Hey all, I was hoping to get a little feedback on a tattoo idea. The design:
http://ampersandampersand.tumblr.com/post/1675314604/grant-deco
(yeah, journalist nerd wants an ampersand tattooed on him)
So, it’s essential that the proportions are correct, since typography is pretty anal with proportion. My first question is: assuming I don’t enlarge it too too much (thinking of the underside of my bicep), do you think this design is too tiny/detailed to be executed properly?
Second question: I was thinking of having it done in orange against a dark blue rectangle (scooped corners) for some “pop”. Would that help or add to any issues with its precise detail?
I’ve been cruising the forums for a while, and so I see plenty of high detail tattoos, but they’re usually in a sort of free form flowing awesomeness, and as I said this should be pinpoint exact awesomeness.
Does all this make sense? Any feedback/tips would be massively appreciated.
Best,
Andrew
The problem with doing it orange with a dark blue background is that you need to leave enough room between parallel dark areas. You need maybe 3mm at least between the blue areas so even your thicker bars are pushing the limit. The thin line down the middle is a big problem. I’m not saying it can’t be done, but there is a certain amount of sub-dermal ink spreading that happens during the healing and very slowly after the healing. even if it was crisp when it was first finished, you’d have problems by the two week mark. From there it wouldn’t get any better, just slowly worse.
To do it bright Orange with a dark blue background you probably want it big enough that the thin middle line of the design is a couple of millimeters wide. It could be done the size it is, and it may even make it through the healing alright, but we’re talkin the rest of your life for skin to move and blur things. Twice as big would be better but still pushing it. Dark blue on an Orange background would work better, maybe with a fancy bark blue border on the orange background. Even then I’d say 50% bigger would be best.
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