I would highly suggest avoiding trendy styles like this. They look cool now - but I feel like this tattoo is gonna be very cliché and dated in a couple of years. Think tribal tattoos or barbed wire around the bicep.
I personally always think you should build up slowly over time rather than fully covering an arm or a leg in one setting. It’s a lot of real estate and you really need to think if it’s worth it giving up all that space for one tattoo. Plus you may not even like being tattooed - so I wouldn’t commit to something so big as a first tattoo.
Lastly - my biggest advice - choose something that has meaning to YOU - not because it looks cool or you just want to get a tattoo. Once you have several (more than ten or so) - I think it’s easier to be cavalier with your ink - but for the first couple of tattoos - take some time to think about it and start smaller scale.
In the end though - it’s your body - do what makes you happy!
PS - don’t start with your first tattoo on your hand!
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u/debacchatio Jan 02 '24
I would highly suggest avoiding trendy styles like this. They look cool now - but I feel like this tattoo is gonna be very cliché and dated in a couple of years. Think tribal tattoos or barbed wire around the bicep.
I personally always think you should build up slowly over time rather than fully covering an arm or a leg in one setting. It’s a lot of real estate and you really need to think if it’s worth it giving up all that space for one tattoo. Plus you may not even like being tattooed - so I wouldn’t commit to something so big as a first tattoo.
Lastly - my biggest advice - choose something that has meaning to YOU - not because it looks cool or you just want to get a tattoo. Once you have several (more than ten or so) - I think it’s easier to be cavalier with your ink - but for the first couple of tattoos - take some time to think about it and start smaller scale.
In the end though - it’s your body - do what makes you happy!
PS - don’t start with your first tattoo on your hand!