Is it possible to repair or have to cover it up?

[undudedude]

Hello,

A noob friend of mine made this tattoo - penrose triangle https://imgur.com/a/6Ekit -, but it ended up with some imperfections, and I don't really want a tattoo in this state.

I asked a tattoo artist and he said that I should cover it up, but I want more opinons. What do you guys think? Is possible to repair like with another color as outline?

Thanks.

[undudedude]

And these are some ideas I have for now for a cover up - > https://imgur.com/a/JC1S4 - altough I don't like much that gradient with dots...

[SStu]

Your "friend" didn't do you any favors.

If you don't want a big black space on your arm I'd recommend some laser work.

[marley mission]

leave it

and get more tatts

[undudedude]

leave it

and get more tatts

why? it's has too many imperfections IMO :\

[marley mission]

why? it's has too many imperfections IMO :\

a mark in time brother - but hey - do what works for you - keep us posted

[zetroc]

Good for you for letting your friend practice on you, but that's a keeper or a laser candidate.

[byzantine]

personally I would leave it be, but if you're dead set on laser get somebody to just clean it up a bit - somebody skilled like @discardead - like this

[undudedude]

Good for you for letting your friend practice on you, but that's a keeper or a laser candidate.

the design is simple, seems easy to do, that's why i let him do it...

[undudedude]

is it possible to do outline with white? Heard a special kind of white is needed...

[SStu]

The use of white in doesn't work the same for everyone.

[undudedude]

The use of white in doesn't work the same for everyone.

What do you mean, my tattoo artist said I had no space. I asked why and he sent me -> Imgur: The most awesome images on the Internet - i don't get it, since it was supposed to go over the black...

[SStu]

I am not a tattooist - but this topic has been discussed on the forum in the past - but for your guidance there are a couple of (or a few?) tattooists who are experimenting with putting white *on top* of black - so if you were nearby to one of them they would 1st need to put MORE black into your space. The other aspect of white ink is that with some people it doesn't stay white - it turns yellow or light brown. No way to predict that.

[undudedude]

still haven't decided yet what to do any ideas please?

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https://imgur.com/a/2SDO7 -> my other 3 tattoos by the way :)

[marley mission]

still haven't decided yet what to do any ideas please?

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https://imgur.com/a/2SDO7 -> my other 3 tattoos by the way :)

yeah dont make multiple threads about the tattoo you hate

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still haven't decided yet what to do any ideas please?

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https://imgur.com/a/2SDO7 -> my other 3 tattoos by the way :)

yeah dont make multiple threads about the tattoo you hate

[undudedude]

yeah dont make multiple threads about the tattoo you hate

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yeah dont make multiple threads about the tattoo you hate

this was just intro, so I thought, I could make one on the dedicated section

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yeah dont make multiple threads about the tattoo you hate

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yeah dont make multiple threads about the tattoo you hate

this was just intro, so I thought, I could make one on the dedicated section

[bongsau]

still haven't decided yet what to do any ideas please?

get a big black panther up your forearm.

[undudedude]

get a big black panther up your forearm.

Not my thing, i like abstract stuff and optical illusions :D

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get a big black panther up your forearm.

Not my thing, i like abstract stuff and optical illusions :D

[9Years]

This is pretty abstract:

https://www.instagram.com/p/BEE9VIVocE1/?taken-by=henrylewis77&hl=en

[bongsau]

yeah basically you will need something blackAF and bigAF if you are expecting to cover the triangle mess completely.

I don't see a minor touchup correcting the roughness of your triangle tattoo.

other options are live with it or laser.

or black out that section of your arm and fade into your abstract / optical illusion idea

[Vinnie]

I'd either:

A. keep the tattoo and have it as a reminder of that time in your life and hopefully your buddy becomes an awesome artist, and you'll always be there to humble him.

B. Go full blackout on that area, and do a scarification method where you want a different color. Depending on how your skin scars, it would range from reddish to skin tone. there are some awesome scarification artists out there.

[oboogie]

Laser it or leave it.

[undudedude]

I had a great idea! I'll make it all black triangle, then make the penrose triangle on the other side, and then add more 2 triangles inverted on each side aroudn the arm. 

 

Sierpinski triangle - it's a triangle supposedly that has 1,3 spatial dimentions

 

And the middle one here - which is a 4 dimensional tetrahedron :D

Edited May 2, 2016 by undudedude

[undudedude]

well, i went to the tattoo artist, and this idea doesn't quite work, it doesn't work as a symmetrical band as I envisioned....

Edited May 6, 2016 by undudedude

[Devious6]

So, you have an option?