Just got my first Tattoo yesterday done by Ciao Bottura @Bottura Tattoo in Kissimee FL. Each one is each of my daughters favorite things with their birthdates under them. I am quite pleased with it the session took about 7.5 hours and hurt less than I was expecting.
This was done by Damien Vines at Tatu. Its silly and I found it clever at the time. It was absolutely dumb and it still is, and I still love it. I modeled it after that trend where people would rush to post the first comment on a video/post and just say "first." My favorite thing is when people ask if its got a deep meaning like putting myself first and I just go "because it was my first tattoo." :^) I tend to get a giggle out of it, which makes me happy, as I love to make people laugh. I just wanted to share it.
So this idea popped into my head randomly after seeing some pictures of moths. I wanted to go with a neo traditional design because I thought the bold colours would absolutely pop on this. I decided to replace the body with a skull/witch doctor type face to make it a little more interesting.
Difficulties getting into colouring and how to separate everything cleanly. I want to go around the outside once more to make that line thicker. I know the mouth isn't anatomically correct, but I wanted to elongate the body of the moth as much as I could, and figured that traditional styles can be a bit whacky anyway.
I will be adding some more details and enhancements once the base colours are complete. The circles and drips will be deep purples, with hints of blue and green to give a toxic look. But I honestly think it looks pretty good im greyscale too.
I have a cat name Pringle, so I got her tattooed on me as a Pringle can
My artist is Ryan Kim from Los Angeles, Ca
you can find him on insta @bbcrla
I love Ryan he’s done a few of my tattoos already
I love how he got my kitty’s mustache (hence her name )
Only had for a almost a week now but already so many people are coming up to me and loving the tattoo
Had a lot of fun doing this one, client had a lot of fun too 🙃
I based in Varna, Bulgaria. Follow me on socials for more stuff 🫶
I got some filler pieces done yesterday and really like them all! I have had one artist do the vast majority of my tattoos so she gets the vibe I like so I wasn’t sure what would look good in these filler spaces so I told her I trusted her if she wanted to draw some stuff up, I’m sure I’d like it. Most of mine are like whimsical, cute, fantasy inspired. She chose this little bunny and I thought it was super cute. Kinda like vintage storybook art vibe? So I said sure! I like it, add it in. I showed my partner last night and they didn’t respond with any negativity.
Fast forward to today, we’re at our friend’s place and they ask to see my new tattoos and I show them. One friend makes a comment about the bunny looking funny. I’m like ??? he’s like looking back over his shoulder? My partner then says no, it’s look really bad and I’m going to need to get a cover up or have it fixed somehow. I truly do not think it looks bad. I think he’s cute! I didn’t think it looked weird at all until they started saying the bunny looked off. I don’t know. I know the only thing that matters is that I like it but it just made me really sad. I was so excited to have these done and my forearm pretty much done. Now I can’t get out of my head that people will think the bunny looks weird. I don’t want to go back to my artist to ask her to “fix” it either because I don’t think it needs fixing! Idk if I’m being defensive and maybe it does look weird though. I don’t know if I’m looking for advice or validation. Ugh. I’m just sad.
Sorry for the long post. I just needed to get it off my chest. Posted a picture of my little bunny tattoo so you all can see it. I think I’ll keep it the way it is but maybe if you guys really think my partner is right then what would you do in my shoes?
I started a full-leg sleeve with an artist. The collage of finished tattoos is the vibe I was going for (done by other artists, Kirsten Holliday and Savannah Treviño, not my artist) — botanical stuff, muted colors, skin breaks between all the stuff. Somehow, my artist forgot and thought we were coloring in the background (which is all of the black and dark teal on my leg) — she initially had that vision when I proposed the sleeve to her and must’ve forgotten we decided to NOT do that 🙃 At my session yesterday, I was laying in my stomach for 2 hours, and unbeknownst to me, she shaded in all that dark background. Sigh. I had no idea. I was in shock when I saw it and didn’t say anything very direct at the time (her kid was there so it felt extra weird), and what’s done was done, anyway! So we basically stopped there for the day.
