August 4, 2009 at 5:06 pm #30793
    VashUG
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    @vashug

    I want to get some neon lights on my existing tattoo, and i was just wondering how well lighting turns out on skin? i wanted to get some neon light tubes like these

    green-neon-lights.jpg
    just an example

    so is it possible to make it look good on a tattoo? or should i just go with something else colorwise?

    thanks 😀

    pics of tattoos are welcome 😀

    August 4, 2009 at 6:01 pm #68087
    Butterfly
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    @butterfly-2

    would prob only look like a neon light if you had UV added to it and then sit with a black light on . :rolleyes:

    August 4, 2009 at 6:38 pm #68097
    VashUG
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    @vashug

    yeah i thought about doing UV ink, still wondering if its possible to make it look good in regular lighting, im a pretty pale guy so color shows up well on me 😛

    August 4, 2009 at 6:50 pm #68098
    Butterfly
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    @butterfly-2

    i think you would have to have the UV as highlights to yellow or green and not a solid colour

    August 4, 2009 at 8:15 pm #68101
    Sherav
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    @sherav

    Hi

    For a min I thought you meant getting a surgical implant on the edges of your tattoo – which can be done but damn I do not know why the guy did it.

    Tana is correct the only way to get a tattoo to look neon is to either use full uv ink or highlight in uv ink otherwise it will still look colourful but flat.

    You could get the artist to do a spread effect/blur on the shade but again I do not think it would make it to the level you want.

    Can I ask why you would want this type of tattoo? First time I ever heard of somebody wanting a neon bulb tattooing is all – what is the meaning/motivation behind it.

    Take Care
    Matthew

    August 5, 2009 at 4:48 am #68123
    VashUG
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    @vashug
    Sherav;44912 wrote:
    Hi

    For a min I thought you meant getting a surgical implant on the edges of your tattoo – which can be done but damn I do not know why the guy did it.

    Tana is correct the only way to get a tattoo to look neon is to either use full uv ink or highlight in uv ink otherwise it will still look colourful but flat.

    You could get the artist to do a spread effect/blur on the shade but again I do not think it would make it to the level you want.

    Can I ask why you would want this type of tattoo? First time I ever heard of somebody wanting a neon bulb tattooing is all – what is the meaning/motivation behind it.

    Take Care
    Matthew

    ok well ill ask my artist if hes gunna be able to get the effect i want.

    well for one you proved my point, i wanted something unique, obviously its not been done to your knowledge 😀 and i want some lime green color in my tattoo, so i thought the coolest way that it would fit in is through some kind of lighting effect rigged to my sheet metal biohazard symbol, it was either the lime green light tubes kinda rigged onto it haphazard, or some of the seems breaking apart and green light shining through. the black light ink would be pretty neat so it actually does work as light 😛 but i really dont know when im around black lights all that much lol

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