original tattoo
stencil
Lets say you need a cover up. You have a tattoo you dislike, you had it done 15 years ago, on holiday, it was an ex’s name (yuk), maybe it’s not that old, you just don’t like it now - we all get to change our minds! How do we make this happen?? Well… firstly I need to assess how realistic it is to cover your old tattoo is. I will need to look at how big it is, how black it is, how much space it takes up in the area it sits, and most importantly what you want it to be covered with. sometimes I can work with your ideas and make them happen easily, other times you may need to let me guide you more on what will work. most of the time the new tattoo is going to need to be bigger than the original one, but don’t worry, I always try to be a sympathetic to your body and choices as possible. A pink rose will never cover a black lettered name, but if we add in some leaves and make it big enough I can make it work. We also highly recommend a bit of laser treatment before cover ups, many clients have had this and it works very well and makes the options much greater when covering. A lot of cover up tattoos will need to have a touch up when they are healed to make sure that they are fully saturated, whenever I take on cover ups I will always try and use the lighter tones I can before I make them too dark - this way if they heal covered the first time then that is perfect, but depending on the original tattoo we may need to go back into it to gain a little more saturation and covering with some darker tones.
finished cover up