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July 12, 2011 at 8:16 pm #107525

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DavidJednat;91279 wrote:

Stay out of the sun and don’t go tanning. Whatever color blue you use should look great for years and years. Not only does sunlight and tanning fade colors over time, but your pigment is one layer in the skin above where the ink rests so any tanning you do will immediately effect the color of your tattoo. Blue will look a bit muddy and greenish when you have a decent tan over the top of your tattoo. Bottom line is you take care of your tattoo and it will look great for a really long time.

lol i haven’t tanned in like 12 years . i always wear sunscreen in summer and tend to be covered up most the time anyway – apart from when i am doing photo shoots. i like to keep my skin pale and i can tan a golden bronze colour and need to avoid that process all together . i also have no plan to tan in the future , not worth the leathery complexion and wrinkles let alone melanoma in the future i take obsessive care of my skins condition and wash exfoliate and moisturise with natural recipes of my own so it is no hardship to look after the tattoo at all .

and oh no the blue i am thinking is more um ….

and..

July 12, 2011 at 5:38 pm #107513

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what do you mean by regular blue? i am after something in the way of a true but gently blue that wont be mistook for black in any way but still reasonably dark, and a reasonably bright blue , specifically that of the blue ring octopus

July 12, 2011 at 2:14 am #107480

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ArniVidar;90932 wrote:

Don’t even think about it. It’s toxic and quite untested. Do you want to be the one to find out in 20 years that it causes skin cancer?

cheers, i have for a long time been looking for information on UV tattoos and the ink and havent found much , i suppose that is why .

July 12, 2011 at 2:08 am #107479

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cblackwe93;91058 wrote:

OK well i don’t really appreciate the condescending comments. I am completely fine with negative/creative feedback, I have ABSOLUTELY no problem with that. I do, however, have a problem with people who like to pretend they know everything and anything about everyone. I don’t expect to have someone suggest something to me and it be the tattoo I get, as I have said 3 times, I am simply looking for inspiration. When it comes down to making the actual decision, that is when I will be relying on the people that are closet to me to help with the initial decision making. While I appreciate your constructive criticism, I would appreciate if you could quit it with with the condescending remarks and connotations. Its really starting to get old. If you would like to provide me with advice (which you have already given your fair share) it is fine. If you have any positive, or constructively negative advice I will welcome it will open arms. Otherwise, please take your fatherly advice else where, or to your local high school where the misfits and delinquents might actually need it.

ArniVidar is right mate. you are still young there is no rush. if you have absolutely no idea what you want to get you really arn’t ready. research and see what styles apeal to you most, maybe make a folder and save to it photos of all the tattoos you find and really love then after you have a decent collection go back and look at that folder and find what stands out the most weather its a style a subject maybe it’ll be a positioning on the body, like most of the pictures are of back tattoos or something .. this will give you a good starting point to refine your question to instead of “tattoo ideas” to “xxxxxx tattoo ideas”
people can help you then

i knew since i was 11 i was going to get a tattoo and i have spent all my teens going in and out of phases with them , when i got to 18 i knew the kinds of tattoos i liked and the places i liked them , i knew what i didnt like aesthetically and why and the things i like but wouldnt ever get i didnt get my first tattoo till i was 24 and 100% i loved it and 100% sure i always would

good luck with your research

July 12, 2011 at 1:42 am #107477

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ArniVidar;91228 wrote:

No leopard print, no, but that does look like shit.

any input on how you’d fix it

July 11, 2011 at 8:19 pm #107460

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WTF? lol no – i’m one of those insane new fangled women who can think for them self .

July 11, 2011 at 7:50 pm #107457

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and so i wouldn’t look like a frostbitten leopard or like i am out of Avatar

July 11, 2011 at 7:30 pm #107454

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Dave Van;91206 wrote:

I guess that’s what you have, just a much more vibrant blue.

unfortunately there is now way of actually having the luminescence in the colour as the actual animal does

basically in the darkest sections there will be larger and darker rings , or brighter , and as the pattern fades out in its section the colour will dull and lighten and the rings get smaller

all rings will have a darker outline ring and a slightly thicker bright blue inner ring and the darkest might also have the plumby colour shading around them also

July 11, 2011 at 6:39 pm #107451

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more development –
1) this is done in water colour
2) i need to work on the shading component and decide weather or not would actually have it
3) final design isn’t going on my arm at all
4) obviously a tattoo artist will do a better job in general

ok so just did this to clear up what i am thinking it will look like actually on the skin , rather than drawn on a sketched figure or PS’d on at a distance.

does it just look like blue leopard print or in general just shit when translated from a drawing to work on skin

July 11, 2011 at 5:37 pm #107440

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i get what your saying – i am going to get my husband to paint a section on so i can see a bit better how the print will look on my figure. close up and from the other side of the room , also will help determine the size of the rings . i have an alternative idea but it is less unique in that is is a swirling pattern has a different attitude all together- i like both ideas and am short a body so will have to decide – i think if it works out tho i would love the print.
i hope that the fact they are even and complete circles in each with two shades rather than the mottles effect will make it obvious they aren’t leopard print

July 10, 2011 at 3:09 am #107335

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no way looks better as is . i think it’ll link nicely to a sleeve and i like the framing on the chest better than if the knee wasn’t there. looks good and sits well with your chest

July 9, 2011 at 3:44 am #107215

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glad to read that , i did this , started with my second hole on the left and just put earrings in till i could fit a belly ring in then kept that in my ear for about 2 years also able to wear other earrings together with it . then about 2 years ago i did it to the other three holes, i wear only 5mm bone hooks in my first holes and 3mm bone spirals in the second and have now a third hole i wear regular earrings in now, didnt know how far you could go before you wont be able to get your ears back to a normal size i think i will at least double the first hole and move the bone earrings i have now allong a hole and settle there – i have other persuits in the piercing relm to interest me – but i always thought i didnt do it properly cause i just stuffed earrings that fit into the holes

July 8, 2011 at 5:52 pm #107109

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ha ha we all like a bit of sensory deprivation and asphyxiation

July 8, 2011 at 5:42 pm #107106

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Dave Van;90805 wrote:

Also, if you are intending to do the black outline around the blue, like in the pic, that would seriously keep you from looking like an Avatar char. That is one freaky lookin’ octo, btw.

they dont always flush in the brown but – what you need to do is go and look up a video of a blue ring octopus-
they are little and beautiful and the blue is so toxic and bright , it moves in an attempt to either confuse or stun a predictor or more importantly prey. like all fascinatingly beautiful things this gracious planet offers us they are venomous . and without immediate hospitalisation can be deadly . they release a nuro toxin that paralyses, starting with muscle function and sight and extending to paralysing the respiratory system, you suffocate concious. there isnt an anti venom, basically those who survive do so by waiting out the toxin , on a respirator

i was thinking in the central and darkest parts of the pattern to have a plumish shading rather than an outline around it to really make the blue pop. otherwise it is a darker blue with a vibrant blue inner ring . both the colours will lighten towards the outter areas of the sections like its fading into the skin
believe it or not i am kind of going to subtle …. like its not a tattoo , more just skin markings .

July 8, 2011 at 5:32 pm #107104

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yodaddynukka;90808 wrote:

i dont think anyone will know that you are going for the octopus look and most everyone that sees it will ask you what it is. but good luck, i would love to see the finished product.

thats ok it doesn’t need to be obvious, a lot more Aussies will get it than other people and mostly i dont care but i do rather it be obvious it isnt leopard – kinda i dont mind if people dont what what it IS as long as we are fort the most part confident on what it ISN’T

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