Now that my wife has ordered me (well, sort of) to add to my eagle because Gunnar’s piece overwhelms it and she feels it needs more size and whatever else to make it pop more, I’m thinking of adding a snake to it. Since the eagle is in striking position, I am hoping to find an artist that can wrap a snake (cobra probably) around the eagle with the snake looking at the eagle, and then add background to bring it to approximately the same size as Gunnar’s.
I don’t believe this would be a coverup, but it would be an addition (if there is a difference). I’m only assuming this is doable. So I guess my question is, can what I’m thinking be pulled off by the right artist (currently searching for one), and I really don’t want to travel too far again due to the added cost.
Russ Abbott emailed me back. Said doing coverups really isn’t his thing. He would schedule me for a new tattoo when he guest spots at Off The Map next year, but I really am not looking for a new one, just an addition to the eagle. I can see where an artist wouldn’t want to coverup a tattoo he/she didn’t work on as then it wouldn’t be their original piece of work.
Guess I either leave it alone, or take my one shot when I go back to Hawaii next year and let the original artist do something. Just not sure yet.
This is probably a stupid question, but when it comes to adding onto a tattoo (which I am still assuming is termed a coverup), should I be looking for an artist that is a known specialist in doing coverups as opposed to finding an artists that says they will but may be more of an original artist?
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