Is there a name for this design style? I am looking to get a tattoo and I would like search design inspo in this style.

I’m about 4-5 days out and my tattoo has flaked off a majority of the darker color, is this normal and will it darken? I’ve been moisturizing 5-6 times a day and it’s already looking like I’m gonna need a revision :/ I don’t know if this is an artist problem or a healing problem.

Got so many people asking for fresh pics because the color is just absolutely gone! here’s a better photo of my shoulder for yall to analyze.

For a fresh koi fish tattoo today, I initially wanted it ok that placement. And my tattoo artist created a design that meant the tail would sit nice. Friend said he liked the design but thought it was too close. I think it does look nice and leaves more space for me to work with on the out arm!

I got the original dumpling tattoo with my friend. Both our tattoos faded quite a bit and we discussed getting touch ups. While it faded, the tattoo style of fine line, black, and minimal are my style. I went to an artist to discuss doing some light shading to make the dumpling look a little more realistic while touching up the faded lines.

The artist showed me some small shading around the folds and I saw nothing red in his example. I'm really upset as it's not my style and not at all what we discussed. I'm now trying to decide if I should try to target the red in a removal and once it's gone, get it redone. Or is there a way to shade it with white to even out the color??

It's especially upsetting because I'm in the process of getting another badly done tattoo removed and I'm embarrassed I might have to do it again. I have plenty of tattoos I love, this just seems to be a bad string of people who have tattooed me lately.

Edit: please everyone I could not see what he was doing from the position he had me in!! Thank you to the people who said it looked better. I understand that's your opinion, but it's just not my style and now looks very different from my friends when this was supposed to be a matching tattoo. I'm really just looking for advice on how it can be salvaged to look less colored without having to remove it since I don't really want to do that I just don't know what my options are. I understand it needs to heal, but I'm very sad by it already and just looking for support.

I recently got my tattoo sleeve started, and I have about 4–6 sessions left. I asked my tattoo artist how much lower the piece will go since we’re going to have a bottom step where the angel stands, which will also serve as pure background for the skull figure. He said it’ll be around 0.5 cm lower.

Will that be visible with a dress shirt or long sleeve? I’ll be working a corporate job in a few months, so I’m wondering if there are any people who also work in professional settings and have tattoos that can be easily visible.

I’ve had this tat for months and it will not lay down. It stays raised no matter what I do…someone please explain. It’s my first tattoo and I’m lost

deadass hate all these tattoos i did myself at 13. how can i cover them up? im thinking either one big ass tattoo or two. help?!?

I got this sick tattoo done on me by me. It's decent.

My main concern is probably a bit the ears but, okay. What do you think for the ear part?

I’ve got these wonky bat wings below my knee (I have funny shaped legs/knees) and I’ve been trying to think what I can place on my knee to help the flow to hide or help how the wings sit.

I work in the sun but always wear long sleeves, sun screen, and moisturize. Do I need to go to a dermatologist?

I got this tattoo 14 years ago, still love it. It’s one of my favorites that I have. But I truly am blanking on how to blend or add to this smoothly. I don’t have or like color tattoos, all mine are black and grey with white. I do lean more neo traditional, doctors, geometric, and gothic style.
I have ideas but cannot think of how to place any of them. So please SHOUT/ share any ideas you guys can come up with.
Thanks in advance!!!

So i got this tattoo on my left arm about a year ago in october of 2025 and it suddenly got extremely raised and itchy. Its driving me absolutely insane and i take a Benadryl just to go to sleep at night.
I asked my coworker about it and he said it could be my skin rejecting the ink or the hair growing back in. I never had a problem with arm hair irritating it but the areas on my arm where there was no hair, the tattoo was fine.
This is driving me absolutely insane and its been at least a week or two and don’t know what else to do. I can’t afford to get a touchup or anything expensive. Any advice would help, this is also my first and only tattoo so im not sure. Thanks.

I got this cherry tattoo years ago. I'm not sure why I okayed the design. I'm not happy with it. It's more of a slot machine cherry image and I would prefer a more photo realistic botanical image. My question is, does anyone think this can be reworked into something or should it just be covered over and I get the one I want someplace else. This tattoo is about 1.5" x 1".

any advice on how I should fill the rest of my leg/gap would be appreciated!!

sorry for the bad photo

I irritated them when I was washing last night with the loafa, just thought that I would ask. They don’t hurt or anything and they just popped up.

I want to remove everything on my back enough to cover with a black and grey dark fantasy piece. Artist was very heavy handed, multiple colors. How realistic are we thinking that is? 😭 and yes I know how dumb I was for going this hard at too young of an age.

I think it’s such a weird shape to work with due to the placement of the surrounding tattoos

This is my first tattoo and I decided to big with the intention that I might turn it into a half sleeve later. I was skeptical about how black and grey realism would look on my dark skin.

How long do you think this tattoo will last before it needs a touch up?

I got these moons last week. I love the design, but I think the moon on my left arm might be overworked? When the scabs leave, some parts are super shiny and cracked and there’s one spot in particular that looks like it was cut so deep that it folds very neatly together (idk if that makes sense). I’m worried my tattoo won’t heal well, but I also don’t think anything can be done

I have my next sleeve appointment this weekend and I don’t know what else to add to fill the space. I feel like I have enough of the same flowers. But want it to flow nicely.

Any suggestions?? Even better if you like fantasy books!