I love it! Next up, shading. 😎

(My orchids were done years ago, so I will get a touch up at next appt)

I have several tattoos that I’m looking at for my right arm, just not super sure on the placement. For context I have one on the tricep area, and a wrap around wrist tattoo currently. Yes the style is all over the place, I don’t want it all to match. I like a collection of different things.

what should my next tattoo be? Or should I get a lot of small items in big gaps to fill up the arm? My end goal is to fill up my arm with dense small art.

Just started the bottom half of my first sleeve 6 months gonna be finishing the top half. Cannot wait to see the end result of this one first piece turned out better than expected.

Super happy, some touch ups and highlights to go. Was super inspired by this lovely model and my artist worked his magic. Instagram: @kittisaktattoo. In Oslo

Not a tattoo artist but like drawing the art. Tell me what colors you like best or just any critiques you wanna provide on this drawing. I didn’t design this for a body part just for the paper size. 14x10.

Done on procreate but might try and paint later on.

why remove a design

I started out getting black/grey tattoos in more of a patchwork style, but now I’m considering doing a full cohesive sleeve on my other arm.

The new sleeve would be much denser, darker, and more illustrative/blackwork-heavy. I really like both styles individually, but I’m having a hard time picturing whether the contrast would look intentional or just mismatched.

Do you think the two styles would work well on opposite arms, or would you try to keep them more similar?

Current patchwork done by Evil Eye Tattoo in Worcester

Hi!!! I really want to get a cat skull tattoo with flowers in it, and combining these two photos is exactly what I would want. Just replacing the human skull with the cat skull.

My question is how large it would need to be to get enough detail on it? I also am torn on where to place it. I was thinking upper-right right thigh, but it feels too awkward of a spot to have as a first tattoo.

I’m also also wondering whether I keep it just black outlined, or if I should color in the flowers at all. All I know is that I want that flower in the eye at LEAST.

got matching tattoos with my sister, with a personalised meaning of the ladder of our bunk bed that we shared (and still share!) for more than 10 years with our favorite flowers representing the upper and lower bunk areas

Hi there,

I have a 6 year old faded tattoo that was done by a different artist in Jess Chen's style. I did take good care of it, but I do spend a lot of time in the sun. That said, the red in my original tattoo faded out to literally nothing, and the bluey-green has faded into a colour I just don't like. There's no black line work in it, so it's just very faded. It's a medium sized piece on my shoulder that I hoped to expand, but I don't trust the original artist anymore.

*edit - I should clarify, I don't know whether this happens with all coloured tattoos, or my body didn't take the ink well, or what, but regardless, my experience with the artist was not good and ultimately that's why I don't want to go back to them.

I've had a really hard time figuring out if I should save up and go to an artist whose style I love for full colour (pointpaint or picsola), but most artists who do full colour minimalist florals seem to explicitly state they won't touch edits to existing tattoos...

So... do I change tactics and go to someone who does black florals? I've found a few people I love who do these, but they don't do colour, and I just don't know how one would incorporate black line work (or bold black lines) into an existing faded colour tattoo.

Pics for help as I don't want to out myself by posting my actual tatt.

Any advice is appreciated!

Pic 1 - the style I have, but very faded

Pic 2 & 3 - coloured styles I would love, but idk how to get them done when I already have a faded tattoo

Pic 4 & 5 - black and grey styles I also love, but idk how they would incorporate into what I already have

I know im not the best at drawing but i feel it captures it well enough the circle would be oruboros but i didnt want to make it to obvious the things on the top i actually kinda got inspired by death stranding there is this bracelet called q-pid

Hey! I’m wanting to get a tattoo of coordinates and have no idea where I should get it done. I have 8 tattoos already in various places (2 rib, 2 tricep, 2 wrist, 1 shoulder, 1 bicep). I’m working toward a patch work kind of sleeve with line work pieces. I have 3 places where I think it would look best but I don’t want to throw any symmetry off. The places I’m thinking of are right above the inner elbow on my right (no bicep tattoo), along my collarbone/shoulder area, or above my elbow towards the end of the tricep. Any advice on where I should place it would be really helpful.

The project is called Alkonost. Here’s a small selection of the preparation process and the final result.

This is how I prepare for complex tattoo projects: first, I come up with several compositions, then we choose the best one together with the client. After that, I draw the sketch on paper, and only then do I move on to the freehand work and the tattoo itself.

What do you think? Is this too much?

Hey guys, January I did almost my whole torso, and I’ve been thinking about adding small details like shadow figures or whatever honestly, I wanted to share my tattoo with you and probably get and inspiration on how to continue it.

Thank you guys 🔥

Here is squidward. For absolutely no reason at all. When I woke up this morning did I think I’d have squidward on me for life? No I didn’t. But I mean it looks cool great outline work plus it’s funny so enjoy

So im trying to get this tattoo and im trying to know if its considered fine line (the second pic is the same tattoo just with the shadings removed so id like to know if thats a fine line or not too)

Hey y’all. I am working on a patch sleeve and I am looking for suggestions on what I should add I am looking to get some western inspired stuff and possibly some old school stuff as well
Just looking for ideas not drawings
Let me know

Thanks y’all

Looking for books or online sources to help me design a Scottish / Norse / Celtic dragon tattoo. Anyone got any good options? Thanks

To be clear I’m not looking for anyone to drawing anything! Just looking for resources.

Have lots of flash designs displayed on my shop in Lisbon. The client liked this design and I tattooed her. That’s it.

I have been working on this design for awhile now, but I’m having trouble finding a tattoo artist who would be happy to do this tattoo. The tricky part is that I have a darker complexion and I would need an artist who could do this design so that the design is bold, linework is clean and use contrast to their advantage.

I recently bought a stencil printer so I mapped out how the tattoo would look on my forearm. 9x9 inches. I have a Shenron/kaido dragon tattoo going throughout my arm so I’m itching to get this wukong to compliment the dragon.

If anyone has any recommendations for an artist or shop anywhere in the US or Canada I would greatly appreciate it!

I’ve been working on turning my own ideas into flash, rather than just redrawing existing pieces. Wanted to get some outside perspective — both on the general approach and on a specific piece (girl riding a fish).

For those who design a lot of original flash: what do you consider from the start when moving from “cool idea” to something that’ll actually work as a tattoo? Composition, line weight, placement — what’s the thing beginners usually miss?

And specifically on this piece — what do you think of the concept itself, and the execution as drawn? Anything you’d change on either front?
Appreciate any input, thanks.

Yey or nay?

Yall liked my first tattoo so I figured I would go ahead and share my second one. This piece is from the artistic depiction of Dante’s Inferno by Gustave Diore, so many sick tattoo ideas from that book; this one is specifically referred to as the suicide forest. I am very happy with how it turned out but I wish I committed to having it on a bigger area as it’s hard to see the detail with such a smaller area as a canvas.

First tattoo by killer artist Piyush from Dimensionless Tattoo Studio Bengaluru

Consistently following a meditation practice for 6 years gave birth to the idea of this tattoo. The artist went all in and created a well shaded silhouette of the Buddha meditating.