What do you think of my new tattoo? Should I add anything to it?

[Amtong]

Hey guys,

i just got this new tattoo on my inner bicep to my forearm, it’s a Phoenix (Chinese/Japanese style). What are your opinions? I feel it lacks detail. Should I ask the artist to add more detail? If so, where do you think?

 

Thanks

[el twe]

Welcome to LST.  How old is that tattoo?  It looks great to me and if it's as fresh as I think it is, let it settle in before you decide to add to/tweak it.  I'd be afraid that adding much else would make it too busy and hard to read.

[JAC1961]

I agree, I don't think it looks bad at all.  It is your decision, it's on your body.  I'd just live with it for a while and not rush into any additions or changes.

[Hogrider]

Just my opinion, but it's pretty busy now. If you add much more it's going to be really hard to read. Just my opinion, but I don't like tattoos that you have to look at for 10 minutes to figure out what the hell they are.

[Hemmel]

I think it is plenty detailed!

[JTJTJT]

Looks good I would even go so far as to say it would be cool to have less detail on the clouds and black them out to make the subjects pop a bit more 

[Amtong]

5 minutes ago, JTJTJT said:

Looks good I would even go so far as to say it would be cool to have less detail on the clouds and black them out to make the subjects pop a bit more 

Thank you! I didn’t even think about doing that

[Amtong]

14 hours ago, JAC1961 said:

I agree, I don't think it looks bad at all.  It is your decision, it's on your body.  I'd just live with it for a while and not rush into any additions or changes.

Thanks for the suggestion. I think I’ll do that