X-pressive;67145 wrote:
Interesting topic. In NZ here we have the Maori people. Their skin can be quite dark also. I have done alot of solid black tribal work on dark skin over the years. no matter what different black inks i have trialed. Once healed, 90% of the time will turn a green tinge. Sometimes almost a dark blue.
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Sherav;67114 wrote:
Hi and welcome.

Awesome design btw – depending on your skin type deep red, deep blue, black, and sometimes purple (although tends to fade quite fast in sunlight) are good pigments to be used in tattooing darker skin tones.

Yellow is also an option but again it depends on the melanin.

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ryannnnn;67066 wrote:
cool design, and tattooing different skin tones is an interesting topic heh.

tell me what you find out i’m curious… 🙂

I definitely will share what I find.

I found this really informative interview with the guy I want to do my tattoo Miya Baliey. He is talking about the lack of diversity in the tattooing industry and…[Read more]

Butterfly;67063 wrote:
i will ask around some friends for you 🙂

Thanks! I’m thinking about Miya Bailey from City of Ink in Atlanta, but from what I hear he’s a mini celeb, so I should probably make an appointment now haha 🙂

Butterfly;67059 wrote:
good otherwise the design would not have been right 😉

where you from ? we have people from all over here that can hopefully point you in the right direction.
i know many artists here in sunny nottingham 😀

I’m from Atlanta, Georgia. I’m glad I’ve decided to get a tattoo a year from now, because I’m going to need the…[Read more]

Butterfly;67054 wrote:
some colour is possible , red canbe used .
it really depends on your skin tone like you said , love the design by the way .

i have to ask though , are you female or male ?

Female. I want it on my shoulder blade. Now the only battle is finding a tattoo artist with experience with African American skin and who is great…[Read more]

Butterfly;67048 wrote:
hi ,

they is a couple of groups on flickr for black people with tattoo’s . failing that you could google some famous footballers and rappers .
you want to look up posts done here by matthew as he is the guy to ask about healing and looking after your tattoo 😉

do you still not know what you want done yet then ??

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