Quote Originally Posted by Mike Cavanaugh View Post
problem is even the best tattoo artist in the world can't stop the lines from fattening up a little in time. This is true with any tattoo.... But specificly when you are talking about the level of detail this would require... it is not going to be pretty!

I have a huge mermaid on the side of my leg, with fairly complicated larger scales. when it was first done the scales were very clean and crisp. Now after a short period of time, you can deffinately see a little softening of the the lines. These are BIG scales. what she is talking about would be small scales!
I'm sorry but where in this entire thread did I once mention how big or small the scales were going to be?

FYI: WHERE you get your tattoo done affects the stretching of your skin and the tattoo over time.
The skin on top of my foot will not nearly lose as much elasticity as the side of someone's leg.
You may as well not get any tattoos done if you're so concerned about the lines not being crisp with time.
As much as I appreciate your over-concern for what my tattoo's going to look like in a few years, I came here to get some help on the design of the tattoo. So if you wish to discuss the aging of tattoos, please start another thread. Thanks