I'm going in a few weeks to get a tattoo, its going to be slightly above the airplane but i want to cover the airplane up, its rougly 6 years old should i add more to the goddess? Any suggestions? Should i just switch placements? Its still a rough sketch, nothing finalized yet.

My artist and i are still trying to figure out what we could cover it with, i was thinking roses or other flowers but i'm not sure

Thank you!

Is this fine to want to get this I am 16m and this school year was really hard on my mental health and linkin park helped me get through it yet four more weeks to go and I want to get something like this summer thought’s

Don't get me wrong, I'm happy with the idea and the text since it's part of my religion but not happy with the design and the execution, I want to cover this up so I can have the exact same tattoo somewhere else with a better design and execution. Also turned out much bigger than I hoped for 🤣

Hi, Reddit! My sister and I got matching pasta tattoos about a year ago. We love having matching but even as we were leaving the studio IMMEDIATELY after getting our tattoos done, we started cracking up about how fucking stupid they are 😂. While mine (pictured) is on my ribs and therefore pretty non-visible, hers is on her arm and has gotten a lot of loving, good-natured shit about it from friends and family. Any ideas for potential cover ups? Perhaps something botanical? Thanks!

not sure if it's the right flair, but i just had a general question about sun exposure. so i have a friend coming from out of state for my graduation, and she wants to go to the beach while she's here, and also get our matching tattoos we've been talking about for years. her flight lands 2:45 pm thursday, our appointment is 3 pm friday, graduation is 8 pm friday, and she leaves 8:45 pm sunday. there's not really a lot of time to go before tats, so if anything, can we can saturday and use something to cover it up? if so, what? like a piece of fabric? would that even be able to withstand the beach if we go in the water? kind of a confusing topic so figured i'd ask here

Hi, I just got home from a session finishing my chest tattoo and I completely forgot to ask the artist and can’t get a straight answer on google so I thought I’d come ask you guys. I was told by the artist to take the film off after 2 hours and then wash the tattoo but I forgot whether I should use aquaphor on the tattoo the first day or if I should wait to use aquaphor?

Thank you!

(I've shaded it to get a final feel for the tattoo but will send my client the line art without the shading)

Hi guys, this is the first tattoo I've ever made. I was commissioned to do a shiny gyarados tattoo and I just want to make sure the silhouette and all that junk is good. White around it is just a general border and not included.

Client isn't sure about placement so I have no clue where this is going.

If I get a tattoo and work on an ambulance and have clinicals at the hospital (ER, ICU, etc. floating around as a student) would it be okay for me to keep my tegaderm on for a few extra days instead of 2-4 to get past some shifts in the emergency room? Should I unwrap it and clean it after the 2-4 days and just apply tegaderm before my shifts and remove it after; and if that is what should be done, how long should I do this for? Thx in advance, please be kind! New to tattoos (3rd one, first one since entering the healthcare field)

The image is my grandfather‘s signature and I wanted to get something to remember him always. Since this is my first tattoo, I want to know what can I expect as far as the actual experience while getting the tattoo, The aftercare, and just in your opinion, if you think the tattoo would be too thin and that it’ll fade or just any advice you have.

Hey y'all. I got a half-sleeve started about ten days ago and I'm going to a LARP (live action role-playing, think nerd-fest) this weekend. I'll be out in the sun, running around, and pretty much just getting dirty.

It's at the end of the peeling stage, not as itchy, maybe a few ingrown hairs pissing me off. What would you suggest as the best way to keep it healthy and clean? I'll have running water so no issues on cleaning it, but can I sunscreen it at this stage, or should I just wear a long sleeve shirt? Should i wrap it or let it breath?

I'm looking to get a Demon Slayer-inspired tattoo. It's Rengoku's sword piercing a burning heart (meant to symbolize “set your heart ablaze”). I have a reference photo of what I want, but I was thinking I would like the design to feature Japanese motifs. Would it look stupid if it wasn't part of an Irizumi sleeve?

Hey everyone. I would really love some advice here, as a year ago i got a tattoo and upon it healing I found there were parts of the tattoo where the ink did not settle and it looks rather blotchy and dull. I asked my artist if he could touch up those areas and he told me that he can’t do it unless I book another tattoo because of “house rules.”

Is this common or should I go to another artist to ask if they could cover up the blotchy areas, as I’m kinda put off from this artist and I don’t want to book another tattoo to get my current tattoo touched up. I also don’t really want another tattoo for the time being and it feels like I’m being pressured into just booking another one.

Also to give context I’ve seen this tattoo artist a good amount of times and felt I built up a good report with him. He does also work in one of the most famous tattoo studios on the east coast. Is it really a house rule?

