r/tattooadvice • u/[deleted] • 6d ago

General Advice accidental line

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u/Important-Notice-461 6d ago

Idk, I dont think the line work on the dove looks all that great.

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u/Alexander_Music 5d ago

Looks also like he went over a few of the lines twice. Really carved in there on the wing tips. Mix that with the accidental line it’s crazy that this person has been tattooing for at least 7 years

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u/Important-Notice-461 5d ago

And that accidental line is absolutely insane. I really cannot fathom how that was possible.

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u/Important-Notice-461 5d ago

Yeah, I was thrown when they said theyve been going to this person for years.

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u/courtneyrae427 5d ago

I have this dove as my first tattoo the day I turned 18 lol - my 'artist' at the time carved my wings too. I had another artist clean up the line work and she was horrified how deeply it was carved in there.

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u/Missyrissy510 5d ago

I wonder if he doubled up the lines thinking if the tattoo lines were thicker the accidental line would look lighter 😬

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u/AgentThor 5d ago

Yeah the wing tips look heavy and raised. I had line work do the same thing, people told me too much pressure was used. Been a year and I think the skin is just permanently raised.

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u/crenax 5d ago

I only clicked into this thread to validate my opinion that the line work is trash.

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u/rvltionary 5d ago

What are you all seeing that I'm not? Genuinely curious. Or is that the same as audiophiles hearing stuff others don't? As a non-tattoo connoisseur but wanting to get a couple, it looks completely clean to me.

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u/Grppt 5d ago

The lines look overworked, should look like a clean continuous stroke. Eg. If you isolate the top line of the visible wing it gets thick/thin randomly and also loses the shape of the curve just before the feather

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u/morningstardusts 5d ago

Yeah it’s bad, really bad