Hi and welcome

Turtles make great tatts the other animalistic tattoo came to mind was wolf, bear, or bull. All of these have varying types of strength and power.

That said there are hundreds of possibilities we just need to know;

Style: Fantasy, Portrait, Bio-Mech, Animal, Religious etc

Black n shade or colour?

Size small to body suit?

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I love portrait tattoos – one of my fave styles.

That is a great tattoo.

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Matthew

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In answer to your question yes it is possible to use blacklight on top of normal ink.

There are restrictions however as if used excessively it can cause the tattoo to look lumpy and disfigured.

Light use will look like this;

http://ursispaltenstein.ch/blog/images/uploads_img/blacklight_tattoos.jpg

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ArniVidar;46630 wrote:
Oh, I want UV ink done, but Sherav’s kinda scared me off it for the time being. He’s actually almost managed to scare me off ink altogether :p

Mwhahaha :p

Seriously though what have I done other than put the known info into a easily readable format??

Not meant to scare anybody – think yes but if I wanted to scare I…[Read more]

That is a really sweet piece of art.

I love it.

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Matthew

Hi and welcome to the forum.

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Matthew

Hi

There are hundreds of images of the eye of horus on google as well as other tattoo examples just pick a few you like and print them.

Take them to the artist and they can draw you something up.

With regards to clashing of styles the way to look at is that the body is the same as an art gallery.

You can have whole rooms dedicated to one style…[Read more]

That is some very nice ink.

It really shows that some hand tattoos can be great art.

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Matthew

KH

I was already aware you Americans were heavily into licking nuts but it wasn’t for me to raise the topic.

😀

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Matthew

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That stuff contains Benzophenones (usually benzophenone-3).

The thing with this stuff is it can be used to block UV but when it breaks down it can cause DNA damage and encourage the production of free radicals in the body.

It is thought that too many free radical cells can contribute to cancer although they have yet to estb a full link…[Read more]

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How far are you willing to travel? Eg upto a couple of hours drive or more?

Is it colour or black and shade you are after?

I have a few artists in mind but really need to know what you like style wise and how far you are willing to travel and spend.

Good portraits don’t come cheap 😉

I know a few artists in Hull but none of them…[Read more]

Hi Jay

The quick answer is no the two will not be exactly the same colour and the newer tattoo may have a slightly different shade of black than the rework.

That said it could be negligible to the naked eye on contrast or it could be slightly noticiable to very noticiable it all depends on the health of your skin and the quality of the ink…[Read more]

Nice concept

Your linework and shading needs some more practice but a pro artist could easily replicate that into a good tattoo.

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Matthew

Hi and welcome

What do you mean vegemite is not a valid lotion – all those natural oils and the fact you can lick your tats 😀

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Matthew

Hi and welcome

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Matthew

Hi

Nice start on a tribal sleeve you have.

How long did it take to do so far?

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Matthew

Hi

You could do clouds and smoke

Tribal chains

Lattice or Celtic knotwork

What is it you are passionate about?

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Matthew

Hi and welcome to the forum.

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Matthew

Hi

What does that tattoo stand for?

United States Marine Corps??

If it is is there a regimental badge or symbol that you can build up around it?

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Matthew

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You want a serious opinion on your tattoo design. Well to be honest if you had not already shown the first tattoo done by your friend then I would have laughed it off as a joke on that design.

But seeing that skull tattoo and your feeling that it is not that bad I will run through this with you on a serious note.

Here is a photo of a giant…[Read more]