fine line envy
i just saw a photo of vera’s new tattoo, and suddenly i have a lot of regret about mine. mine was a cover-up and the placement on my body was a little awkward, so there were some limitations, but i wanted finer lines and smaller dots like vera’s and was more or less talked out of it by the guy who inked me – he said it would bleed too much and eventually look blurry. i sort of moved away from the vector art idea when he told me that and moved toward the more organic shape that i ended up with. but looking now at hers compared to mine, hers is much more the style i was going for, and i’m sort of jealous and suddenly mine just looks like an ink blob, without any sense of the cleaner line art style i originally wanted. i still think i might try to find someone who can add more fine lines/smaller dots added onto mine to try to achieve the aesthetic, but man – tattoo jealousy/remorse kinda sucks. or, maybe i get another one…..
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Tattoo jealousy and remorse is all part of having a new tattoo. I have a tattoo in a v. visible place. The afternoon I got it, I spent my time crying about how I marred my skin forever with something horrible (it’s actually really cool) and I left it covered for 2 days bc I was so freaked out about it. Love your tattoo!
I don’t know. I think yours looks great. It’s different in that it has more curves to the ends but I like that. Without the expectation of the idea you went in with, it looks very clean. You could also always add some finer lines to it.
thx for your support on the current tattoo…i’ve had a lot of positive feedback on it so i don’t really think it’s *ugly*; i just still have the desire for the line art style.
be greatful for having a smart tattoo artist.
he’s right.
thin, fine lines do fade and blur overtime.
I’ve had to accept the fact that my shoulders will progressively become black blobs of nothingness.
your tattoo is quite beautiful.
^,^