PinkUnicorn

The story of Freddy Negrete and his sons.

FWIW, to me the shoulder and the ankle (to a slightly lesser extent) don't contrast enough with your skin tone...

Any particular motivation for the (stylistically different) surrounding material?

I really suspect that the most important thing for such minor skin damage as a tattoo is just to keep it clean... (although I couldn't find too many medical references either way, but when I had a skin biopsy I wasn't instructed to use anti-microbial soap)

FWIW, I think the design has too much detail to count as "minimalist". But don't worry that the stars don't look the same, there are many different types of stars! (And I'm writing this at a meeting of the International Astronomical Union in Vienna...)

I think it's positioned correctly... And also, symmetry is overrated. When I was in Spain earlier this year, I saw many people with e.g. one arm full of tattoos and very little on the other arm, and it looked pretty good. (Although, admittedly, it did start to look almost cliched as so many people had that style.)

I think symmetry is often overrated! For what it is, it looks fine to me.

What do you think is weird? And when you say "right side", are the pictures the correct way round? (i.e. not taken in a mirror)

Cool little Satanic cross!

They still do! https://www.luckysupply.com/

Maybe it would look slightly more "balanced" if you also had contrasting/complementary work on your shoulders/upper arms? Otherwise, it's an impressive looking piece!

When they're teenagers, they'll be embarrassed of you no matter what for a few years! :) (Even with that cool tattoo you have.)

I kind of like the asymmetry...

From their web page: I guess "non-traditional" would be one way to describe it!

I don't think you need to post (essentially) the same thing in two threads...

Well, I'm neither a (medical) doctor, nor a tattoo artist, but I did have a small skin biopsy a couple of years ago, and the instructions for care afterwards did include applying e.g. aquaphor 24 hours after to reduce the chance of scarring.... (FWIW....)

I had a modest size tattoo done by Charlie Foos, and he was fine. However, I've not used either of the other folks above, so I didn't vote...

It might depend on what somebody else (e.g. significant other) thinks it is that you want to "break free" from...?

For my two modest size tattoos I got custom temporary tattoos made and experimented with size and placement before going for the real thing. As a somewhat OCD person, I found this very useful for me. I used straytats.com, but there are probably lots of other places.

I think it looks like a pentagram, because it is a pentagram...

Maybe we need a photo of the OP's penis - so we can do a side-by-side comparison, just in case...?

Well, I do need to have working turn signals in my car, so I'd have to go with the Kia I think...

There are lots of places in the Baltimore/DC area. The two I've been to are Reed St. (B'more) and Tattoo Paradise. http://readstreettattoo.net/home.html http://tattooparadisedc.com/home.html

Well, you did write "this tattoo" rather than "these tattoos"...

I'm about to head off to France for just over two weeks. It's going to be my birthday, and my significant other suggested as a present paying for me to get a tattoo out there! I'm going to be mainly in Annecy for about 1 week, then Paris for about a week. I guess Annecy is more of a long shot to find a good place, although I'll have more free/flexible time there. Does anybody happen to have any particular suggestions for either place? (And my plan is to get something loosely "Tintin" based, which may be a bit of a cliché I suppose.) My French is very limited, but my SO is French. Thanks!