I think that it might be difficult to integrate the two, but it will be easier since it’s solid black rather than black and gray. I have a solid black tattoo on my left leg and have faced the same dilemma. At this point, I haven’t gotten any more ink there but when I do, my thinking was that I would get something with dark colors and a bit of black in it in order to transition into other color pieces.

Yeah I couldn’t see incorporating a colorful tattoo into tribal as looking good but I’m with D on this one

This is one thing I’ve always struggled with when it comes to thinking about tattoos; part of me has always felt things look better with a “theme,” and I try to balance things. My first tattoo was on my right thigh, and my second was on my left side. My next tattoo, certainly, will be on my right side, and it will have to integrate with the one on my left. (It will be another long text tattoo from the same writing, despite the thread here and some valid points about text tatts, I still love mine. 😉 ) Eventually I plan on adding to those pieces to go with the flower on my thigh with a sort of Black Forest inspired vine with small richly-colored flower and leaves. (Yeah, yeah, I like those girly, cliche things like culturally-inspired flora and purty words.)

If I was trying to come up with an idea to flow with a tribal, and have it in color, here’s what I’d do: I’d go with something vivid and colorful and thick and bold – Although you don’t want another tribal style, I recommend keeping the “feel” coherent. But yes, I think it could look very nice to integrate another tatt, as tribal seems like an excellent sort of tattoo to mesh with other pieces.