Not quite sure on how to feel?

[andro]

Sorry for the Hi jack but seeing everyone is here, for years I have wanted a cars gear lever H pattern on the inside of my hand. Spoke to one or two people and they said it will have to be filled very often ? Does that sound rite
Something like this
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is possible , but will never be perfect . suggest to do it with thick line as well because they stay better overtime

 

[BumbleBee]

The skin on the sides of the hands, fingers and feet is much tougher and far more dense so doesn't accept ink very well, there isn't anywhere for the pigments to settles in these areas. Same goes for knuckles, your palms and the soles of your feet. It might look awesome when it's brand new but in a few months it just looks dirty, these are tattoos that you will almost certainly regret later.

 

[wiesbang]

The skin on the sides of the hands, fingers and feet is much tougher and far more dense so doesn't accept ink very well, there isn't anywhere for the pigments to settles in these areas. Same goes for knuckles, your palms and the soles of your feet. It might look awesome when it's brand new but in a few months it just looks dirty, these are tattoos that you will almost certainly regret later.

I luckily have not had to go back for touch ups. Its been a year now and it still looks solid!

 

[Stevape;)]

Thanks for the advice, appreciate it!

 

[PeterHarris]

update:
the artist called me back , and my wife agreed to let the artist finish the piece.
told us that he needs at least 2 weeks for the lines he did on Tuesday to heal, but we are going away easter and there will probably be swimming involved, so we booked a 2-3 hour session on 2 April. my wife is pretty excited again. so all turned out well.
this time i will go with and give clear instruction on what we expect:

• redo the lines on the key so that there is a clear contrast
• complete the coloring in the key
• add some lines on the leaves in the rose to add some contrast
• add some lines on the lock (frilly bits)to add contrast
• color the frilly bits
• touch up some lines on the chain to clearly show contrast

@andro & @BumbleBee is there anything else that i should be asking for that you can see?

 

[Andre]

update:
the artist called me back , and my wife agreed to let the artist finish the piece.
told us that he needs at least 2 weeks for the lines he did on Tuesday to heal, but we are going away easter and there will probably be swimming involved, so we booked a 2-3 hour session on 2 April. my wife is pretty excited again. so all turned out well.
this time i will go with and give clear instruction on what we expect:

• redo the lines on the key so that there is a clear contrast
• complete the coloring in the key
• add some lines on the leaves in the rose to add some contrast
• add some lines on the lock (frilly bits)to add contrast
• color the frilly bits
• touch up some lines on the chain to clearly show contrast

@andro & @BumbleBee is there anything else that i should be asking for that you can see?

Great stuff, we need to see the after pics too please.

 

[andro]

update:
the artist called me back , and my wife agreed to let the artist finish the piece.
told us that he needs at least 2 weeks for the lines he did on Tuesday to heal, but we are going away easter and there will probably be swimming involved, so we booked a 2-3 hour session on 2 April. my wife is pretty excited again. so all turned out well.
this time i will go with and give clear instruction on what we expect:

• redo the lines on the key so that there is a clear contrast
• complete the coloring in the key
• add some lines on the leaves in the rose to add some contrast
• add some lines on the lock (frilly bits)to add contrast
• color the frilly bits
• touch up some lines on the chain to clearly show contrast

@andro & @BumbleBee is there anything else that i should be asking for that you can see?

Thats it . But instead of lines in the roses petals just black shading to separate more is a better idea . Make it look more like the drawing that u show us first post

 

[PeterHarris]

Thats it . But instead of lines in the roses petals just black shading to separate more is a better idea . Make it look more like the drawing that u show us first post

• redo the lines on the key so that there is a clear contrast
• complete the coloring in the key
• add some black shading on the leaves in the rose to separate them more / contrast
• add some lines on the lock (frilly bits)to add contrast
• color the frilly bits
• touch up some lines on the chain to clearly show contrast