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posted by Dark-Blood
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Avoid making any rash decisions. The bad body art comes from making spontaneous decisions to go and have a tattoo done on a spur of the moment. If you're getting a tattoo because you're drunk o high, rebellious o your Friends are goading you, then you're getting a tattoo for all the wrong reasons and the choice te make is likely to reflect this lack of forethought. Things te will regret include:



Any tattoo that looks like genitalia. Think about that, very carefully but not too long because the answer is simple: Just don't do it.

Anything misspelled (mostly because te were too drunk o high to notice till later).

Anything to do with high school o college (you do realize that it's over soon enough, right?)

Anything that mars your wedding dress, upstages your honeymoon, o gives your children an odd impression of you...

Anything written in a language you're not fluent in. Those Chinese characters might look sexy until a native Chinese speaker tells te what it really means is "object for sale", "I like mold for breakfast" o "horny goat"

Anything with the current squeeze's name on. It might feel like the two of te will last forever but if the tattoo has più chances of success in lasting the distance than the pair of you, this is plain dumb. The number one tatoos that artists are asked to cover up, after homemade tattoos, are names. If the person is not dead, o your child, names are usually not the best idea.

Anything faddish right now. A band, TV show, cartoon o comic book character te Amore today may not be something te want to carry around forever on your skin. It could data te più than your Botoxed skin will ever give away...




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Slow down. te have your whole life to look at this tattoo, so some good reflection before getting it makes absolute good sense. Most of all, will te be happy with this design in 5 to 10 years time? Think well forward, too. Is your tattoo going to look good even when you're old and wrinkled? Chances are, a tribal dragon, Disney character o Hello Kitty won't. Think about how big of an impact the design has on you. If you've fallen in and out of like with other designs like this before, then wait a few years before te decide to get it.

On the other hand, if a design you're thinking about is something that represents o has dato te hope in a rough time in your life, perhaps helped te find out who te are, o something along those lines, then it might be the right choice, as that monumental self-change is going to guide much of the who te become for the rest of your life.




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Consider where te want the tattoo. This will have some influence on the design, especially if it's an intimate design. For any parts of your body that te mostra regularly (and that is a lot of body if you're a bikini o board shorts wearer), then that doesn't leave much spazio for intimate tatoos that te don't want your grandmother seeing.




Consider how likely it will be that te will need to cover the body area where your tattoo is to go with clothing, o otherwise, at some point. For example, if you're a female, will te feel comfortable wearing evening wear such as backless o strapless dresses if te have a back tattoo?

Think about future career options. Is a tattoo likely to be an issue o even a liability if it's mostrare with the expected work clothing o uniform? This may well depend on what industry te intend to work in but remember that with increased fluidity, people are changing careers constantly, so te may not ever be able to be sure what you'll do down the track. Keep this in mind when choosing placement of a tattoo.




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Spend some time refining the design and choosing one that has meaning for you. Do some research first. Head over to the biblioteca o a reputable tattoo parlor and look through tattoo design books. What sorts of designs are current, what seem to be timeless and what ones would te ever get in a million years? Some things to orso in mind include: Stay away from the art (known as "flash") shown in the studios, except as inspiration. It is better to go with a unique and original design than a mass market design - "flash" is designed da excellent artists then sold to tattoo artists around the country and around the world.

Are there any particular artists whose style really impresses you? What about their work has such resonance for te and is likely to be classic over the years to come?

Writing, in any form o language, should be thought over twice as long. Check and recheck the meanings of any words o ideograms of a language te aren't fluent in. Choose Citazioni carefully. If using writing, also be sure to cerca for a font te like, o create your own.




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Draw your own representation of the design that you've come up with. Even if te cannot draw, a little practice and patience can get te a good outline, at least. Or, te can use drawing tools on your computer and some Photoshop magic to help out. Don't be overly bothered about your lack of drawing skills, as most tattoo artists will help te redraw and redesign a tattoo to a desired standard. This is a prompt and a guidance tool, to get your tattoo artist on the same wavelength as you.




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Find a tattoo artist o designer and ask them to make a custom design for you. Many tattoo artists are also conventional artists, o can at least reproduce a traditional drawing, sketch o painting onto your skin. Most artists will do what te want, but also excel in certain "looks." Check their specific portfolios, and compare the different styles: old school, new school, naturalistic, Asian, black and white, etc. If te don't know what style it is you're looking at, ask. Better to know with a giggle, than to be laughed at later with a design that won't come off.




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Try to get a printout of the final design. Doing this will help te to see how the design will fit against your skin. Look at it against the mirror during daylight and night lights, so that te can get an impression of how it might vary during different times of the day. Pin the design up on your mirror and look at it daily for a few days. Is it growing on te o do te have a nagging feeling that it's either not the right design o that it's close but not quite there yet? Follow your instincts; there is still plenty of time before it's tattooed into place.




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Try a rehearsal run of the tattoo. Use henna to get a temporary version of the design. te won't be able to see different colors, o certain looks, but te will be able to judge the feeling of a tattoo. Henna lasts a week to a month. During this time, use the opportunity to see how it looks with your usual clothing and how te feel about it as te go about your usual, daily activities. If even a henna tattoo is out of your price range, try the Sharpie option. Crude but still effective for knowing how it makes te feel to have a bold design inked onto a part of your body.




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Think before te ink. Think about it a lot. When te are certain, wait some più just to make sure. Ultimately, a well chosen tattoo design can be a thing of beauty and a confidence enhancement. A poorly chosen one done on a whim can leave te unhappy for all time. Which outcome will te choose?
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