I just got the tattoo this past friday January 13 (friday the 13th!!!)
It’s my first tattoo. I have been applying Lubriderm lotion as often as possible, since the tat is on my back and I work 8 hours a day, and the scab has already come off from the shower.
It was supposed to be solid black, but it looks like shading in a black outline =/
Will this change or should I get it retouched by a different artist in a few weeks? :confused:
No, it doesn’t look good. It doesn’t look infected or anything, but the fill is very patchy. Are the white areas trapped moisture or are you just using too much Lubriderm? You’re definitely going to want to have that touched up once it heals, but I would go elsewhere as the quality of the work is very poor.
What kind of aftercare instructions were you given??
Use a light layer of your lotion once or twice a day and keep it out of the water.
Yes you will need a touch up on this. give it a couple of months to fully heal.
Yeah sorry about that, those white spots are just lotion from the person who was putting it on for me and took the picture
Use a light layer of your lotion once or twice a day and keep it out of the water.
Yes you will need a touch up on this. give it a couple of months to fully heal.
I was told not to let it dry out too much. So maybe I kept it over-moisturized? I don’t know I think it has to do with two different inks being used for the outline and the fill-in.
To be honest it was done by a licensed person in his house. My friend has 4 tattoos done by him, he’s been tattooing for many many years and he has a lot of great work. But what can you expect for $60? Everyone keeps telling me it looks good and I believe them because it’s on my back, but now I see this picture and it’s rather disappointing =/
Thanks for your help everyone. I’ll post a pic if it turns out better when fully healed, which I doubt.
To be honest, it was obvious that it was done by a scratcher right off. If you have a link to his portfolio, I’d love to see it, as I bet he has never done a decent tattoo in his life.
yea…definatly scratcher work…..ive never heard of them using 2 diffrent inks for black fill in and liner..ive always gotten the same black period….but being as though i have tattoos from a scratcher ( love ya brother, but you are…) you can kindda tell…ina real tattoo the coloring is uniform, you cant tell where the circles of filling have over lapped and there will NOT be that much uncolored “holidays” in the work, expecially if its supposed to be solid black….but you get what you pay for…. once it heals it wont be SO bad…but youll definatly want to go to a shop to get it filled in and fixed.
I know it’s a small picture, but this is basically how i wanted it. The shape is fine and all, the solid black is my only issue.
So the horrendous line work doesn’t bother you? Does your tattoo “artist” have Parkinson’s?
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