THERE ARE MANY WAYS THAT THINGS CAN GO WRONG IN A TATTOO. YES, ART IS SUBJECTIVE BUT THESE ARE THE MOST COMMON OBJECTIVE WAYS TO TELL IF THE APPLICATION WAS DONE BY A CONSIDERATE AND MINDFUL PROFESSIONAL, OR LIKE IN THESE EXAMPLES ARTISTS THAT WERE CARELESS.

ITS EASY TO OVERLOOK FLAWS WHEN YOU ARE EXCITED ABOUT A NEW TATTOO, EVERYONE ELSE WILL NOTICE THEM AND EVENTUALLY YOU WILL TO WHEN YOU ARE STUCK WITH A PROBLEM TO TRY AND FIX YEARS LATER. TAKING THE TIME TO FIND GOOD ART, OR EVEN BETTER YET HAVE GOOD ART MADE FOR YOU WILL PAY YOU BACK A HUNDRED TIMES OVER.

TOO SMALL WRITING, A SURFACE THAT WILL MAKE IT APPEAR VERY CROOKED. . . OFTEN THE FIRST IMPRESSION OR AN IDEA IS SO STRONG IT CAN LEAD A PERSON TO COMMIT TO SOMETHING THAT WILL AGE VERY POORLY. A GOOD ARTIST WILL WORK THROUGH ALL THE POTENTIAL ISSUES BEFORE IT GETS THIS FAR ALONG

A LACK OF CRISP BOLD LINES AND EDGES LEAVES A TATTOO WITH VERY LOW CONTRAST.

FOR SOME THE IDEA OF HAVING A FAINT, SUPER FINE LINE OR BARELY NOTICEABLE TATTOO HELPS THEM ADJUST WITH THE BOLD AND INTIMIDATING FEELINGS OF A CHANGING SELF IMAGE BUT COMMITTING WHOLE HEARTEDLY INSTEAD WILL PAY OFF IN THE END.

WITHOUT STRONG CLEAN LINES THE TATTOO WILL LOOK JUMBLY AND FADED AND VERY UNATTRACTIVE. IT LIKELY WILL HAVE TO BE LASERED OR COVERED UP IF SOMONE DOESN’T WANT TO LIVE WITH A VISIBLY MESSY AND EMBARRASSING MISTAKE.

SMOOTH FADES, STRONG TONES, CLEAR SHAPES OR BOLD SATURATED COLOR IS WHAT GIVES ART SO MUCH IMPACT. EVEN IF GOOD LOOKING ART EXISTS FOR THE TATTOO IT WILL SADLY FALL FLAT IF THE ARTIST IS NOT A SKILLED ENOUGH TECHNICIAN TO PUT IT IN THE SKIN IN A WAY THAT STAYS AND HEALS. BUT REALLY ITS IF IT STAYS LONG TERM THAT MATTERS MOST. CAN THAT COLOR OUTLAST THE DECADE WHERE YOU WANTED TO GET A LOT OF SUN? CAN THOSE FINE GREY TONES STAY PERFECTLY SMOOTH IF THE ARTIST KEEPS STRUGGLING AND TRYING TO MAKE IT LOOK RIGHT?

THIS AFFECTS YOUR PAIN, YOUR HEALING AND YOUR POCKETBOOK TOO. IF AN ARTIST CANNOT GET THINGS IN CORRECTLY YOU MAY SIT IN THE CHAIR IN PAIN, SUFFERING AND PAYING FOR TIME THAT SHOULD NOT HAVE TO BE DONE.

ULTIMATELY THE END PRODUCT MATTERS MOST, JUST MAKE SURE THAT WHEN AN ARTIST TALKS THEMSELVES UP THAT THEY ARE ABLE TO WALK THE WALK.

A LACK OF TECHNIQUE IS SADLY VERY COMMON. HAVING A PLAN AND A VISION FOR THE FINAL PIECE IS IMPORTANT BUT IF THE ARTIST CANNOT CONTROL HOW LIGHT AND DARK EACH PART BECOMES THEY IT WILL ALL LOOK LIKE ONE BIG MUDDY SCRATCHY MESS. NOT TO MENTION IF THEY ARE NOT EVEN ABLE TO GET EVEN AND SMOOTH FADES. THAT MOTTLED PATCHYNESS YOU SEE IN THE ABOVE PHOTO TENDS TO GET WORSE WITH TIME AND NOT BETTER, SO IFYOUR TATTOO ISNT OF A LUMPY BOWL OF OATMEAL THEN CONSIDER FINDING AN ARTIS THAT HAS THE SKILLS, AND TAKES THE TIME TO MAKE IT RIGHT.

