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Der Tattoo Thread.
ThePQ4:
--- Quote from: BrittanyMarie on 27 Mar 2008, 23:22 ---okay "risks" since rejection isn't really going to hurt you any).
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...Rejection spots can become infected. If it gets bad enough, you could loose limbs, depending on where the tattoo is. However, I think it's pretty rare for ink to reject, and if it does, the ink usually just seeps out.
As for your other problem, chances are your artist just lost your contact information or has been really busy. Try calling HIM first before you ask for your stuff back to go to a different shop.
ackblom12:
Getting a tattoo period can lead to infection and all the more nasty things that infections can lead to. It is an open wound after all.
Of course if you aren't rubbing fecal matter on it it's probably not a problem. Same goes for rejection. The much more real issue with rejection of ink is the scar tissue that you can develop because of it. Honestly though, if I recall correctly red ink has a much nastier rejection/allergy rate than white ink. The main issue that so few artist are good at eying white pieces which leads to drilling the ink in too deep or not deep enough and all the other things that can lead to a tattoo not taking properly and intense scarring. Plus white pieces are already faint to begin with, so the slightest fading can render them almost invisible.
A white Tat done properly though can look absolutely gorgeous,. especially if you get white ink work done over solid black pieces.
Jimmy the Squid:
--- Quote from: ackblom12 on 28 Mar 2008, 16:45 ---A white Tat done properly though can look absolutely gorgeous,. especially if you get white ink work done over solid black pieces.
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This.
From the people I have spoken to (granted, not that many) white ink is a good option if your willing to basically get an undercoat in black first so that the white stands out more and so the tattooist knows how deep to put the needle. I've also heard that UV ink is safer if put over an existing tattoo but I wouldn't want to risk it anyway, besides I am so very rarely under blacklights that there would be no point (the world needs more blacklights).
As for red ink, I've known/seen people with healing red ink tattoos and it looks fuzzy. Obviously the scab is going to be raised a little, and I actually really like the look of a raised, black ink tattoo, but I once saw a guy with a big red design on his forearm, it looked like a red fungus had taken over a big circle of skin - the scab was raised about 1.5cm off of his skin and it looked like it had just melded together. So as far as I could see the dude just had a big red circle tattooed on him.
Personally I prefer black and grey shading tattooes. I'm never getting any colour tatts.
Emaline:
--- Quote from: JimmytheSquid on 28 Mar 2008, 18:58 ---(the world needs more blacklights).
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QFT
--- Quote from: JimmytheSquid on 28 Mar 2008, 18:58 ---Personally I prefer black and grey shading tattooes. I'm never getting any colour tatts.
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I agree. I really really like black and gray tattoos. So far everyone I'd like to get is like that. I think it goes back to my love of old school etchings, and my time in printmaking, where I mostly printed things in black.
PickItUpPutItDown:
Got my tattoo colored:
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