BethampHATamine
2024-07-20T15:25:07.000Z
[Tattoos] I have an artist telling me that 3cm-across is too small for color or a filled-in design. Anyone have experience with this?
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BethampHATamine
2024-07-20T15:25:34.000Z
mo
2024-07-20T15:28:12.000Z
Yeah that’s fairly small? You’ll get a lot of bleeding and spreading and fading
Ian out burger
2024-07-20T15:28:16.000Z
It depends on what it is I suppose, that's pretty small.
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mo
2024-07-20T15:30:32.000Z
For reference: https://images.plurk.com/57beihZsgUJJfBzoO4QKfU.jpg https://images.plurk.com/pbH8H16ufiXDn0ewUptHa.jpg
mo
2024-07-20T15:30:54.000Z
The first is fresh, 13 years ago. The second is today
BethampHATamine
2024-07-20T15:34:00.000Z
https://images.plurk.com/2y5bqmSinjdfOM4rMIkUaq.jpg https://images.plurk.com/7t4eQwqPFkHFPP7DY5hAt7.jpg had to go back and look at mine. Fresh vs almost 4 years, the bee is 3cm across. Yeah, that’s a lot of change.
Haunted Boobs
2024-07-20T15:35:21.000Z
Yeah, I have also known multiple tattoo artists who won't do color fill on really small tats, because without regular touching up, they bleed and fade and warp drastically.
Spooky Mulder
2024-07-20T15:38:08.000Z
I'd say that's too small personally
BethampHATamine
2024-07-20T15:39:32.000Z
https://images.plurk.com/2gqa4gvMGAGz6pPTWnIrHB.png I'm going to get this logo of the Scottish Great Trails as lineart, and I'm hoping to fill in the three segments as I do the three trails on my bucket list (West Highland Way this year, John Muir and Great Glencoe Way in the future)
Haunted Boobs
2024-07-20T15:40:37.000Z
Oooh, an aside, but the John Muir trail is amazing, I've only done part of it for obvious reasons, but hands down one of my favorite trails in the country.
Spooky Mulder
2024-07-20T15:40:44.000Z
I'd say go bigger if you can, but then you could always insist on smaller and still fill in the lines as long as you're prepared for how much they'll fade/will need touching up
Ian out burger
2024-07-20T15:40:49.000Z
I would talk with the artist you're thinking about working with and see what size they would feel comfortable filling in, like the smallest they would go
Ian out burger
2024-07-20T15:41:54.000Z
see if that works for you, since at some point the space between segments is definitely going to bleed together and become one piece at the size you're asking for.
BethampHATamine
2024-07-20T16:10:01.000Z
https://images.plurk.com/7lmR3njOB9L4kdcZEVCxuN.jpg rough-up of how I’d ideallly like it, with a starburst in shades of purple
Thicken Nugget
2024-07-20T16:18:51.000Z
Yeah that’s REAL small. You run the risk of it just being mush
Thicken Nugget
2024-07-20T16:19:19.000Z
I’s say like....10 cm would probably be good?
BethampHATamine
2024-07-20T16:21:35.000Z
Ugh, that's enormous.
BethampHATamine
2024-07-20T16:23:07.000Z
I might ditch the color just for the sake of keeping it small.
BethampHATamine
2024-07-20T16:23:50.000Z
I can always color it in with a marker when I wanna feel pretty.
ᴀʟᴀɴ ғᴀᴋᴇ.
2024-07-20T20:06:18.000Z
I think it's worth discussing with your artist! I have a couple smol bois filled in with black that are about 5-6cm and they aren't doing too badly. The one on my finger definitely needs to be retouched but it's been 8 years in a high-traffic spot
ᴀʟᴀɴ ғᴀᴋᴇ.
2024-07-20T20:07:08.000Z
But yeah if you're looking for various shades of a colour, the colours will bleed together probably. Your best bet would be a solid colour
ᴀʟᴀɴ ғᴀᴋᴇ.
2024-07-20T20:08:46.000Z
i am, however, obsessed with the concept
ᴀʟᴀɴ ғᴀᴋᴇ.
2024-07-20T20:08:49.000Z
so cool
Thicken Nugget
2024-07-20T23:39:08.000Z
Yeah I think the idea of doing it solid and then coloring in the colors yourself is solid.
Thicken Nugget
2024-07-20T23:39:32.000Z
And you can even do things like get special paints and stuff. Maybe even make some pigment from the places.
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