Hello – new here
Got the outline of my tattoo colored in at the Chicago tattoo convention by a very reputable artist. When I got home, the faces looked very dark, and red. I called the artist and he told me it was a combo of three things:

1. Blood under the skin, which is changing the pigment
2. Fresh ink which needs to heal and settle in my skin…[Read more]

Hey guys – new here.
I recently got my outline colored in at the Chicago Tattoo convention by a very respected and reputable artist. When I came home, I noticed the shading on the portraits looks very red, and overly dark. I immediately called my artist, and he calmly told me that it was a combo of:
1. Blood under my skin as it’s irritated
2. It…[Read more]

Hello – New Here
Got an outline colored in at the Chicago Tattoo Convention by a very reputable and respected artist. I thought the shading was dark on the faces was dark while he was doing it, and when I got home I got a bit nervous. I called him, and he calmly assured me it was due to:

Lots of blood under the skin, changing the pigment of the…[Read more]