I’m seeking advice on what to do now. I am definitely not going to commit to all of my leg being shaded in, that’s not what I wanted at all. I know this part can’t be undone, so does anyone have ideas on how to make it look intentional? How to somehow fade it out from there so that the rest of the leg having no background doesn’t look mismatched? Any ideas are greatly appreciated.
(I didn’t credit the artist I’m working with because it was just a mistake, I don’t want to drag her name, so I hope that’s okay)
Hello everyone!
I haven't posted on here, or reddit in general for a good while, some very heavy stuff went down in my personal life but off socials I'm still a very prolific career TTRPG artist.
I've had this idea for a good while, and I took some of the little free time and energy I have left to whip up this medieval woodcut style tattoo idea of one of my most beloved characters. My habitual tattoo artist is running a charity walk-in event in October so I HAD to book them to tat her on my back forever! I can't wait!
It gets coloring next month but it is Haku from Spirited Away. It took about 3 hours with an 8/10 pain but I sat like a damn rock.
I have been wanting a skull with an energy sword thru its head for years. My only regret is not making it a legendary skull with the marking. Honest though on my first tattoo?
My sisters and I got matching tattoos yesterday, it’s a drawing we did when we were tiny. When each of us was born we got a matching baby doll, now we’ll carry that sister bond forever!
I love the tattoos itself, nothing against the artists at all, I just have been insecure about some of the tattoo choices & placement of them. I LOVE the moth, and the trad on the side of my foot. Also love the ankle but I think what is bothering me is the lettering I got. I sort of want to do a coverup of the wording, not sure.
I just want my legs to look aesthetically pleasing and I do not feel super confident. Any ideas or encouragement would be appreciated.
A custom design after client’s idea.
Swipe for more photos and the „before”-one!
Done at Zaraza tattoo shop
Hi, not entirely sure if I'm doing this right, but needing help visualizing how to best capture something. My wife and I suffered a miscarriage last year, and I've wanted to do something honor our baby, who would have been our 3rd son.
Small tangent, but necessary for design idea. Earlier this year, my wife and I went on a trip in Paris for our anniversary, which also served as a special time for us to go through things/get away. During the trip, we got coffee at one of the train stations (conventional coffee shop name). But when we sat down with our cups, the name we gave our son (first and middle) was on the cup - presumably (and confirmed later) the founder of the place.
Anyways, I'm wondering if there's a special way of creating a design that incorporates trains/train tracks. My wife and I had our wedding reception at a former train station (now museum). So I'm considering having this as "the beginning of the journey", with our lost son further down the track (but the journey still ongoing).
Thanks for any (and all) help!
Don’t get me wrong I love this shenron tattoo and I don’t regret getting it at all. (even though I have to get the tail fixed at sometime in the future but that’s besides the point). The only thing is I’m kind of iffy of the placement? I want to get something else (not sure what yet) on the other side of my back but I feel like it wouldn’t mesh well because of how large my existing tattoo is so I was wanting to get some opinions and suggestions on whether I should or shouldn’t get something else. Also would love to get any suggestions to what you think would go well with it. Thank you!
Last October I got my death head moth and have wanted a 2nd moth so bad. Got a blue pansy moth yesterday <3
Ive always been obsessed with art, so I only thought it would be appropriate that my firat one would be an actual artwork. I decided on doing The creation of Adam, because I love how even though I chose only a part of it, its still so recognizable? And I added a paintbrush, because I am an artist myself
I'd always wanted a sleeve so I went in for a consult 2.5 yrs ago... Two sleeves down and working on my back.... My only regret is I waited til I was 55 to start it....lol
Me and my mom want to get matching tattoos, but my style is very bold / trad and hers is very fine line. We both don’t really want a statement piece that doesn’t match the quarter sleeves we’ve both gotten. Do you guys have any ideas of a tattoo that we could get to look similar/corresponding enough to be matching but without sacrificing the vibe we already have going on?