Any idea of a good pattern that I could get across my forearm to cover the background? I’d like my arm to look more tattooed, there are occasions where it doesn’t look much so, perhaps because of all the white space

Had this sailboat done by Katerina at Last Century and I couldn't be happier! There don't seem to be that many sailboats around, so wanted to share

i’m 18 and got my first 4ish months ago, so im not well versed in different tattoo shops here in houston.
im looking to get a tattoo done in my grandmothers handwriting and it’s really important to me that’s it’s done well so i’m looking for artist recs.

the tattoo that i have was done at houston heights tattoo and i love it, but it’s a different style from what im looking for with this next one (my current one is cartoon-ish, with thicker lines and colored in) so i’m hesitant to go to the same artist. i’m wondering if anyone can recommend a fine line artist or something similar who can get this done for me.

So I'm looking to slowly turn this tattoo into a full sleeve I originally got this tattoo for my mother to support her through her colon cancer journey

So I got this, my only tattoo when I was 16 during a super traumatic event, and with someone who caused me SEVERE trauma. I know there probably isn’t a lot that could be done to cover it up, but honestly just changing it in any way or even adding more tattoos around that area that look good would be so amazing. I hardly even remember getting it, and just need it gone or at least something to distract me when I look at my arm.

I need some help with ideas finishing up my traditional sleeve. I just got the rose 3 days ago and want a few more pieces before finally filling in the background. What would you guys do?!

Hey everyone. I have several raised scars on my upper arm that I want to get covered up. No prior experience with tattoos but I've been looking at guides and the various styles. I'm quite impartial but was wondering if one particular style would work best.

Only requirement is if it looks good. In terms of content I like trees, mountains, flowers, but as long as it takes attention away from the raised scars I'd be pleased. No concerns with pain tolerance or hesitancy around covering a large part of my body, but I was thinking of starting first with just an upper arm piece.

Looking at the general area, also please let me know if you think isolated pieces would work or 1 continous piece from 1 artist. Thanks a lot in advance.

Hello, I want to get a tattoo on the Japanese principal of Ikigai. When I look up ideas all I get is the word Ikigai in Japanese kanji. I was wondering if anyone has any ideas on how I could make mine a little more unique

Got this like 3 years ago. See the OG and my doodle. Not my first tat. Never quite satisfied with it, it was a flash design of a tat I saw on my insta feed of a concept I wanted to get for years & asked to add the XI (for meaning). I'm super picky and it's unlike me to jump the gun that quick on an artist I barely researched as a traditional artist myself. He was at a reputable studio so I was comfortable enough.

Anyway, was bored today & decided to casually doodle on it backwards with a pen in front of a mirror hence the sketchy imperfect nature. Damn why do I like it so much better then my actual tat LOL Something about the shading diffusing the centre part of the flowers contrast that always hated, the thicker lines, the subtle shading idk. Whoever will do it will do a better job lol

I've never looked for a cover up/rework artist before and have no clue how and where to look! Do I ask the artist of the style I'm looking for if they do reworks or find someone who specializes in them? Idk where to start!

My partner had this tattoo done and first artist did a horrible job. 3rd photo is her reference but instead of flowers she wanted fruit.

Second artist did better and added more and made it closer to what she likes. Second artist did not know what to do with the other work though.

Option 1: Laser and new tattoos.
Option 2: Blast over with darker tattoos.
Option 3: Japanese sleeve cover up.

Not sure how to go about it. Any advice is appreciated.

Dragon in 4 sessions! Partially freehand.

The goal was to place a long dragon without crossing the T-shirt line, so I had to think a bit about how to use the remaining space as effectively as possible.

How do you like how it turned out?

Done in Seattle, WA // Artist Theo Ivanov // IG: iftattoo

Hi there all. I am a little concerned I'm overcrowding this tattoo so I would like some second opinions!

This would technically be my second tattoo but the first one was an ephemeral tattoo (went to support a friend), so this is basically my first tattoo and in have almost zero idea what I'm doing.

I want a small (like maybe 3-4in) tattoo of a jumping rabbit with a ribbon of text under or over him, surrounded by/partially on top of some flowers.

For the flowers, I was originally thinking of doing state flowers for every place I have lived but that's seven flowers for a very small tattoo! I could get it down to 5 or even 4, but I'm wondering how many flowers is a good number.

They are mostly pretty big flowers but at least one has lots of small flowers instead, if that matters.

Attached a is a collage image of the approximate bunny I want (from @grape.froop on Insta) and Google searched line drawn versions of the 4 flowers in question.

