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 Posted: Mon Apr 23, 2007 6:40 pm Post subject: NEED HELP WITH COVER UP DESIGN |
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I have the above tattoo and wish to get it covered up (hopefully a half sleeve), I love black, gray shading, especially Japanese artwork. I know that tribal is hard to cover-up but if anyone has any ideas then I would love to hear them.
If someone can produce a TOP DESIGN I would be happy to pay for it.
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| Posted: Mon Apr 23, 2007 9:27 pm Post subject: |
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Go to an artist who specialises in cover up.
Jap style b&g should work pretty well
Your artist will come up with a design with you, just talk to them and you can get something drawn up together.
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| Posted: Tue Apr 24, 2007 2:34 am Post subject: |
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| TIM VICTIM is a good cover up artist at ALL OR NOTHING. Look him up. Between him and his colleagues they should be able to work up some Japanese-esque cover up for you. |
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| Posted: Tue Apr 24, 2007 3:04 am Post subject: |
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Start saving your pennies.
Find someone who has a portfolio of both cover-ups AND artwork you like. Look at before and after (healed) pictures.
Can't stress this one enough - take enough time to look at pictures so perhaps at some point you can tell the difference between a well done and a poor cover up. No one can teach you this. Art is subjective, only you can say what art you like and why. And cover-up art is in a class of its own.
Lucky for you japanese is very popular.
Speak with the artist you like about what you want. You may be looking at some laser work. 
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A gardenhose would work beutifully. Green thumb brand  |
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| Posted: Tue Apr 24, 2007 8:10 am Post subject: |
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| Just take that one off and start over..... I have a dull rusty cheese graeder you could borrow to erase that.... Wont take but a few nice swipes |
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| I have a permant marker, I could just color it all in and make it one big bar. Then you could say it shows how deep you are, having a tattoo that no one understands....... |
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| Posted: Tue Apr 24, 2007 8:17 am Post subject: |
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| evilrockangel wrote: | | I have a permant marker, I could just color it all in and make it one big bar. Then you could say it shows how deep you are, having a tattoo that no one understands....... |
Actually my old boss had a 6 inch thick black armband tattoo in memory of his parents.... just a big black band, nothing else. Could have done so much more. |
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| Posted: Tue Apr 24, 2007 3:22 pm Post subject: |
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| jamison wrote: | | evilrockangel wrote: | | I have a permant marker, I could just color it all in and make it one big bar. Then you could say it shows how deep you are, having a tattoo that no one understands....... |
Actually my old boss had a 6 inch thick black armband tattoo in memory of his parents.... just a big black band, nothing else. Could have done so much more. |
How did it relate to his parents? |
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| Posted: Tue Apr 24, 2007 3:53 pm Post subject: |
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| kohlhaas wrote: | | jamison wrote: | | evilrockangel wrote: | | I have a permant marker, I could just color it all in and make it one big bar. Then you could say it shows how deep you are, having a tattoo that no one understands....... |
Actually my old boss had a 6 inch thick black armband tattoo in memory of his parents.... just a big black band, nothing else. Could have done so much more. |
How did it relate to his parents? |
I think it was something about how people wear a black armband sometimes to signify mourning... so he got a tattoo of one. ruined some great real estate. |
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| Posted: Thu Apr 26, 2007 1:12 am Post subject: |
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Actually, the black armband occured to me before. Instead of having a shit "wannabe something else" cover-up why dont I go Hawaiian/Polynesian kind of vibe. Here is what I came up with for starters.... The white areas will be skin and those red line i am unsure about.....
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| Posted: Thu Apr 26, 2007 7:45 am Post subject: |
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| I think that's a really unattractive design. Just my 2 cents.... |
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| Posted: Thu Apr 26, 2007 7:52 am Post subject: |
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you can ask to get it covered with white first. It will lighten it up and the cover up would be much easier.
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Where are you from, actually where do you live right now?
I had a larger tribal then that and now it's a water scene with a big shark, mermaid, divers, craps, etc.... It can be done and done well...you need to find an artist.
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| Posted: Sat Apr 28, 2007 5:42 pm Post subject: |
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| Im out in Japan ..... |
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