Red Ink

[poemspotatoes]

Hello all! I posted awhile back about getting an ampersand on my wrist (and also about getting a Pablo Neruda tattoo). After going back and forth about placement, I have decided to keep my original idea with the ampersand, but with one tweak: I am going to get it in red ink. Here's what I'm thinking:

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The font is Harrington, and I'm not sure if I

Comments

[squishie89]

I would personally go for a red a tad darker, and when I say a tad, I really mean that. Just seems a little bit too orangey

[isis_newton]

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[lnzucke]

The pics don't work. My friend got a quote that wrapped around her ankle in red and I really don't care for it. It always looks red and angry...

If it's what you want I say go for it, but I would pick another color if it were mine

[bluemoonsaga]

i just went through my first red ink reaction & the touch up. i don't think it's ever going to be *right* but the red it part of a larger piece so i'll live. if this thing reacts you'll have a scar on your arm. i still remember somebody on here posted & lady bug & it just fell out. i reeeaally fear red ink now.

[beatlemaniac11]

now you've got me scared. I'm pretty sensitive (allergic to metals, soaps, etc) and I've been fearing my reaction with red. I have text across my back that did ok. But I now want something in red. Problem is, it needs to be red and I've avoided it because I just don't know how I'll react.

[gipsieee]

Can you get a small dot put somewhere that it's easy to observe but not obtrusive to check if you'll react to the ink? Of course it'd have to be the same ink that was going to be used in the real tattoo in order to be a useful test, but still.

Kind-of like the spot test that hair dyes tell you to do before using them... that no one actually ever does.

[beatlemaniac11]

the guy who did my other one suggested that. Said it would cost me $50 for a patch test. but if I was in there for another tattoo, he'd just do it for free.

unfortunately, he's a 6 hour drive away now. and I just haven't gotten around to finding someone local.

[zagzagael]

Why red?

It definitely is the shade with the most allergic reactions. I've got a black&grey piece that needs red and I've just been putting it off...

[poemspotatoes]

I guess I just wanted something different from the typical black ampersand that is everywhere. I want to get it because I just got married (ya know, the whole "Mr. & Mrs." thing), and red was one of the main colors...My favorite color is green, so maybe I could go down that route too.

[lnzucke]

I like green better :0)
But thats me

[itsinmyshoe]

tattoos on your wrist have a tendency to blow out more than other locations, too. your wrist just moves too much. i have an ampersand on my wrist that's about 4 years old that i love, but looks pretty different when i actually compare it to the original font. the lines are much thicker. so i'm afraid the notoriously unstable red ink combined with that location might be kind of disastrous.

[poemspotatoes]

Hmm... I suppose it doesn't matter that I'm planning to get my tattoo further down on my wrist, does it? Not right up by my palm, more like underneath the spot where you can see all the veins. But I guess that area does still move around a lot.

[itsinmyshoe]

yeah, that's where mine is too. it just moves around so much every time you move your hand the ink ends up bleeding just a little as it's healing. i had to get mine touched up once within a year after getting it, but it's pretty stable now, just a little thicker than the original artwork.

[recreatexme]

my wrist tattoo (icon) still looks exactly the same as the day i got it three years ago. the artist has a LOT to do with that as well.