Tattoo Artists: Is this design overambitious?

nice to know that you seem to have done your research and are aware of what potential difficulties that design is going to bring.

however, it's not so tragic. this is pretty tattooable almost the way it is on the picture. as long as your artist knows what they're doing. depending on the size of course, since it's pretty detailed, the bigger the better.

i'd do it! :)

Once again bratt show her wisdom and hits this one. Will a shop do a piece of your own drawing? Most likely not. But they can take your drawing and make the needed changes to it in order to make it a lasting tattoo. As bratt pointed out there are many things you may have in your design that just wont work well for a tattoo. Some shops out there don't care and will do it just as it is when you bring it in. But there are artists out there that aren't just in it for the money but for the passion of the art form and creating lasting work. I have friends that come over showing me there new pieces and ask what I think and sometimes they are just too detailed to be a lasting piece (at least I mean detailed by line work which is not a good idea having lines too close together but I do some pretty tiny detail in many pieces but these details are created without lines and only by color). If you don't know about the art form and what is best for design of a tattoo piece you can't really come up with a custom design on your own that will work well as a tattoo. Has it been done? Sure, I have a few clients that bring pieces in that I can do for them and really don't have to make many changes if any at all. But the piece you bring can most assuredly be used as a reference to create a quality piece.

I'm not a tattoo artist, I don't even have tattoos, but even I can tell you that it needs to be bigger than what size it'd be on your upper arm in order to maintain the detail (maybe put it on your back).

By the way that's a cool design, where's it from? Does it represent something?

no i have a very good friend who is a tattooist and while he was learning the amount of art work he had to put in was unreal before he was even aloud to attempt on anyone (thought he had his own equipment and was learning on willing bodies and very good at it) he had to learn to shade the pictures he had drawn, get a good tattooist and you will be ok, its not to much however if you go in and say ''i want this'' and they umm and ahh about it do not have the tat done with them go to the next place but check out the work they have done previous most have a photo book of designs done on a real life model though it may nbot be the design u want u can see from their work as to how good it is . x ps merry christmas x x

You'll be able to find an artist to do that easily. They will also use their professional oppinion on how to fit it on your body the way you want, so don't worry about blowing it up before you go...they can do all that. Expecially with that color, color tats are a lot easier with detail than with black and white.

Check out the artists' portfolio and look at their black&white tats, you'll know if they are capable of good work by how well they shade.

yes its very possible..most good artist shouldnt even have a slight problem doing it.

i would go with an artist who is best at portraits.if they can do really realistic portraits than they shouldnt have a problem with that.check out their portfolios first

if you want it to look good , dont get it on your arm its too big and datailed, if you want a tatoo in your arm specifically then get a different design, or if you really really want that tatoo then get it on your back or front (belly) but you decide....