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It's been a little over a month since I got a tattoo on my upper shin. The shaved area is definitely growing some hair back, but it's nowhere near as much as the surrounding areas. I feel like it looks stupid, especially because some of the shaved area is not where the tattoo is (moved the stencil). Will it look normal soon or should I just shave everything so it comes back even? Would it look more even if I just made everything shorter with a beard trimmer or something?

Pls delete if not allowed but looking for some quick advice:

I messaged an artist, who has tattoo'd me before, about an idea I had. No response. Messaged about a month later about a different idea, got a response and replied, but crickets since then. This person is the shop manager as well. Is it tacky/rude to message another artist at this shop?

Just curious on what everyone thought process is with this. I personally keep my arm shaved because I think it looks much cleaner.

Ok so I started getting a tattoo of a two headed snake on my thigh it’s relatively large and I kinda hate the way it’s looking

Yes I know it needs highlights and finished but I’m not a fan of realism and I’m not sure if this can be made less realistic

Disclaimer: I’m not looking for a discussion on the design drawing suggestions pricing or anything I’m strictly wondering if I should have been shown the design before he started shading and how to discuss the fact I don’t like the tattoo and how to approach that conversation or if I should just Irish goodbye also!! my tattoo artist and I hang out and are friends but I’m newer to the area so I don’t really wanna upset him or piss him off he’s openly talked about being extremely confident and I’ve seen him get annoyed easily which gives me anxiety telling him I don’t like it because I’ve only known him for a month but I have like no friends in the area so I also don’t wanna loose a friend that I actually enjoy hanging out with outside of this tattoo

I went in for line work he showed me the design it was realistic but also kinda mixed with neo traditional?? So it didn’t give that realism vibe
We did the line work I went back a month later (about 1 week ago) and he worked on the heads when he started working on the heads no design was shown or anything he just asked “black and grey right?” And I said “yes” and he started going at it

Originally when asked about the style the artist said “are you thinking realism” and I said “I don’t really like realism I don’t enjoy the way it ages I was going to leave the style more up to you but I would prefer not alot of realism” (keep in mind this artist doesn’t specialize in realism so I didn’t think I needed to be concerned or mention more than that)

I’ve been sitting here for a little over a week debating on if I should find a different artist and Irish goodbye or if I should talk to him about it if I talk to him about it I really dont know how to bring it up and I feel like it would be a greatly awkward durring the tattoo I’ll any advice I can get

Hi, I have an appointment tomorrow and the artist sent me the custom piece we had discussed awhile back for me to approve today.

I had sent a bunch of references images, including some other tattoos from other artists I found on Pinterest and insta (for inspo and vibes, I specified I didn’t want those exact copies). I really like this artist’s style.

However when I got the final artwork today (it’s of a cat along with some things however the cat is a main focal point of the piece) i realised the pose the cat was in was almost a one for one of a work found on Pinterest. Like down to the lines where its legs are bent. The coat pattern is different, but I’m pretty certain figure itself is the same.

I wanted an artwork from this artist not her take on someone else’s artwork. Can I just straight up bring up the copied/inspired art work and ask her to change it or would that be rude?

Any tips on how I can ask her to change it without coming off as rude or insulting?

I know it’s short notice, I’d asked to see the work earlier but she said she’ll send it 1-2 days before my appointment so here I am

Hey everyone

This is my first post on Reddit. Im really excited to share my work here and hear what you all think. Here is an Anubis piece that took me around 16 hours over 2 sessions.

fresh

3 years healed

I’m two sessions into a large piece on my leg. The first was just line work, and while the knee ditch was not fun, it was bearable.

Had my second session four weeks later to do the shading (that was yesterday). We got through most of it (about four hours) but I had to tap out after about 15 mins in the knee ditch. It was BRUTAL.

Any tips for going into the final session? I suspect we’ve got about two hours of work left to do on it.

Looking for any solutions, if there are any, for protecting tattoos when pregnant.