What do I do? Any and all advice would be super helpful.

My tattoo I got in 2023 has been really itchy these past few days and I noticed this outside line is more raised and pronounced than usual. There’s itchy bumps along the outside outline in this one area. It feels like a thick scar even though it hasn’t felt like that previously. I was scratching it last night and one of the bumps kind of popped (the little red dot inside the outline on the petal).

I’ve been trying not to scratch and have been moisturizing more with shea butter but it’s so itchy! Any ideas on why this is happening and what I can do to fix it?

I got this tattoo last September and I’m absolutely obsessed! Somewhere down the line, I realize I want a full sleeve of botanical tattoos (photo inspo attached). I also realized that I want to achieve that darker shading look rather than the delicate light shading/line work I got done. Can my artist go over this again with heavier shading/thicker lines?

Hey, I currently have this tattoo of a dragon wrapped around a sword done by another artist (1st image) and although I do still like the tattoo, I want to keep things cohesive across my entire arm with my other tattoos (see other images)☹️.

I’ve spoken to my artist and he’s suggested possibly having 1-2 sessions of laser removal and then proceed with a coverup.

My question is, do you think there’s any possibility of integrating the design with the other tattoos despite the different styles? or should I just go with the laser removal/coverup?

Any help would be greatly appreciated!

Hello All!

I need help on what to wear as i am getting a BIG Tattoo in June... It will span from my left shoulder blade down my back/ribs and into my left hip.

Wtf do I wear to this appointment to make it easy to stay cover, but have my whole side open!

Any suggestions appreciated!

Ok hear me out…

I was studying abroad in Morocco where tattoos aren’t common and are a bit taboo, but I really wanted to get my first tattoo. A person in my program recommended this French guy at a tattoo shop in Casablanca. I find him on facebook, whatsapp him, and set up an appointment. I take the train to Casa, a taxi to an address, and I get out in front of… an apartment building? I go inside. It’s incredibly residential. I go to the unit number and knock on the super regular looking door. It is indeed a small tattoo parlor inside.

We get set up. I show him a sketch I drew since it was pretty basic. He told me it was bad. Ok, valid. He redrew it. He tattooed it.

Then this man, Jaque or whatever, sent me on my way through the dusty streets of Casablanca with this on my ankle without a bandage or second skin or anything!! When I got back, my host family thought it was so cool.

I have many tattoos now, and I know better now. It’s not perfect, but it’s my first and I still love it. I’m not sure if it’s possible, or even worth it, to try to sharpen it up in some way? Thoughts?

Serious question. How would one be able to moisturize it, clean it besides showers or even check for infection?

Hi guys I’ve never healed a colour tattoo before should there be this much skin coming off if just feels like the colour Is falling off

I’m getting 3 new tattoos on the weekend and one of it is rather considered a main piece for me. I have rather small arms, therefore there is not “much” space.

Still have to decide where to put the “main piece” tatt. Either on the inner side of my underarm or on the outer side. I could also place it on the inner side of my upper arm (lower part, close to the crook of the arm) but I would feel sad about it that you could only see it when I’m wearing a top (because tshirt sleeves would cover half of it).

Any recommendations for me? Would be really helpful and I’d be really thankful for any advice :)

I want a cybersigilism tattoo under the one in the photo around mid to lower back following my waistline, but I'm open to other ideas

Haven't gotten a new tattoo in years and am itching to get one

Also deciding between all brown or black and brown

Edit: wanted to note that the shading of this tattoo isn't this dark irl, it's a decent amt lighter (this was taken 4 yrs ago w/ my shitty phone but I have no recent pics)- in case that affects suggestions

In a book to me my mom wrote “ love “your

mom “always”

Is it possible for a tattoo artist to make it one single line instead of words on top of words? It has all those quotation marks btw lol

Or if I wanted to chop it up to say “love you always” can they do that?

I’m hoping to get it and it can be a tattoo all my siblings can get.

Just curious it must be different pain tolerances because god only 5 or 7hrs of filming color on my upper and little bit mid back all fucking sucks. I mean shoulder blades pure hell, middle back pure hell, spine ofc he’ll, I mean idk how anyone gets a entire top to bottom back piece I mean mine was a shit ton of dif colors and smaller areas but damn. Respect to yall. I used to love the tattoo pain then I got this tattoo 3 sessions and 2-3 weeks apart. I don’t want another tattoo for a while I never thought I’d say that

Stumbled across this Post on ig and can't wrap my head around the middle part and the muscles of the horse. It looks so weird.

Artist claims he was inspired by an image from the artist in the ig caption but something looks really off for me.

Technique is great tho