OFTEN PEOPLE ARE SO EXCITED TO GET A TATTOO THAT THEY ARE WILLING TO OVERLOOK THE VERY NATURE OF THE SKIN. TATTOO LINES AND DETAILS SPREAD BECAUSE SKIN AGES. AND ITS THE SAME FOR EVERYONE, NO MATTER HOW WELL IT WAS DONE OR HOW YOU TAKE CARE OF IT. TOO TIGHT LINES LIKE THIS LETTERING TURNS INTO BLURRY BLOCKS THAT NEED TO BE LASERED OFF OR COVERED UP AFTER AROUND FIFTEEN YEARS. IF YOU PLAN FOR THIS BY ONLY GETTING TATTOOS WITH LOTS OF SPACE BETWEEN DETAILS THEN YOUR TATTOOS CAN LOOK AMAZING FROM THE FIRST DAY TO THE LAST. OR AT LEAST LONG AFTER YOU ART TOO OLD TO CARE. TAKE THE TIME, LISTEN TO YOUR ARTIST, THIS IS WHY WE SAY THINGS LIK “GO BIG” AND “BOLD WILL HOLD” THEY ARE MOR THEN SNAPPY SAYINGS. THIS IS A FUNDAMENTAL TRUTH AT THE HEART OF EVERY TATTOO THAT 4 OUT OF 5 CLIENTS WANT TO IGNORE AND THEN REGRET LATER.

BE BETTER. BE THE ONE THAT GETS IT.

A GOOD TATTOO WILL MAKE 30 TO 50 YEARS BEFORE HAVING AGING ISSUES, CAN YOUR ARTIST GUARANTEE THAT?

CROOKED TATTOOS ARE DEFINITELY EMBARRASSING, BUT HAVE YOU EVER SEEN A TATTOO THAT ONLY LOOKS GOOD IF THE BODY IS IN JUST THE RIGHT POSITION? OR ONE THAT MAKES SOMEONES BODY LOOK WEIRD? LIKE MAKING A DAINTY GIRLS SHOULDERS LOOK SQUARE LIKE A LINEBACKER, A THICK NECK IR BURLY MAN HANDS? HOW ABOUT A VERY EFFEMINATE TATTOO ON A GUY THAT IS VERY MUCH MOT TRYING TO LOOK EFFEMINATE? PLACEMENT HAS CONTROL OVER ALL THESE THINGS AND MANY MORE. IT CAN DISTORT THE DESIGN AS WELL AS THE BODY. FINDING AN ARTIST WITH THE EXPERIENCE TO MASTER ALL THESE CHALLENGES CAN MEAN THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN YOU HAVING AN OTHERWISE GOOD TATTOO THAT STILL MAKES YOU FEEL NOT SO GOOD ABOUT YOURSELF AND HAVING THAT GOOD ART SHAPE YOUR BODY IN A WAY THAT MAKES IT LOOK EVEN BETTER THAN BEFORE. MOR MUSCLE, OR MORE CURVES, MORE DYNAMIC SHAPES? ITS ALL POSSIBLE WITH CAREFUL TATTOO PLACEMENT.

ALL TOO OFTEN PEOPLE BITE OFF A LARGER PROJECT THEN THEY CAN CHEW. MOST OFTEN ITS THE ARTIST WHO SHOULD HAVE INFORMED THE CLIENT OF A REALISTIC TIME FRAME BUT MANY ARTISTS ARE TOO EXCITED TO TAKE ON A LARGE PROJECT THAT THEY OVERLOOK THIS THEMSELVES. THE END RESULT IS USUALLY THAT THEY HURRY THROUGH IT. “TRY TO POER THROUGH” LONG GRUELING SESSIONS DONE UNTIL ONE OR BOTH TAP OUT. THIS LEADS TO AREAS BEING RUSHED AND HALF THOUGHT OUT. COLORS GET SCRATCHY, LINES ARE SPOTTY AND BLOWN OUT FROM HURRYING, IMPORTAND SHAPES AND DETAILS DONT CONNECT OR JUST PLAIN LOOK BAD. BUT RATHER THAN PACING THE PROJECT OUT BOTH RUSH THROUGH AND MANY PARTS SUFFER OR NEVER GET FINISHED AT ALL.

