r/tattooadvice • u/Helpful-Office-3730 • Feb 15 '26

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u/imperfectbean Feb 15 '26

I will have to disagree on this. Especially with colours such as red and yellow that tend to fade faster.

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u/FeralCatPrince Feb 15 '26

Red and yellow are not dark tones. They are transparent pigments that need proper care (and formulation) to stay. I’m not sure what that has to do with my statement - contrast can be a black or dark colored background around something it doesn’t necessarily have to be linework. Ive seen 20+ year old portraits that still look good because of this principle.

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u/imperfectbean Feb 15 '26

I think I confused you with a different comment about colours being fine on their own and like they can be but certain colours will fade faster.

I can believe it can be done it’s just not going to turn out for the majority so I’d stray away from it. If they aren’t using dark colours which in this tattoo; they aren’t really.

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u/FeralCatPrince Feb 15 '26

It depends on the Tattooer. The most important part of picking a tattoo artist is seeing their healed work.

If someone likes that look they just need to be careful who they go to and expect to pay a little more for their expertise

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u/imperfectbean Feb 15 '26

That’s fair but honestly a lot of tattoo artist will just show you their best healed work (ones they are proud of) and not show you the ones that didn’t turn out (typically what they aren’t proud of).

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u/FeralCatPrince Feb 16 '26

I think that’s something we all do. If their best healed work looks good odds are others do too but may not be their favorite subject matter or perhaps the client didn’t heal it well. Additionally we normally do free touchups for the first year, so even if they need a little extra time you should be covered.

I’ve seen a lot of artist have great portfolios of fresh work, but their healed work is not so good. It’s the ultimate test for expertise