how do a design a tattoo sleeve?
Saturday, February 27th, 2010 at
7:37 pm
I've been wanting to get a sleeve designed for about 2 years now but I'm not sure how i go about doing it, i don't really have a solid idea of what i want to get. Is there a way i could schedule meeting with a tattoo artist and talk about designing a sleeve? And if so how can i give him/her an idea of what i want to get?
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FInd a reputable artist in the area if you don’t already have one. Ask around, or look online. Go into shops to view their work. You may already have one in mind.
. I gave him a few ideas and he sketched it out (not super detailed but just to give a rough idea) and put the tracing on my skin to make sure it looks right. They they’ll take a day or two and ask you to come back to pick up the final sketch. They’ll draw it really nice and detailed over night or the next day (whenever they have time), sometimes with color and sometimes they’ll leave color for later. Then you can point out if you’d like anything changed or moved and they’ll keep the same sketch, alter it, or draw a new one.And make sure to tell them even if there is one line or spot or detail you dont like so they can fix it before it’s too late and on your skin permanently. Speak up! If you feel like your artist just can’t draw something you like, wont listen to your details, or they cant draw anything like you wanted after a couple tries, switch artists. They usually don’t start charging you until ink hits your skin.
Call your artist ands ask for a consultation (I just had one yesterday). It’ll be about a half an hour to an hour. Tell them it’s a sleeve and you’re not really sure what you want when you call and they’ll schedule you in a bit longer of a time. If you have ideas of what you want incorporated, write them down, or bring in pictures. Even your own rough sketches will do and your artist can draw it out much better. I personally brought in my laptop with about a hundred pictures of tattoos i liked (to show my style). They’d be much more grateful for a sketch of your idea on the back of a napkin that looks like crap then for you to go in and say “i want a sleeve but dont know what”. They can expand and modify that easily but they cant just pull something you’ll like out of thin air.
They’ll take a tracing of your arm, basically just the shape and size and use it to draw out a rough sketch.
I personally went in with no idea what i wanted other than a Japanese style piece up my ribcage with a few things I would like in it. My artist took a tracing of my size, showed me how big it should be, and the outline to make it look right. He even drew out the curve of my hip/love handles
From there they make a (cant think of the word) but sort of like a temporary tattoo from the sketch that they can put right on your skin..Make sure you like it, and either start tattooing that day or a few days later!
With a sleeve, depending on whether its a full sleeve or a part, you’re likely in for at least several hours of work depending on complexity. Another option is that they may do it as several seperate tattoos blended together with background, but that depends on the design and whether its one big element or several smaller elements.
You can just go into a shop and I think he’ll set aside a time for you to come back. They’ll show you other tattoos they’ve done, and once you’ve chosen an artist you like, he’ll help you design the tattoo. That’s part of their job. Make sure you’re happy with the artist you’ve chosen though, go to several first, don’t just go to one.
Feel free to speak out during the whole process, this is something that’s gonna be with you forever and you both want to get it exactly right. The artist will know that and will be willing to make changes for you until it’s exactly what you want.
(Also, blackwork sleeves are made of luff…)
Do you have any idea at all what you are looking for? Black and gray? color? a certain topic? Once you have a few ideas find an artist that you trust and sit down and have a chat. Take your time and make sure you really love the design before you get started.
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Do not get one. It will be on you for the rest of your life. It hurts and if you want a job say bye bye. They never hire people with tattoos or piercings.
When you are like 50 it will look nasty. You will not have very many friends. If you wanna make a stupid choice then go for it.
How do you add tatoos to peoples images, that looks quite realistic
These homes seem t be cost effective, I am not sure why more are not built.
It's okay to get a tattoo when you are on medication. The only types of drugs to be concerned about are things like anticoagulants, and antibiotics. If you are taking these it might be better to wait. The first type will make you bleed more, and the second means you have some type of infection. Don't drink alcohol either. otherwise go ahead.
Hopefully you will understand what I am meaning…
can you use those shapes for the background and use the empty spaces for your work of art? In other words, if you want to make a 'tree'… can you make the tree out of your background with those shapes as the borders? [kind of a reverse technique].
Kinda hard when i don't have the shapes to look at and tinker with myself. Best of luck!