.K.'s beloved Paddington Bear and offered him tea as the latter thanked Her Majesty for inviting him over for the grand event.

The illustration of the light-hearted encounter, named Ma'amalade Tea, won many hearts across the nation, flooding Tomlinson's website with requests to buy a copy of the drawing.

The tattoo came the same day Tomlinson spoke out against her artworks being recreated in any form for turning a financial profit — the queen and the Paddington Bear one in particular. Tomnilson, making a full display of her anger over the issue in a Twitter post Monday, said: "I cannot reiterate enough, I have given NO ONE PERMISSION to recreate or sell my illustrations under any means or on any items and in any capacity."

"Anyone who is printing, recreating ANY of my work (jubilee/HM related or not) on a commercial basis is doing so without ANY permission or my knowledge," she continued, expressing her displeasure while also revealing that she turned down requests to mass produce the sketch during the period of national mourning. "it just doesn't sit right with me now," she said.

The artist behind the tattoo, who has been identified as Jon Malvern from Newcastle, however, claimed he wasn't planning to keep the proceeds with him as he will use them to "buy flowers to put outside of the shop" on the day of the queen's funeral, Hull Live reported.

He went on to add he normally shied away from doing tribute tattoos as he doesn't make money "off other people's misfortune," Malvern told Hull Live.

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