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Cathedral is my favorite shop. CJ actually has done two pieces on my girlfriend and they are awesome. Jake Miller tattooed my chest a few years back when he worked at 11th street electric. I was actually planning on going over there to see what they had to say about it. They know the guy who did the tattoo in question (works at another shop), and I wouldn't want it to offend the artist, because he's a good guy (I guess I just don't know the proper etiquette when it comes to cover ups). - - - Updated - - - Precisely. - - - Updated - - - I actually quite like how that looks (cool tattoo, also), although my tattoo isn't as faded as the one in the picture, so I feel like doing other work over the top might look too messy, I don't know though. - - - Updated - - - I've never been to Anchor, I might check it out, thanks for the suggestion. I actually feel similar loyalty to Cathedral, haha. - - - Updated - - - The way I would most likely have it done would be to fade the edges of the blackwork in with dotwork. I think it would look pretty cool, just my opinion. I attached a picture of my tattoo. I think part of the reason why I don't like it anymore is about a year after he finished the piece I had him do a blastover of a tree, and it is pretty obvious that it was added on after, and it just makes it look weird. - - - Updated - - - Uploaded a photo. I think I will go in to a local shop here and ask them their opinions. Thank you for the advice.

Hello, I am 26 years old and I reside in the state of Utah. I have a few tattoos, one of which I am looking to get covered up. I am new to the forum. The tattoo in question is a 1/3 sleeve (almost a half sleeve, it starts about an inch and a half above my elbow. It is completely filled in (there is basically no skin showing, besides the inside of by bicep) It is of a graveyard that I got done when I turned 18, hasty to get a new tattoo by a bad ass dude. I have another tattoo by the same guy which I love, just over the years, I have started to hate the graveyard. It has a lot of black lines (trees, gravestones, fence, grass) some lighter green for the grass, some brown in the trees, grey for the headstones, and red/dark purple for the sky. I have already heard the whole "you should just learn to live with it and deal with it" spiel and I disagree. The cover up I want isn't the most traditional, I guess. I have gotten really into "blackwork" and "dotwork", and I would really like to completely black out the half sleeve. My question is: Would it look like shit if I just went and got the tattoo completely blacked out over the top of it? Would it look completely obvious that it was a cover up, or would it just not look as solid and it would had I just gotten an all black half sleeve to begin with? Thanks, this is probably an amateur question, but no one I know has been able to give me a clear answer. thewaydown