If you are a part of various social networks theres a good chance that today you saw this crazy coverup by Tim Beck of Freedom Ink Tattoo Co in Peoria, IL as it went viral today. This isnt surprising, because most people would assume that you couldnt do a tattoo this bright and this light over solid black. Theres been some debate on how this is going to look healed, with some people saying its going to disappear completely, even though Tim swears hes done others and although they do darken a little, overall he feels that he can successfully tattoo new art over solid black.
Steve Truitt of Ascension in Albuquerquer, who is no stranger to ModBlog had one of those typical piercer arms tattooed solid black. However, instead of scarring over it or leaving it all black like many do, he had Roman tattoo a bold biomech piece over the solid black, with no laser removal or other preparation in advance. Here is how it looked right after they tattooed it.
And here it is healed, a month later. As you can see, it did get a bit darker, but overall it is still bright and bold, and youd never know that it was over black. Now, I should point out one important thing tattooing over solid black is very different than tattooing over a tattoo image. When its solid black, you have a regular canvas the way the inks combine across the tattoo is going to be consistent, rather than having to compensate for the variations below it. So the counter-intuitive truth may be that in some cases its actually easier to tattoo over solid black, rather than doing a normal coverup!
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