My pup getting abducted by aliens! I lost him this year and this was the perfect tribute!

1 session/ 3hrs/ Omaha, Nebraska

Dark Knight, 2 sessions, ~12 hours in total.

Another design I did in black and red, planning to finish the upper shoulder and lower forearm soon. We’re going to add a red eclipse at the top.

What do you think of the design?

Done in Seattle, WA // Artist Theo Ivanov // IG: iftattoo

Hello! My partner has been eyeing this artist (@mariatatua on Instagram) and her style for several months now, but unfortunately she lives way too far for us to afford travelling for a tattoo. She absolutely adores the movement, the shading, and the blackout details, and was hoping to find someone similar to her style in the USA, preferably in the Northeast around New England. Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated!

My take on the poem the raven by Edgar Allan Poe. Four years ago. Now I´m booking for Amsterdam and Porto in October and Bogotá (Colombia) in December.

posted this idea in another subreddit and made it like that thanks to placement suggestions, what do you guys think, im looking for suggestions to improve the design again and when im sure ill go to an artist for them to make it their style maybe.

The design is inspired by full metal alchemist with the flamel and the five petals flower of the third opening

Got this tattoo tonight so it’s very fresh and will hopefully fade to look quite smokey and grey, that was the intention at least. I wanted something different (I have a lot of basic stuff and plants and small stuff) but I’m panicking. Does this come across as super edgy and… well cringey? That was not the vibe I was going for…

I have a series of scars on my forearm and they make me self conscious to no end. For the better part of a year I’ve been thinking a tattoo might give me something I like looking at and might give me back some ownership of this spot of skin. Help me enjoy wearing short sleeves again. My problem is I want a tattoo whose main function would be covering up and to add to this I am terminally indecisive. If this sub is appropriate any and all suggestions on art style would be welcome. I’m a grown man and pretty new to the world of tattoos I would love to hear your takes on scar cover up in general and any ideas on what might work well with mine in particular.

Beautiful client shared a personal story from her childhood and I did my best to interpret it into a design that resonates with her after back and forths. We're both glad the way it turned out and how it illustrates her memory of the time.

Super happy with how this heavy-contrast illustrative piece turned out. Packing the black background really made the colors pop. Original design sketch is on the last slide

Artist in butte Montana did my left palm in an octopus style tattoo. Had no idea what I was going to get at first so she decided for me. Little to no pain on thicker parts but was sensitive in the webbing.

Just wanted some opinions because either is big but does it fit i have a rose behind my upper right arm, and a scorpion on my hip currently. thank you!!

(previous post got deleted because it included an ai modified version. These don't include any ai)

So as my previous post got a bit of traction, but got deleted, I thought I'd add some context:

I'm working on my back piece design and this is the best I've come up with yet. My main inspiration is the artist prettyskinstickers (who I used as my main inspiration for my arm tattoo as well - slide 2)

I like bold, abstract shapes, warm floral stuff (simplistic) and sketched animals.

I understand that this style can be controversial, so I added 2 original designs from the artist

I'm mainly interested whether my design fits into this style or if it's visibly more immature within the category. If someone would say that those designs (by the artist) are bad, I'm sure they won't like mines either. But if we agree that the artist's designs are good and mine are bad, than I'd love to hear the criticism.

The only thing I don't like about the artist's work is that it's a bit too cold for my taste, that's why I wanted to add "warmth" into the design by including the sun as the main part and the cranes.

Also I know that it's okay if people don't like my tattoo as long as I like it, but I'd prefer if both were true, so I'm looking for feedback for this reason as well 🙂

And I'm genuinely thankful for everyones opinion, even if it's only negative 🙏

I got Haida tribal bear tattoo about 20 years ago. It’s for my son, whose spirit animal is a bear. At the time, the words cultural appropriation didn’t exist. Now it’s pretty cringey. Im white AF with no connection to the Haida people other than I lived in the PNW and loved the style. I kinda want it gone or at least much less obvious. Is it too thick and bold to cover up? Or do I do a few laser sessions then blast over?

Edit: I really appreciate everyone’s different opinions on this. I’m going to do some more research about the cultural significance of the totem, to make sure I’m not actively offending someone. I also liked the suggestions of talking to some Haida folks about it, and if I have the chance, to do something that shows appreciation for the culture. Assuming I’m not actively offending someone, I’m in favor of keeping it, but I might do some floral/leafy bordering on it just fill in some of the negative space around it and make it a bit less in-your-face.

Looking for some ideas on how to fill in the remaining blank spaces on my forearm sleeve. I’m leaning toward something hip-hop inspired, LA street culture, or West Coast themed.

I want something that flows with my existing tattoos and keeps the black-and-grey style consistent.

Open to any creative suggestions! What would you guys add to tie everything together?

Hello !

Je viens de me faire tatouer en Polynésie française par un marquisien et j'ai complètement oublié de filmer les explications de mon tatouage pour les garder précieusement.

Je sais que j'y ai intégré : la tortue, la baleine, le vent (l'oiseau à la base de la queue de la raie), l'eau, le fait de revenir à l'essentiel, les 4 éléments (dans la carapace de tortue).

Je sais qu'il a intégré d'autres symboles significatifs sur le tatouage, mais je ne sais pas lesquels.

Est-ce que quelqu'un qui connaît les symboles marquisiens en tatouage serait d'accord de me faire une analyse de tous les symboles figurants sur mon tatouage ?

Merci beaucoup 🙏🏻

Had this tattoo for about a year now and I like it only thing I kinda feel like it’s missing something like some shading or something any ideas?

Pic. I wasn't sure how to upload so the bot wouldn't delete the post asap.

I live on the other side of Canada, so when I fly home for family/vacation, I visit my dude. Rajin was first, Fujin second, background fresh on Oct. 1.

For context: Rajin is on the outside of my right calf, Fujin on the inside of my right calf.

A custom design I executed recently ⚔️
After client’s idea. Swipe for more photos!
Done at Zaraza tattoo shop.

got my first tattoo today. kinda went for a floral branch design and ngl im liking how it turned out so far. what do u guys think of it?

Just wanted to share these tattoos I got the other day, I think they look wicked! Any love for Balinese traditional tattoo style out here?

I probably gonna do thid spiderman tattoo, what should i add or adjust or change into it ? And its gonna be on my thigh

Done at a fine ink location in orlando, tattoo artist is named Janice! This is my longest and most complex tat so far, it took 5 hours. All but one of my other tats are black fineline, I have a little bit of red on tat on my leg but this frog definitely is the most colorful by far. Lucky tat #7!

You can see the previous tattoo that we covered at the end. I´m tattooing in Berlin and Amsterdam for October and Bogotá (Colombia) in December.

Client was inspired by the idea that awareness of the cosmos and our place in it was a gift; a few iterations later and this was the result we were both happy with!