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2 months since getting inked. Time for a touch up? (startrek.website)
submitted 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) by hopesdead@startrek.website to c/tattoos@lemmy.ml
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Hi there. Wondering if anyone can tell if my tattoo is ready for a touch up. This is my first. The artist expected I would want a touch up, due to the difficultly of the gold color. Am I ready to get a touch up?

The artwork is a badge from Star Trek: The Next Generation. I used a real magnetic badge made by Fansets as my reference.

ADDITIONAL PHOTO: For better clarity here is an additional photo in sunlight. I have just applied lotion within the last half hour this was taken.

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[-] FreshLight@sh.itjust.works 15 points 3 months ago

Please please please save up for a professional tattoo artist when getting a touch up. Please also consider doing a bit of research and talk to the artists about what you want first. Don't get me wrong, the idea is super cool but I see scars, crooked lines and ink that didn't stay where it should have.

All the best!

this post was submitted on 23 Jul 2024
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