Is the way that the colour has been used on this (not the gold bits) be reproducible in a tattoo?

If it’s likely to end up with just solid colours it won’t be right, I’d want the sort of ‘wash’ effect where the colours merge and change.

(bit of background, my daughter did it as a Father’s Day card and I’ve been thinking about getting a tattoo but never really found something I connected with emotionally enough to wear for ever – this seems to fit the bill).

Would be looking to have it wrapped around my calf, if that makes any difference.

[waits for pictures of tatooine out of Star Wars and an argument about whether tattoos are a good thing]

yes, not a problem at all for a good tattooist. where about are you? I can give the names of some good folk around the UK

it can certainly be done, but you might want to hunt around a bit for the right artist.

I’m in less than sunny Hove, tazzy.

FYI – a consultant vascular surgeon pal told me recently that Red tattoos are v easy to remove by laser. Green almost impossible. Indian ink prison tats are pretty easy too. Handy to know 🙂

Beaten to it by Tazzy . Plenty of very good tattooists around – be prepared to pay and wait for the right one .

re: the gold bits – leave it as my pastey skin tone or go for some solid colour that’s close?

I’ve had several laser removal sessions and green is a real bastard to get rid of .

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Why not ask your daughter, it is her design?

FYI – a consultant vascular surgeon pal told me recently that Red tattoos are v easy to remove by laser. Green almost impossible.

Different colours need lasers operating on different wavelengths for best effect. AFAIK red & green are both removable. I’d imagine all these lasers are expensive though so maybe most clinics just have a “generic” laser which is good for black/blue/red. Love watching the tattoo removal progs on telly. Yes, I am a bastard.

You can get gold tattoo ink, so stay with the original image

Find someone who specialises in water colour tattoos. Should be more than possible. Nice use of colour blending here (and she did my right forearm water colour design)

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Perfect for around a nipple…

There’s a guy in Worthing called Jason Adelinia, specialises in watercolour type tattoos. I don’t have any tattoos but I follow him on facebook, I think his stuff is awesome.

Google image search will pull up his stuff. Be careful though, one of the less moral parlours was putting out copies of his work to the uninitiated!

What about that van on the A259 just next to the Shoreham Airport roundabout?
The one with all the rust and stuff…
Surely there’s a mobile number on that – they’ll pop round and do it for you in a jiffy.
Looks lejit too.

DrP

See, Told you it would look ace!

Saw your reference and thought Ondrash, whoever is doing it I think you’d need to give them some artistic license or it might look a bit naff.