How To Cover – Up an Old or Unwanted Tattoo
Let’s
Look at your existing tattoo and decide what can be done?
How big is the original tattoo?
If the original tattoo is quite large
and it is possible to cover it up, keep in mind that the cover up will be
larger than the original tattoo itself. There is a reason for this. The size of
the new design will take up more space because the old original size usually
must be fully covered up. And to do this you need a larger area. It’s like a
spot on a wall needs paint or a rust spot on your car, whenever a repair, or cover
up gets done, it will always be larger than the original spot was. This is a
fact. You need to go outside of the original tattoo area to blend it in so the
new tattoo will look like it was there all along.
Example
of a Very Good Cover-Up Pg 2.
As you have noticed the new tattoo is larger than the
original in size and shape. The other positive aspect was that the original is
faded and this gave me a better success rate for a good final product. The
results are so good that you cannot even see the old tattoo. I picked flowers
for this because of the length in size of the original tattoo and due to the
fact that I could easily place several flowers in strategic points to get a
good final product. This also made the new tattoo look like it was always
there.
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Example
Of A Very Good Cover-Up
What color will cover up my tattoo?
A light color will not cover up a dark
color. No matter what you do. This is another fact. Once the color is very dark,
you can’t just cover it up with a lighter shade or lighter color of some other
pigment. A dark tribal will remain dark for a long time. You can go from light
to Dark, But, not dark to light.
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So this means that you will have a
better success rate when you cover up lighter colored tattoos or already faded
tattoos. The success rate here is high compared to covering up a dark tribal
tattoo like the one shown here.
This is an example of a large Tribal Tattoo
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