Why do tattoos turn green?

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Tbacc
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Thu Jun 07, 2007 8:28 pm

****** black and **** stay pretty dark for a good period of time..

<edited by EvilJay due to technical content>
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Thu Jun 07, 2007 9:01 pm

^ I'm pretty sure that shouldn't be posted in a public forum. Nobody needs to know what kind of black their artist uses... it should suffice to look at their portfolios and talk to them about it.
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Fri Jun 08, 2007 2:51 am

hmm, mine was black when I got it.. and now its a dark blue
..mabye its the mix of colors to make black, perhaps if its lighter on one color or the other, when it fades it shows the heavier color. *shrugs*

Of course, I am not a tattooist (sp), I am just a painter, and in painting you have to mix colors to get black, I imagine it would be similar in ink though.
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Fri Jun 08, 2007 8:30 am

I have black work and tribals that are over 15 years old and they don't look green? Still black people!
I've seen OLD work on OLD people that had SHITTY artists use GOD knows what for ink have there shit turn crazy colors.
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Fri Jun 08, 2007 9:49 am

kohlhaas wrote:^ I'm pretty sure that shouldn't be posted in a public forum. Nobody needs to know what kind of black their artist uses... it should suffice to look at their portfolios and talk to them about it.
But why should it be a secret?

I am an artist too -- a saxophone player. If somebody asks me about my equipment, I answer their question. If someone asks me what I play over a certain chord progression, I explain it the best way I know how.

What makes me able to do what I do has nothing to do with my tools, but everything to do with my mind, body, soul and the dedication and time I've invested in my craft.

In the end there is no magic pill.
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Fri Jun 08, 2007 10:38 am

Yes, but on this forum we don't do product or manufacturer placement or technical advise for ANY tattoo supplies/techniques, except in the artist forum.
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Fri Jun 08, 2007 1:29 pm

sorry guys... i really didnt mean to post that.. shit! i keep thinking that we're all artist in here.. it wont happen again.. my apologies.
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Fri Jun 08, 2007 1:31 pm

theres a place for answers like that...
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Fri Jun 08, 2007 2:18 pm

Like what?
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Fri Jun 08, 2007 2:31 pm

Tattude wrote:Like what?
like technical answers.. tricks of the trade
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Fri Jun 08, 2007 2:58 pm

Gotcha!
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Fri Jun 08, 2007 7:25 pm

Rather than just censor it out, why not move the post to the artist forum, and replace the censored text with a link to the post in the other forum?
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Fri Jun 08, 2007 8:18 pm

I always thought that the sun had something to do with it, but I'm obviously wrong!
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Sun Jun 10, 2007 12:16 am

Leadfoot wrote:I always thought that the sun had something to do with it, but I'm obviously wrong!
LOL :lol:
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