AN EXPERIENCED LARGE TATTOO SPECIALIST WILL HAVE A STEADY PLAN THAT WILL MANAGE ALL OF THESE DETAILS THAT WILL KEEP YOU FROM BURNING OUT OR THE PAIN AND ROUGH HEALING MAKING YOU NEVER WANT TO RETURN. THIS WILL ENSURE ALL THE PARTS ARE THERE, THE ART IS FITTING PROPERLY AND THE QUALITY OF THE APPLICATION IS TOP NOTCH REGARDLESS OF SIZE OR PLACEMENT. THIS IS VERY HARD TO LEARN AND FIGURE OUT BUT IN THE END IF YOU CAN TAKE YOUR TIME AND NOT RUSH THROUGH THE SESSIONS YOU WILL HAVE A TRULY AMAZING LARGE TATTOO.

EVERYONE HAS SEEN THE BIG BUFF GUY WITH THE TINY POSTAGE STAMP TATTOO AND IT LOOKS RIDICULOUS. SPACE THINGS OUT. SMALL OR BIG YOU WILL HAVE A TATTOO EITHER WAY, IN THE END YOUR CHOICE ON SIZE WILL DETERMINE IF IT STILL LOOKS GOOD IN 20 OR 30 YEARS. . . OR MAYBE IF YOUR MOMENTARY HESITATION HAS LEFT YOU WITH THIS KIND OF BLURRY MESS👆🏼

FILL OUT THE FIELD OF VIEW ON EACH BODY PART. A FACE CAN MATCH THE CURVE OF A LEG FOR ADDED 3-D EFFECT. LARGE DETAILS CAN SWEEP OVER AND OFF A BODY PART TO CREATE A SENSE OF POWER AND FLOW. EVEN SMALL TATTOOS THAT FILL OUT MOST OF THE AREA THEY ARE ON HAVE A SETTLED AND NATURAL LOOK LIKE THEY BELONG THERE.

TOO SMALL TATTOOS ARE THE SOURCE OF FAR MORE REGRET THAN JUST GOING FOR IT. BE BOLD

COLOR CAN LOOK GREAT ON ALL SKIN TYPES, TONES AND TEXTURES BUT YOU HAVE TO KNOW HOW TO GET THE RESULT YOU WANT. THIS ALSO INCLUDES BODY PARTS THAT HAVE A LOT MORE HAIR. WITH PROPER STYLING AND PLANNING YOU CAN MAKE A DESIGN THAT WILL SHINE OUT ON DARK SKIN, THROUGH DARK THICK HAIR AND EVEN SCARRED OR PITTED SURFACES CAN BE INCORPERATED TO MAKE BIG BOLD BEAUTIFUL WORK.

WITHOUT PROPER PLANNING YOU CAN GET COLORS THAT LOOK TOO MUTED TO SEE, DETAIL THAT BLENDS TOGETHER AND INCONSISTENT SATURATIONS THAT WILL MAKE EVERYTHING LOOK LIKE A CRUMBLY MUTED MESS. IT IS VITAL THAT YOU FIND AN ARTIST THAT TRULY UNDERSTANDS THE DEMANDS OF ALL SKIN TYPES IF YOU WANT TO GUARANTEE SUCCESS. IF YOU HEAR AN ARTIST SAY COLOR IS NO GOOD FOR DARKER SKIN JUST WALK OUT.

THE DRAWING MADE FOR A TATTOO AND THE QUALITY OF HOW IT WAS PRINTED ON THE SKIN ARE TWO VERY SEPARATE THINGS.

NOW THAT YOU KNOW WHAT TO LOOK FOR YOU ARE ONE LARGE STEP CLOSER TO NEVER BEING THE VICTIM OF BAD TATTOOING.

LOOK OUT FOR YOUR BUDDIES, FRIENDS DON’T LET FRIENDS GET RATCHET ASS TATTOOS. AT LEAST NOT WITHOUT MAKING FUN OF THEM WHILE THEY ARE TRYING TO GET LAID.

MEET WITH COOPER, GO OVER ALL YOUR IDEAS AND FAVORITE ART STYLES. YOU CAN KNOW YOU ARE IN GREAT HANDS HERE WHERE WE WILL ALWAYS PUT THE QUALITY OF YOUR TATTOO, YOUR COMFORT AND YOUR NEEDS AS OUR TOP PRIORITIES..

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