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a rose with leaves is still really about the rose. Leaves as the focal point in a traditional image? 

might have to settle for a touch of neo-traditional . . . 

olive branch?

My previous bruising evaporated after a couple of weeks, but that's not to say yours would necessarily do so. 4 weeks in and you may very well just need more healing time. any case and either way it looks quite good!

Yep. "pop-up" tattoo is just another word for "un-licenced". 

Very good. Looks crisp and clean! 

Nice to start with the classics, too. 

On 9/1/2020 at 8:27 PM, TattooedBeccaBoo said:

I got a tattoo back in April with a magenta colored ink. I has been raised, itchy, and scaly only in the parts specifically containing the magenta ink. I have been to the doctor and it was diagnosed as an ink allergic reaction. I'm curious if I were to tattoo black ink into it if that would help the allergic reaction at all???

Not likely, because the magenta ink would still be in there. 

^yep

Agreed. Both seem pretty dynamic. 

Boil it down to personality, if you can visit with each 1st. 

I don't think so. If that was the case then you'd be seeing it a lot more often. 

You just may be prone to keloid type scarring, and there's nothing wrong with that. Ink AND texture. 

Lots of artists create digitally - nothing wrong with that. The question is - what do you want to do with your end product? There is a large quantity of traditional hand painted flash out in the world, so if you're thinking about selling digital traditional flash I'd be surprised if there is a market. 

Yeah, maybe Keloid scarring. Has it been like that for all this time, or is the raised part a recent development?

how old is the tattoo?

why, she's almost a bobber!

Roman or Renaissance themed images would fit in easily enough. 

My guess would be that the greenish hue you're seeing it probably still just tattoo in the healing stage. 

more cats? other animals? landscaping? 

there are no rules!

Yep. If you've got easy access to the artist let'm settle in for a couple of months, at least. As far as joining black/grey realism pieces, clouds/beams are an easy choice - but hopefully you're artist as a handle on how to proceed, too. 

The answer depends on many, many factors. The style, the image and the artist's ability all factor into the flexibility of what you'll have to work with in the future. 

Post a link to your artist's work. 

Yeah, there is no real right or wrong with a direction on mixed themes like you've got. You could easily continue to accrue small images or fill in all the remaining spaces with a single theme (vines and leaves is a good one). 

Using his own references is certainly the best way to get what you want!

He looks quite capable, @DavidG. I'll be curious to see how a realism artist produces an imaginary creature, or are you bringing him artwork to reproduce?

If you're talking NYC there will be LOTS of choices. Realism isn't what I personally track but just a 5 minute search . . . 

https://www.instagram.com/lalotattoos/?hl=en

at least 3-4 weeks before you're going to know what it really looks like. it's still healing. 

all the above, and if you want to keep the option open - and the artist who is going to do the initial work might be your choice for future work as well - talk to him/her about it in advance. My half sleeve was done with that communication in advance and when the time comes that artist will be able to pick up where he left off years back. 

weight loss isn't going to change anything much in those areas, imho 

If it's not red, sore or hot you're just going to have to be patient. 

You don't need any moisture, so if you think you might be overdoing it then just cut it out for a couple of days . . . 

yep. If it's not red, hot and sore then you're just going to have to be patient.