Hiya all
I’d like advice from any artists on a couple of issues I have.
I’ve recently lost loads of weight & have been planning a lower back piece which involves a purple butterfly & “swirly” bits.
I went to my local tattooist today to get an idea on cost and was told the following two things.
1 – as I’ve still got a bit of weight left to lose I should get my tattoo done until I’ve stopped losing weight
2 – the purple needs to be swapped for a different colour as it won’t work
I can kinda understand the weight thing but do you agree?
The purple thing I’m totally gutted about though & don’t understand at all. He said purple doesn’t last well & will turn into an odd blue colour so I may as well go for a nicer blue in the first place. Is this right? I’m sure people must have purple tattoos.
Any advice, opinions or help would be very much appreciated.
Hi Frijj
If the weight loss is extreme or very fast you do need to wait until you balance out at your desired weight because the skin can stretch or sag depending on this and that tattoo can be effected by this.
Moderate to slow weight loss or gain does not tend to effect tattoos.
Again with the colour purple tattoo pigment can be made up from a variety of ingredients (from my ebook)
Purple/Violet – This type of pigment has many possible ingredients, which can be used to make the colour purple or violet with differing degrees of success.
The main ones to avoid are those that contain Cobalt arsenate or Cobalt phosphate; both are highly toxic to the human body and Cobalt arsenate is a known carcinogenic
Manganese ammonium pyrophosphate also known as Manganese Violet is moderately toxic if ingested and highly toxic if inhaled in the raw form. The extracted use for tattooing can result in irritation and possible fading with prolonged exposure to sunlight.
Complex silicate of sodium and aluminium with sulphur there is no significant hazards associated with this type of ingredient.
The main issue is that synthetics whilst less toxic they can be more photo-sensitive and the sunlight can bleach the colour to a blue or sometimes green colour. It depends on what is in the mixture but yes your tattoo artist is correct if it is used in large amounts there is more chance of fade and colour degradation.
I have to be honest always gone for black and shade as I not only like it but there is less hassle with many black pigments.
It all depends on whether you are going for a lot of sunlight exposure or not.
Take Care
Matthew
hmm , on my two big tattoos i gave my artist a free hand to go with what ever they are feeling and i got dark purple in my wings and now i got to purple butterflies . :rolleyes:
I never known an artist not want to use any colour , if its a favorite of yours insist that its done purple .
its your body !! plus it could always be touched up .
Thanks for the replies guys.
Sherav – the weight loss has been slow, steady & sensible. 50lbs in the last 15 months. Probably got another 25/30lbs to go. Thanks for the colour info too.
Outlaw – as it’s a lower back piece it won’t get much exposure to sunlight, except on holidays so it should be ok.
Butterfly_Kisses – how old are your pieces? are there any signs of the purple fading?
Thanks again all.
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