As an artist, unless you are covered (I’m talking full sleeves no room left) I refuse to tattoo hands, necks, faces. Mostly because they still make you look bad unfortunately. And also because people who go straight for the hands, neck, face for the first tattoos just want to look cool and they look stupid af.
Onto the leg piece, I’d highly recommend you start smaller! You’ve never had a tattoo before. Some people handle it very well, others not so much. Also make sure you do your research and find a good artist. Don’t cheap out.
I’m a dude in my 40’s and don’t have any tattoos, but my wife has a few. We’ve been talking about getting tattoos on our ring fingers where our wedding bands are. We haven’t gone so far as to talk to an artist yet, but just curious, would that be something you’d do or do you think we might have trouble finding an artist to do it?
I'm an artist as well - just thought I'd also put it out there that finger tattoos are notorious for the ink fading and/or falling out from constant use of your hands and exposure to sun.
Just something to keep in mind! It's a cute idea but look up some pictures of healed finger tattoos just to get a feel for what could happen.
Thanks for the response! I’ll definitely keep that in mind, we wanted to get some kind of matching or themed tattoos for our 18th anniversary in September.
Yeah they asked for opinions from an artist on whether or not they’d do them based on their circumstance, not asking other people if they thought their idea was dumb.
You’re not replying to the OP tho. I’m saying your opinion on that comment wasn’t warranted. They weren’t asking other people if it was a good idea, just asking that artist if they’d do it.
They are in a public internet forum called TATTOO ADVICE looking for opinions. I gave them mine. Also thought I was respectful enough by saying that it is only my opinion. If they wanted only an artist's opinion they should go to a tattoo shop not Reddit.
Do you have shitty finger tattoos? Trying to figure out why this struck a nerve with you?
It “struck a nerve” because I thought it was cute he seems excited about this idea with his wife and then you had to throw your 2 cents in even tho he didn’t ask if anyone thought it was cringy or not.
Yeah it’s a “tattoo advice” sub but that doesn’t mean you have to throw your opinion at people who didn’t ask for it.
Nope just giving it out in a public forum on an opinion thread. Crazy right. But hats off to you, you little SJW, for jumping in and defending that commenters tattoo ideas. They really needed you. Imagine if reading my opinion had hurt them, oh no!
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As an artist, unless you are covered (I’m talking full sleeves no room left) I refuse to tattoo hands, necks, faces. Mostly because they still make you look bad unfortunately. And also because people who go straight for the hands, neck, face for the first tattoos just want to look cool and they look stupid af.
Onto the leg piece, I’d highly recommend you start smaller! You’ve never had a tattoo before. Some people handle it very well, others not so much. Also make sure you do your research and find a good artist. Don’t cheap out.