You already have it… you posted it your self.

Phoenix5;86413 wrote:
rather than an expensive dermatologist that would do minimal work

Sounds like someone’s trying to make himself more than he is, at the cost of others’ reputations.

Phoenix5;86413 wrote:
He also offered to hook me up with a friend of his to do the lasering for me rather than an expensive dermatologist that would do minimal work

That should ring all sorts of bells right there. Any layperson that claims that they can do the job of a medically trained professionals, better and cheaper, is lying through their teeth.

Huh? The head is actually the least obnoxious part of the whole thing. If you fix anything at all, you need to fix everthing below the neck of the bird.

I’m glad you’re not going with someone that isn’t sure about it. A botched cover-up could become even worse than the original.

Why? There’s nothing inherently feminine about a rose tattoo.

Welcome to the forums mama. Hope you enjoy yourself here 🙂

Well, luckily that is what we pay the artists to do.. it’s their job to discover ways of implementing your ideas into viable tattoos. If it’s the roses that you like, then why do the cross at all? It’s redundant. Just get the roses tattooed on you.

Well, I can’t quite see how well that would look as an arm piece. Looks very square, which I’m not sure could work while bending over the curve off the arm.

buttwheat;86196 wrote:
Welcome and there is no fucking swearing here.

Fuck no, ain’t no swearing at all allowed here! 😉

Welcome to the forum Bruce.

inkdreams;86190 wrote:
How are people to learn, minus spending several thousand on an apprenticeship, if they cannot ask questions of the “pros”?

The ‘pros’ usually got where they are by putting blood, sweat and tears into their apprenticeship and getting good. They expect others to do the same.

There may be places out there where ‘pros’…[Read more]

Depends on how long ago it healed, but no..tanningis never pointless if you want to be rid of it. Whether it will do anything at all to it in the time it takes you to get it fixed, however, is a question.

Phoenix5;86174 wrote:
Yeah it’s about an hour away for me, I just sent him a message, hopefully he’ll be more helpful than the others that I’ve contacted.

He’s actually a member of this forum, although he doesn’t appear much on here. I say that’s the mark of someone that’s truly enthusiastic about the tattoo scene.

If he’s iffy about it, you don’t want him doing it. Coverups aren’t like straight tattooing. You need to properly and correctly incorporate every line of what’s beneath into the new one above, because it will all show through in a sense. You need an artist that’s good at and used to covering up poor work with good work.

It’s a full backpiece, ‘other shit’ or no. How big is your neck anyway?

Well, I would start by finding a proper tattoo artist, and meanwhile save up a grand or two. Fixing that thing is not going to be cheap. A good tattoo artist with experience in coverups will tell you what you can and can’t do with it. Personally I’d believe it could be fixed with a new (better) but slightly darker Phoenix… but that’s for the…[Read more]

I think it’s quite horrible 🙁
I’m sorry, but you found yourself an awful tattooer, and the result fits the maker.

I guess the good thing is that it’s mostly so light that it could be covered completely with something good.

Welcome to the groups.

It’s never too late to start collecting!

Although I have no clue as to how the real thing looks, that looks to be very well done! Congrats on your first 🙂

BertNaked;85874 wrote:
Do you think my idea is all wrong?

Care to share the sketch?

I can definitely relate to the night-owl bit, although up until now I never really connected the symbology of owls with the night (rather with education and knowledge) and you may well have given me an idea for my next tattoo 🙂