Oh.. i drew mine. Its big but i wanted it that way.

I want to cover my body in tattoos. I WANT A LOT OF THEM. All big and detailed and... yes. But there are so many people who think that they can get teensy tiny lines in a teensy tiny tattoo, because they like the design but don't want to be like me and COVER themselves in art.

. I lan on getting a few :3

Stupid phone. I plan on getting a few.

I play around on FA on my ipod all the time, so I feel your pain.

I was studying to be a tattoo artist, and still plan on doing so. I want to be covered. The only think that will not be would probably be my face and stomach(unless I think of something to cover my stomach with)

Lol a tattoo of buttered toast x3

Ive seen lots of designs people have drawn up with the thinest lines. The work looks great but when they say it will be a tattoo I just think 'that wont work'. Its hard to make things look very delicate and small in tattoo work, I think some people dont realise this.

Some of them are super awesome designs though! Like, "woah, that'd be an awesome tattoo if it COVERED ALL OF YOUR BACK"

The best way to make an illusion of small. delicate work in a tattoo that you don't want to get too big is to make the outside lines thicker, rather than making the inside ones thinner. You can trick the eye ;3

I've actually spent the better part of today working out a tattoo design with who is bro enough to draw me out something. I have about 8 tattoos now, and am planning for another large piece for my next design. Chest piece is what we're working on now, trying to steer away from too intricate or delicate lines. Hopefully we'll get everything finalized and she'll be able to post the linework soon enough online; my tattoo will hopefully come around the same time.

Some things translate well to skin, and sadly some things don't. :\ It's disappointing to both parties when this happens, but most good artists can find ways around such problems, if given the time and money for the extra work. People just need to understand that skin isn't the perfect canvas, and tattoo machines aren't photoshop paintbrushes.

I also am planning on tattooing most of my body. So far my biggest piece is only 10x6 though, along my outer thigh. *cough cough* FUCKIN' LOVE TATTOOS

My biggest pieces are just my little guns. Well, little to me. They take up most of the inside of my forearms, but I'm working on a half sleeve design that is off an octopus and a Nautilus shell, with a watery scene between them. I haven't decided on what I want to do with the water yet.

The best things you can do thinking about designing a tattoo is look at the lines they create and working with color well. If you don't have something down pat, it can turn out completely wrong, and look really awful, but most tattoo artists are willing to work with you on fixes, within reason. It's just a lot of time and energy more than anything, and actually going to see a tattoo artist to ask about how the design would work and asking for their take on it would really help both parties as well. :>

Most definitely. I talk with my tattoo artists constantly, and most of the designs we've done so far have been collaborations between myself and him making adjustments. I haven't worked too much with colour, but I'm just now getting into it with some smaller pieces. This chest piece will probably be the biggest colour piece I've ever done.

I've actually got three large pieces in design right now, a half sleeve, and another outter thigh piece that will roughly take up the same space as the one on the opposite thigh, along with the chest piece that's being designed now. Lots of tattoos coming up! :] It's been about a month since I last went for ink and I'm already dying for some more.

People really need to get in touch with their tattoo artists though, y'know? Like, a lot of people show up at random shops and get disappointed in the product they receive, and it's not entirely the tattooers fault. You really gotta get a feel for your artist, go over their portfolios, talk to them, see some of their work irl. It really helps get over the bullshit. You should never be afraid to talk ideas out with your artist, or be afraid to ask for changes in designs.

It's just like commissioning any other work, really. Anyone who just sort of drops an idea will probably not get what they want unless they spend time talking to the artist and discussing plans, ideas, and other things. I've already talked to a local artist about my half sleeve idea. I just need... to know a price range, because I know I'll need to save up foreverrrr. I am so poor. :I

It's that vicious cycle. Fast, good, cheap; you can only choose two. :I

I like the idea of tatoos, but I don't like the process :D I think it's like piercings though... On some people they just work. They look ****ing amazing. On others though (and I'm definitely an 'other') they just wouldn't look right :)

I mean that more in the sense of you want to LOOK at the tatoos / piercings and ask them about them etc., whereas some people just tend to go straight to 'thug' when they get anything done ;)

Hopefully that makes SOME sense... Dyslexia + too late (or early!) so dead tired. Means it's kind of a jumble ;)

I am too short and chubby and 'cute'. MY tattoos and piercings have always just looked good. I don't think I could ever be 'thug' looking. Even if I tried *sigh*

I guess I just think it depends on what you get, and not who gets it, so much. Because you'd be surprised what could look nice on you until you get it! the best thing about piercings though is that if it doesn't look good on you, it's easy to take it out and let the hole close up.

Not looking like a 'thug' is a good thing though ;) It upsets me when people cross the street (this doesn't involve a 6 mile hike across 8 lanes of traffic in the UK) when I'm walking my german shephard, who is perfectly friendly :D

You make a good point about piercings though! :)