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Covering old tattoo

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  • 12-06-2008 10:48am
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    Noxin
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    Hi,

    I'm thinking of covering one or two old tattoo's i have on my upper arm. The problem is they are quite large so i don't know if it will be possible.
    Links to both:

    http://i268.photobucket.com/albums/jj17/Cian82/tat2.jpg

    http://i268.photobucket.com/albums/jj17/Cian82/tat1.jpg

    I was thinking of trying for something tribal to cover the tattoo area and expanding a bit over my shoulder and maybe slightly onto my chest or back.

    What do you think? Do you guys/gals think this would be possible?


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    Will
    Closed Accounts Posts: 19,183 ✭✭✭✭Will


    Tribal won't work too well mainly because you use a lot of negative space i.e uninked skin to contrast with the black. your tattoos are solid.

    if you want them covered up you will have to get a larger tattoo over the current ones. best bet is to go talk to a tattoo artist about it and see what they recommend


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    Toots
    Administrators, Business & Finance Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 16,921 Admin ✭✭✭✭✭Toots


    Wilburt wrote: »
    Tribal won't work too well mainly because you use a lot of negative space i.e uninked skin to contrast with the black. your tattoos are solid.

    if you want them covered up you will have to get a larger tattoo over the current ones. best bet is to go talk to a tattoo artist about it and see what they recommend

    +1, couldn't get much better advice than above. They'll be able to tell you what sort of designs will work best to cover them up. Also when you go to the parlour, check and see if there's pics of other coverups that have been done, so you'll have some idea of how well/not so well they have worked out.


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    Noxin
    Registered Users Posts: 1,905 ✭✭✭Noxin


    Cool, Cheers for the input folks. I'll take a trip down to one or two to see what they have in the way of cover-ups. Can you recommend anywhere good for them?

    I usually just go into Dragon-Tattoo on Talbot Street. Got all mine there and I like the place ^^


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    tasha1
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    Celestial Ring [still called that] In Stephen's Green Have Done Some Cool Cover Ups...


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    disssco
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    ...


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    #7
    Will
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    If you've got nothing nice to say don't say anything at all. Consider this a warning.


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    ChewChew
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    I got 3 of my tattoo's in Dragon on Talbot st. they are pretty good, really like their stuff, and also got piercings in Celestial Ring in stephens green and a mate got tattoo's there. you should drop into both and see what they come up with.


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    Crumble Froo
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    yeah, a mate of mine went into dragon tattoo and had no problems with them at all... apart from it being the most excruciating experience of his life, apparently, but other htan that, it was a great experience :D


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    Noxin
    Registered Users Posts: 1,905 ✭✭✭Noxin


    Crumble Froo wrote: »
    yeah, a mate of mine went into dragon tattoo and had no problems with them at all... apart from it being the most excruciating experience of his life, apparently, but other htan that, it was a great experience :D

    LOL.

    Well thanks again all. Will post results if I find something I like to see what you all think ;)


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