@poxphobia 134401 wrote:
1) If I were you, I’d size up. You are going for very thin lines here, and some of them are very close together. This can end up looking blurry and terrible after a few years, even with a great artists.
2) You’d want to place it slightly lower on your wrist. If you want to draw, here is a lesson for you; The motif should suit the canvas. Now, your underarm is a long and narrow canvas. Small designs will look good on either end, but not in the middle and certainly not somewhere in between. If you decide to get more ink later on, it will mess up EVERYTHING when you decide to get more art on that arm.
It’s such a small design that you only have limited options to where it would really look great.
And don’t listen to these oldies – 18 is plenty old enough as long as you think it over! I got my first at 15, and I still don’t regret it. I had almost a full sleeve by my 19th bithday! 😛 Don’t worry about it.
Choose the design you think is perfect, and the placement you like the best. Do not compromise on these two – no matter what. Ofc don’t get hands/neck done, but other than that; Go for it. (Oh, and be aware that your design has elements that could be associated with illuminati, vagina and olympic symbolism. Probably more too. Just sayin’)
Is there a certain guideline as to how far apart a line should be or how thick so that it won’t blur? And by lower, I assume you mean farther from my hand? As for symbolism, people will think what they are going to think, so I’ll just worry about how much I will like it.
Also, ArniVidar: I’ve seen many pictures of geometric tattoos where the lines look straight and shapes look close to perfect. Are these exceptions or does it depend on the size of the tattoo?
