Need YOUR help for BP tattoo

[Ginevive]

My husband does tattoos; I am by no means an expert. But here is some advice.

Ankle tattoos can really seem to thicken-up your legs/calves. I have a design on my ankle, that I like.. but the top of it ends rather bluntly, which does not go with the "flow" of my leg. Therefore I want to get it extended up more, to come to a point. I wish that I had a pic, but my camera is dead.

I would be sure that any design that you pick, is not "heavy" enough, to look disproportionate on your ankle.

Fine lines can definately fade in the future, especially if your artist did not do a good job on creating a consistent, not "dotted" line. Many artists think that they can outline, but they end up mutilating people with their inconsistent, gone-over-a-ton-of-times, linework. This looks even worse over time; worse yet, if they go into the skin too deep, the ink can even bleed-into your fat cells and spread, or cause the skin to bubble.. I saw this happen once to a client of a friend, and it was horible. But if you have a professional, talented artist, these things should not even be in the equation. Great artists are hard to find these days; I would definately pay extra for one. If I could see a website of the artist that you're lpanning on using, I could advise you on that! It's just something that I never really noticed or thought about, until my husband got into the biz.

But to answer your actual question I would take in a few samples of the pattern that you want, along with a photo or two (more is better) of actual snakes, and have him/her (the artist) work with it. You could also draw a drawing of your leg, and show the placement that you want, to be sure that the lines will flow with your body shape. Many things that we draw, will not translate into tattoos well. Case in point is the cat that I got reworked on my ankle. I drew it up myself, got it tattooed.. and the lines just did not look detailed enough, being too close together and having too much detail with thick lines.