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.
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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?

This is why forums were invented!

Ohh i like the idea…
I think the bottom one would probably be my favourite as i prefer black to colour, but they are all great. Black ink is supposed to be more resistant to fading especially if is in an area which is likely to get more exposure to UV.
Have you got a good artist lined up who is good at this kind of style?
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middle one is cool
Bottom one is great
I recalled another star themed tattoo sleeve from reddit

@xuofmx22
justcuriousaboutzombiethreadwhatdidyoudowithhandtattoo?
mysuggestionwouldbetojustcovertheorangewithblackandleavetherest.
Ablacksunwouldlookawesomeinmyopinion.
Cover/it/with/permanent/marker/to/see/if/you/like/it.
apologies/spacebar/broken!!!!!!!!!!

@milky I love your work. It’s so creepy 🙂

hello to you!
December sounds like a long wait but I suppose not long now!! Exciting,can’t wait to see what you choose.