What can I do to cover up/fix this tattoo?

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Chinner
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Ok the black circle is on my leg just like in this photo, but i didnt have a camera to take a picture of it so i had to use paint. Dont ask why the circle is there, its a long story, but this looks like junk. I really need some help on something to go over it to make it look normal. I dont want something toooooo big, but i know it will have to be decent size.

Can anyone please help me?


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FORK
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Fri Jul 10, 2009 8:53 pm

I am really confused as to why the black circle is there... and I can't really answer the question unless i see what's under it :P
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Fri Jul 10, 2009 9:43 pm

FORK wrote:I am really confused as to why the black circle is there... and I can't really answer the question unless i see what's under it :P
that is supposed to be the tattoo, there is a random black circle of a tattoo on my leg but i dont have a camera and that was an old picture and i said that is what it looks like now
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Fri Jul 10, 2009 11:09 pm

Fill your leg with black triangles, squares, rectangles, octagons, trapezoids, and the like.
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Fri Jul 10, 2009 11:22 pm

Oooh I gotcha! Well in that case, it'll be pretty hard to cover it up... that's some fairly large, plain black ink so any sort of cover up would have to be pretty big. I suppose you could do something polynesian like:

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But If you want to keep it relatively small, you could always accent the stars with some whispy stuff and add more stars in there. more masculin than this but it gives you the idea:

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anyone else and thanks fork
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Sat Jul 11, 2009 1:01 am

why do u have a black circle tattooed on ur leg.....ad a shit load a stars and make it a planet,or just a black hole
Chinner
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Sat Jul 11, 2009 12:37 pm

like i said its a long story but it just got done so i need something to find to cover it up in about 3-4 weeks
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Sat Jul 11, 2009 1:27 pm

FORK wrote:Oooh I gotcha! Well in that case, it'll be pretty hard to cover it up... that's some fairly large, plain black ink so any sort of cover up would have to be pretty big. I suppose you could do something polynesian like:

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But If you want to keep it relatively small, you could always accent the stars with some whispy stuff and add more stars in there. more masculin than this but it gives you the idea:

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yeah, put some whispy stuff around the stars. turn bad into homosexual...great idea :roll:
Chinner
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Sat Jul 11, 2009 1:33 pm

threesixafix wrote:
FORK wrote:Oooh I gotcha! Well in that case, it'll be pretty hard to cover it up... that's some fairly large, plain black ink so any sort of cover up would have to be pretty big. I suppose you could do something polynesian like:

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But If you want to keep it relatively small, you could always accent the stars with some whispy stuff and add more stars in there. more masculin than this but it gives you the idea:

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yeah, put some whispy stuff around the stars. turn bad into homosexual...great idea :roll:
yea not down with the star thing lol
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Mon Jul 13, 2009 1:07 pm

I would never get a tattoo covered up, this is why i have bubbles the powerpuff girl on my stomach, But it is staying there. looks pretty silly but its part of me now and i would never want to get rid of it.


but i guess even a powerpuff girl is better tham a black circle.
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Wed Jul 15, 2009 1:30 am

anyone else
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postwardreamkerri
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Wed Jul 15, 2009 8:24 am

I am not an artist but maybe some of the artists can answer the question. Can something be done over the black with some white ink? almost like turning it into an etching of sorts? Or am I dreaming?
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postwardreamkerri wrote:I am not an artist but maybe some of the artists can answer the question. Can something be done over the black with some white ink? almost like turning it into an etching of sorts? Or am I dreaming?
The white will probably get muddied up quick. White absorbs the oils in your skin, and I'm sure would mix with teh dark ink you're trying to cover. If you could just whiteout the bad stuff, you wouldnt need lasers and such..
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Wed Jul 15, 2009 11:40 am

Gotcha, I guess then I would go with something much larger. That would indeed cover it up.
Thanks for that info EvilJay
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