As long as the white ink isn’t being tattooed over another color, then it should highlight. But, white ink over any other color will just bleed into the colored ink (remember, the ink in your tattoo isn’t dry, its just sandwiched liquid between layers of skin).

However, most white ink over time does discolor (ex: my wrist tattoo I mentioned earlier), and also fades very quickly. From what I’ve heard, white ink is the first to be purged from the body.

Could you post a picture of your tattoo so we can see exactly where you want the white ink added?

I’d talk with your artist and see what he/she thinks.

Tashface;56619 wrote:

I’ve always liked the idea of having a quote as a tattoo, and I definitely want one on my wrist… so I’m now considering having a line from my favourite poem, which does mean something to me-

Because I’m generally very tentative about taking risks, and I don’t care to be. I act like I’m forever in danger of disturbing the universe, as it were. So it’d remind me whether it’s really worth it to hang back and not take whatever risk plagues me at that moment.

About the quote on your wrist, definitely get it bigger if you want any kind of legible script in that spot.

I made a mistake with my first tattoo and got rather small script on my wrist exactly like that, in two lines on top of each other, for my first tattoo. I also consider myself lucky though, because I got it in white ink. Thank God too, because the script is now just two rows of blobs. It is barely legible. Apparently this is because 1) script is rarely ever very legible or looks good after/as it heals when it is small, and, as the tattoo fades, the lines will blur together if the script is too small (ex: my wrist blob) 2) the skin on your wrist is very delicate, and can get over worked easily, especially if an elaborate, AND small script is being tattooed.

I really do like the idea of the quote from a poem as a tattoo, I even like the idea of it being on your wrist. But, if you’re going to do that, maybe get the quote in more than two lines and a bigger, and simpler script.

Good luck! Please post a picture after you get tattooed though, I want to be jealous of how well your wrist tattoo turned out.

I guess I read his post a little too hastily. I mean…yeah, it will be a bit safer to do all of that three weeks after getting the tattoo. But, isn’t that around the time when the majority of peeling occurs? I’d think the tattooed area after three weeks would be so easily sunburned that it would be like putting his arm under a magnifying glass in the sun?

It just doesn’t seem like a good idea to me. I am somewhat bias though…I just had a tattoo on my foot drastically re-worked (the original artist blew it out, bastard) last week. I’m having to stay out of the sun and the pool in this 90 degree Dallas heat for two weeks or more (plus the two months I steered clear of the sun and pool when the original tattoo was healing) since I know it is going to take forever to heal. In the end that’s okay though; I don’t want to have to get that tattoo touched up or re-worked again after all of the drama I’ve been through to make it look right.

The part of the tattoo, where its blown out, where is it located on your body? Some blow outs happen when the skin changes on different parts of the body (ex: the skin on your back is different than the skin on your shoulder, the skin on your shoulder is different than the skin on your arm).

It might just be that wherever the blow out happened, the skin had more fat in it (I’m by no means suggesting that you are overweight, everyone’s skin has fat in it). The reason a tattoo looks blown out is because the ink managed to travel a layer deeper than it is supposed to, and the fat in that layer soaked up the ink.

If you trust your artist, and I feel from what I’ve read above that you definitely do, then yeah, I would just go talk to him. If he is as skilled as you say he is (and I don’t doubt that), then he will be able to help you with the blow out.

If you trust

cliche…

sorry love, but there are just way too many stars and kanji symbols out there

the star seems a little too big, IMO

There’s no way for anyone on this site to give you an accurate price…

Your best bet is to go to shops and ask the artists themselves. Don’t worry, just because you go to the shop and consult with a certain artist doesn’t mean you have to have that artist, or any artist from that shop at all, tattoo you. Artists shouldn’t charge you for consultation.

Price depends on the size of the tattoo, the artist (more well-known/popular/skilled artists cost more), and how long the work takes to tattoo (most artists charge per hour). This is why you really should go to the shops yourself, with an idea of the work you want in your head or on paper, and talk with them about getting a price quote.

I know this is probably not the answer you want, but it honestly is the answer you need. It would be wrong for anyone on here to quote you a price that you might get your heart set on and for that price to be completely wrong when you go and actually get the tattoo.

I’m guessing that you already know this, because in the first picture, you re-drew it out with the correct spelling, but in the design you cut out, REASON is misspelled and says RESON?