Why It's Hard For People Of Color To Get Great Tattoos

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[bnew]

i never considered stuff like this before.

 

[old pig]

I designed my own tats...I stick to black tats only although that might not be feasible for everyone...artist is obviously important...that dude stating he couldn’t work on “dark canvases” sounds like a lousy artist

 

[Koba St]

“People of colour?”
Negged

 

[Boujee Bonita Braxton]

Yes. I’ve noticed this. I would love to get colored tattoos but because of my complexion it will never come out well. I’ve learned to live with it though.

 

[MajesticLion]

You have to pick an artist that knows what they're doing. Sometimes self taught artists can instinctively develop the know-how because they have less to unlearn than the professionally trained(art as a discipline in schools tends to default to white-canvas-everything, though that's slowly changing), but even they can mess up. What you want is someone who can work from any shade as a starting point, who also understands colour and lighting. That kind of knowledge overlap with tattooing is rare, and it ain't cheap.









Really great thread. Peace and blessings to the City of Ink crew.

 

[Address_Unknown]

I remember picking up this magazine (Wish I still had it) and read an article that went into detail about the type of Ink that's used in coloured canvases as opposed to the regular ones that can be seen on white ones regardless of ink type and all that. It's a bit unfortunate that us, as black folk can't just walk into any old Ho-Hum Tattoo shop and get quality work done since our, uniquely superior skin (I said it, fight me) requires more care and consideration when it comes to ink. Tattoo Expos and clinics are the perfect place to find said artists that can do Black skin properly, also, custom pieces can be made as opposed to picking whatever random and at times, generic, flash shyt they got in books that won't translate to your skin as well as it would to any normal, pale one.

There was this one broad. Black as hell and twice as beautiful with the most, colourful, intricate design on her right arm, I wish I could have taken a picture. She had a mixture of blue and grey(ish) ink on her arm and I forgot what type of Ink she said it was, but that shyt let me further know that it's all on the Artist and his/her capabilities. You gotta work for it. Even though I'm lighter than most,I'm not wasting my skin to any and anyone when I do decide to get that shyt. I got plans and if you black and want ink, so should you.
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[NeilCartwright]

I actually disagree. There is a difference between artists who work on white skin and those who work on black skin.

I’m not a fan of colored tattoos on my own skin so I only got black. I can notice the quality of the tattoos done on me by a white guy and of a black guy. It’s night and day

 

[Johnny Kilroy]

I wish there was something I cared enough about to get a tat.

 

[Max Power]

Tattoos are disgusting, why would you want to desecrate your melanin with that shyt? The fact that it's "hard" is your body trying to tell you something.

 

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[Ricky Dunigan]

My first tattoo artist put me on and I was happy he did . It would’ve been a lot of extra bullshyt to get anything too colorful (I’m very dark).

Made me readjust what designs I wanted as well as learning how to design my own shyt ( I did pay dudes in the past to actually draw my designs tho)

 

[KingFreeman]

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I never say this but:

RAW

 

[Yinny]

I think it has to do with how color appears on white and different skin tones, I wouldn’t go to someone with predominantly white clients for dark skin no matter how good.

This also applies to makeup.


My trainer has amazing tattoos, they damn near melt into his skin I’m impressed

 

[Prince.Skeletor]

I got a SICK tattoo on my back, it covers the majority of my back
But it's all black ink
I was never a fan of colored ink on skin
I would never want colored tats, not even a smudge.