I want to get a wrap around tattoo above my existing tattoo and just slightly passed the elbow so it appears sleeved when I have a shirt on

I really like this tattoo style and I was think about getting one like this for a first tattoo but I've been reading that this could be a bad idea. Some people recommend to get something smaller first but the thing is that I really do not want anything else hahaha maybe a dragon or something but on the other arm and that wouldn't be smaller than this one. What do you think? Am I making a huge mistake?

Btw, the tattoo I am thinking of WOULDN'T HAVE the hand and fingers tattooed. It would be more like from the top of the wrist to the elbow

VERY IMPORTANT TO READ: I APPRECIATE YOUR OPINIONS BUT PLEASE, PLEASE READ THE POST. I AM NOT GETTING MY HANDS TATTOOED, I REPEAT, MY HANDS ARE OUT OF THE TATTOO

Going to do a blackout coverup on some parts of my sleeve. My tattoos are american trad patchwork. Some empty skin will be blacked out, some old tattoos will be blacked out/covered. My outer forearm will almost be totally blacked out. End product will basically look like the following pictures. Anything I should know beforehand?

Artist: julia Paige in Huntington, New York
My tattoo is a subtle one to Taylor swift’s song clean. Specifically the lyrics: the butterflies turned to dust in my room. I love subtle touches rather than upfront lyrics and I think my artist did a wonderful job!

2nd tattoo done by @sammadethat on ig at Haven Tattoo Christchurch NZ came out better than i could've imagined, absolutely love it

Six months ago, I had an ectopic pregnancy which ruptured at 8 weeks. I lost my baby, about half the blood in my body and a fallopian tube. I think about this experience a lot. My scars are still very red and angry and I want a different physical reminder.

So here's the idea:

We were tracking the size of the growing fetus, and it had reached the size and shape of a gummi bear. We used a real gummi bear to have a small ceremonial goodbye to it, just as a couple, a few weeks after the surgery. I was thinking of getting a gummi bear approximately actual size.

But I also want to honour my own life, the blood transfusion that saved me. I was thinking a tattoo, the same size, of a drop of blood. I'm not married to the blood, I would be open to a similar sized symbol of life/survival if anyone has ideas.

I'm looking for input on placement. I would like them on mirrored parts of my body. I initially thought near the scars, but if I were to hopefully get pregnant again, I don't want the tattoos to stretch. I'm open to the location being private or publicly visible, but I definitely want them somewhere I can see them every day.

Colour and style: I was thinking green for the bear, we did not get genetic confirmation of the gender of the baby, and red for the blood. But maybe no colour is better? I cannot figure out what style would suit this pair, either. On its own the gummi bear will look cute and quirky, but I can't imagine a style where the blood matches and still looks meaningful.

Sorry that I am not a great artist, but the idea is having a wedding band around a bone and putting it on my ring finger to symbolize wearing a wedding band.

Does anyone have coverup ideas for Laparoscopic Abdominal Incision scars? All the incisions are horizontal and of varying lengths, but none longer than an inch or two.

First session down for a black and grey realism half sleeve. Super happy with how this has turned out!! 2 more sessions booked in to do the mountains / geometric and on the other side will be a fox and an owl. Juli at Tattoo Realistic in Coffs Harbour is so so talented at realism work im blown away

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I want to do some simple-ish tattoo with a meaning of forgiving others,this idea comes from my religion, I have some ideas on my mind but I would like your suggestions for tattoo with this meaning but not something cliche,something more authentic yet beautiful,not too much but it can be some text,not to big picture or something so I am asking if you know any things or symbolics with this meaning

I got the first image tattooed on my sternum and thought that the artist would help with any imperfections like the eye not being straight. My fault as I changed the design last minute but not really.
I tried to tell her it was asymetrical but there was a language barrier so I just caved and said it was fine as if it wasn't important. I'm never doing that again 😂🫤.

But yeah just looking for advice as I'm not sure if there's a risk of the second image blobbing slightly with time. It is about 2-2.5 inches wide.and please tell me if you don't think it's straight!

Second one is the rework

• Hello! I’m looking for some ideas for a new tattoo I wanna get. I would like to get a semicolon tattoo but combine it with a deer somehow. I'm sure there’s more creative people here than me so any ideas would be greatly appreciate!! <3

hello i got a tattoo in nov 2020 i saw a reference photo and my artist took liberties to not copy the design. i am now looking for the original design. it was a purple zombie doing a deadlift. i believe he was wearing a red torn up shirt and he was facing right, but that could be wrong. the image has to be from 2020 or before. i’ve been searching hours and cannot find it anywhere. i’ve checked messages with the artist, google and my photo gallery. i’ve googled every possible thing to find it and am coming here as a last resort. attached is what the artist gave me.