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Covered up a 15 year old tribal band with a koi fish... way harder than I thought
I had this ugly tribal arm band I got when I was 19, figured I'd just slap a koi over it. Took me three sessions over 6 months cause the old ink was so thick and dark, the artist kept having to pack in color. He ended up using a mix of deep blues and oranges to hide the lines, and we did a dark water background to blend it all together. Anyone else run into old ink that just refuses to budge under a cover up?
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gavin2282mo ago
Yeah I feel you on this one. I had a similar thing with a big black tribal piece on my shoulder that I tried to cover with a dragon. Took way longer than I expected and the artist told me straight up that some colors are just not gonna stick as well over the old ink. Ended up having to do a lot of dark shading and adding some red highlights just to break up the black lines. It's a pain but sounds like your artist knew what they were doing with the deep blues and oranges, that's a smart way to hide the old stuff.
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mianelson2mo ago
You ever get that moment where you realize you were totally wrong about something? I used to think cover-ups were just a lazy shortcut, but seeing how much thought goes into picking the right colors and shading to hide the old ink kind of changed my mind.
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brianm662mo ago
Did you think about lasering some of it first or just went straight to the cover up?
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