a $30 tip if it was all you had available is great.
Its also a bit of a learning process for the artist in question. They will likely now recognise the specific difficult bits that meant it took 6 hrs and not 2 and will quote more accurately for the same type of tattoo in the future.
everyone has to do this in all jobs. Plasterers quote for a job…[Read more]

where are you based in the world? buttwheat is very good at finding the right artist for the job.

Laser Removal works well on black ink so you could quite possibly lighten it substantially and then have a coverup tattoo larger than the original scorpion. that way you dont have to integrate it at all into a design if it doesnt fit naturally.
Also if your not happy with it you may as well remove it if you can and have something you love instead

I really like it too.

Meaning behind tattoos can be just as personal as anything else in life. I like the fact this one has specific meaning to your own 9/11 expoerience.

Must have been a crazy time to be in the US military then.

I dont think we have any posts specifically on white over black ink oin here. more specifically because we dont allow a lot of talk about application of tattoos from an artist point of view in the main forums.
But we have artists who may have done it in the past so was asking them.

@alex-4 @eerie
Any experience with White Ink Over black guys?

middle one is cool
Bottom one is great
I recalled another star themed tattoo sleeve from reddit

@trevster99 We still need pics!!

You can go over black ink with white. with some success also from some of the photos i ahve seen around.
Might be worth speaking directly to your artist in advance to test out some different inks for the job. hopefully some artists will chip in here and provide some brand names or examples of their work.

yeah a V8 is a nice idea.
That one with the two starting off is going to be a big piece. You got room on your back?

thats a difficult one actually. now i think about it i have no idea at all.

The complexity needs to be considered first also.

where are you planning to have it done?

and was it this one you meant to post as the image?

@orangesport I like it. Coloiur always looks good to accent tattoos

I like that second one. whats on the flames round the side? and where was it done?

Although it actually looks like really good shading… yes i would ask for the artist to do a touch up on that . it looks really good
Where was it done?

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you could always go with another tattoo the other way up. perhaps a dead tree or some other symbolic tree like tat that represents a mirror image of the original but with a different take on it. light vs dark..

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yep, my SO had her foot tattood and it was swollen and sore a few weeks after. its a touchy area for a lot of people.

If you are concerned at all though always see a doctor.

yep laser first would be my bet too. thats pretty big and thick black lines will be difficult to cover. laser works pretty well on black ink normally.