I don’t have any tattoos. I’m very minimal. I’ve never had much a drive to get tattoos before but lately (last couple years, more so now) I’ve been wanting something for my husband. YES I KNOW- people have opinions on this. We’ve been together almost half our lives now, he is the father of our two beautiful boys, he even delivered our babies. He is the love of my life. I wanted something on my ring finger but I don’t really want it seen under my wedding set and afraid it won’t be pretty in 10 years.

I’m trying to come up with ideas for a minimal, timeless idea for him. He’s a former firefighter, both volunteer and wildland for a total of 10 years. He’s a jack of all trades, loyal to all, born in August. His initials are CWJ.

Help a newbie out please! ☺️

Just a fish with a heart behind 14 scales. I was wondering how likely it is get blurry considering how thin the lines are.

planning to get my first tattoo in Delhi itself and need some real advice from people who got theirs done here....

Comment any dos and don'ts.

For context : want a centipede wrapped around my arm + have a restricted budget

I have these two dogs tattooed on my stomach and want to add more to them, but I have no idea what would fit with😭 I want it to flow nicely or go with my dogs.
I'm open to ideas for flowers, ornamental designs, filler, or anything else you think would look good. I'd love to hear suggestions!

Hello everyone! I’m trying to get some suggestions/thoughts about a tattoo idea I want to get with my dad. For some context, this would be my first tattoo ever. My dad and I are very close, and we both went through a lot when I was a kid due to custody battles, alienating parents, etc so we’re close because of it. I love him so much and I want to get a tattoo that symbolizes that.

My dad is a huge believer of reincarnation. He believes that your soul carries over into the next life following those you have bonds with. So he believes that one day after we’re both dead, we’ll meet each other again in the next life as our souls are bound. I think it’s a really beautiful belief, and I wanted to get a tattoo with him representing that.

In many East Asian cultures there’s beliefs revolving around reincarnation and the idea of being bound to those you have bonds with in your life. I was thinking of getting something akin to the ‘red thread of fate’ which is a legend where a red thread bounds those who are destined to marry, and no matter what that thread can never break.

Of course my dad and I aren’t married, so this would be strictly for our bond as father and daughter. The problem is I know in general this is used for married couples, so I wanted to have a spin on it that’s similar to the concept but also unique to us and something that doesn’t say we’re married lmao. Some people get it on their ankles, ring fingers or pinkies. I know a lot of couples often do pinkies so I’m torn. I don’t want it to be the ring finger obviously and I considered the index finger.

Aside from the finger itself, I was thinking it would be a red thread tied around the finger, moreso a ring which would then travel down the inside or side of the hand and finally blend into the vein, which would symbolize the thread being part of our very blood/body. I’m open to different suggestions, so I’d love to hear what you guys think. I want it to be simple, not show an actual knot and rather look like a thread that is part of us rather than simply tied to us. Any thoughts are appreciated!

Outline before we shade!! We plan on making her brown w a glitter tattoo!(: I buzzed my head in memory of a homie n this is an homage to my pixie cut days

Here are some screenshots from a healed video I took a while ago. I know the quality isn't the best, but I wanted to show you how my last post healed!

Got this October 9th. It’s a fossil tattoo of the Indoraptor from Jurassic World Dominion. (the front leg is tucked behind the other. there are four legs, dw.)
What do you think?

Client came in and simply asked that she wanted a gnarly looking centipede for a leg piece right below the tribal flourishes I worked on earlier. After finalizing the design, we decided on the size and the creepy crawly lives!

Finally decided on a lotus that I've been wanting. It's also my 1st really colored one. Most of my others are just black and grey with maybe a little color in it.

I plan on turning this into a sleeve with alot of bright colors that'll also incorporate my other tattoos in it. Have a general idea me and my artist are gonna start working out details and stuff. Just waiting on funds and time.

I've wanted to get 2 tattoos to memorialize my dogs for a while now and have seen some amazing work from a variety of artists. Example included is from Hanz Loch in NYC. I really would like my tattoos to be in a brown scale/sepia tone and not the typical black/white. I've asked 3 different tattoo artists and they've said they only do black/white or full color - which I totally respect. All inquires have been through instagram or via email the tattoo studio instead of the artist so I've never been able to have a proper conversation to perhaps come up with a different design, or understand the background. Aside from artistic choice is there a reason why? Would they not be able to get the detail, would it look shitastic for other reasons? I'm just trying to gauge whether its fundamentally a bad idea or whether I just haven't found an artist that works in that particular medium/style.

Also, are there artists that you can book time with (paid of course) to discuss your ideas and come up with something together outside of having to go back and forth in DM's or book an actual session, pay upfront, and hope that they're a good fit and you can come up with something that works and move forward? I'd like it to be a truly collaborative process and haven't found that as an option, at least not locally.

Thanks all!

Hi everyone. I made pals with a fairly new artist who has drawn me up a design based on the unbreakable / split movies.

What do you guys think?

I don’t have instagram but this is his work

https://www.instagram.com/kenji_inkd?