Hi

If you check my blog for ‘ink in the skin’ the answers are there.

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Matthew

Hi

2 weeks is the min for most ppl but can be upto 4 weeks.

No swimming or soaking the tattoo until the surface is fully healed. I would even suggest 6 weeks if you are swimming in an ocean as the salt can really hurt.

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Matthew

I am in agreement personally I would say 21. Gives you time to develop your tastes.

I was in a tattoo studio yesterday and a lad walked in who was covered in really bad ink all over his arms and neck.

Said he got them at 17 and was looking for cover up work.

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Matthew

That is a very very sweet sleeve.
Would love to see some close up pics.

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Matthew

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You should have not have work done over skin that is damaged, swollen, sunburned or has moles or in-growing hairs, or cysts.

The pigment will not stay in very well and you are opening up a damaged area of skin which could lead to secondary infection.

The reason is that the clogged area is filling with dead white blood cells and will likely…[Read more]

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Even on a full backpiece the drawing as it is will simply not translate easily into a good tattoo for the reasons given – the closeness of the notes and the explosion would mean that the fine details would with age start to lose definition.

That said you can get basis of that design into a tattoo as small as your plam if you are willing to…[Read more]

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In answer to your question it is more than possible to have a tattoo help disguise a scar.

That said here are the following issues;

1. The tattoo pigment will only help disguise not eradicate the scar. The tissue is damaged so all you are doing is putting a surface mask to draw attention away from the scar.

It will not smooth out skin and…[Read more]

The easiest way to do it is to go to whatever sick perv site that floats it for you and download a still of the woman in action.

Take the still to your tattoo artist and get them to draw it up from the picture and get them to add a whip.

Art wise it is no different to any other portrait tattoo.

Content wise that is one sick puppy tattoo.

Take…[Read more]

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In law the copy of any image by electronic or mechanical means can mean an infringement of copyright or theft of intellectual property.

In reality there has not been a successful forced removal or criminal prosecution against a person who has used art that is copyrighted as a tattoo (ie the wearer of the image).

The only cases brought were…[Read more]

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The peeps are correct you need to lighten with a laser to get the best cover up possible.

You can go for a cover up without laser but the piece can look cramped and squashed. The key part is ppl here have no reason to build up false hopes because we are not making any money from it.

Some ppl will promise you anything to make some cash.

Your…[Read more]

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It is a nice design but if you are going somewhere hot I would recommend waiting until after the holiday.
The surface will heal within 2 weeks usually but beneath the skin takes 6-8 weeks to fully heal.

Tattoos and sunlight do not go well together especially high uv/ub rays like you get in Egypt ( I spent some time there it is great -…[Read more]

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In answer to your question you do not want anything that will rub against the tattoo (shoes or clothing) this can damage the area and pull the ink if it peels the scab off. Especially in the first 2 weeks.

The size of text can be any size but realistically you should not go smaller than 10pt because as you age the tattoo will blur and if it…[Read more]

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The main artist that springs to mind in Cambridge is Fabio.

He does some awesome work (particularly black and shade & portrait)

http://www.tattooingbyfabio.com/

Downside is I know they get booked so may have some wait on your hands.

I would also recommend Dani from Tattoo Crazy (if they are still there).

Hope that helps.

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Matthew

Damn do you think that one day I to can have ink as awesome as that???
I mean you know it is good shit when they spell them correctly.

*stares into the mirror and considers getting ‘What you staring at?’ across his eyebrows*

😀

Hi Poesy

Welcome to the forum.

I have sent the link you requested – hope it helps if you need anything further just let me know.

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Matthew

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Now that is what I was talking about! That will work so much better as a tattoo.
The artist can always add more knots but that to me would make a superb piece.

As a reference point the tattoo artist (choose a good one) will be able to turn that into a fantastic piece of ink.

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Matthew

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First off i really like the idea and think it would make an excellent tattoo.
You also show a lot of skill as an artist and should keep up with that.

This part is constructive criticism – I saying it as I want you to get the best from your ink.

Looking at that design treat it as the first draft template. You aim for 2-3 more refined drawings…[Read more]

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Depends on what you consider good or evil as many ppl will only broadly agree and throw in a million exemption of circumstances. EG murder is wrong but not in self defence, time of war etc etc

Nothing is really clear cut which is why religion tends to use broad sweeping imagery of angels and devils because that is easy – real life is not.

As…[Read more]

That is some nice ink.

I love that smiley – any chance of a close up on the angel tattoo?

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Matthew

Hi and welcome

Do you have pics of your ink I love portrait tattoos.

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Matthew