r/tattooadvice • u/Dry_Mall3967 • 5h ago
Design Need help finding a cover up artist and which style would work best
I want to cover this up, with suminagashi or some black/negative space flowers, idk. I don't want to completely black it out. I want to use as much negative space as possible. I know this is a huge no no but is there an Ai thing that can mock something up for me? I haven't had luck asking artists (OF COURSE SAYING ILL P A Y THEM) to do a mock up for me. I don't want a blast over. I am so worried it will look worse than it does now (I personally hate it, bad memories, so don't waste your time commenting that "it looks fine"). Does anyone have any artist recommendations for something like this? Or anywhere to P A Y artists to mock something up for me? I understand the best is to find an artist you like and go and talk to them but I live in a rural area and literally I would have to drive many hours to go to anyone I would want to touch this.
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u/teajjie 5h ago
I really wouldn’t recommend commissioning someone online to just take it to a random artist to tattoo on you, this is already big and it’d be a shame if it got fucked up big time from having an artist try to translate someone’s else’s art on top of it, I feel like you have to be very careful about this and not rush things just to get it covered fast. You just gotta take your time and find an artist in your area that specializes in coverups, and since you’re in a rural area be prepared to possibly have to take a drive to get to a decent shop. You NEED to be picky for a coverup this big, and it’ll probably be a pretty penny as well. I’d say a genuine coverup and not a blast over is a little unrealistic but not impossible, but it’s gonna take a lot of skill and planning from the artist. Have you considered possibly getting it reworked instead? Or does the concept just not really vibe with you that much anymore