Fine Line Tattoo
Fine line tattoos, are the new and favourite tattoo style most asked and admired nowadays, therefore, we would need a full blog on that subject, not only to explore about this new tattoo style that has taken the internet by storm, but also find out the truth behind fine line Tattoos.
The Tattoo world is like a wave it’s always going up and down in styles and what people ask for. Back in the day realism was the style that everyone was asking for, however there was a big debate about longevity in realism, and that is the same discussion that we have with fine line tattoos.
Fine line tattoos are temporary- A lot of tattoo artists in Bury doing fine line tattoos have not been tattooing for that long so they haven’t seen their work aged in 10 years, and fine line tattoos will not even last more than 5 years, when all those fine line tattoos age, fine line tattoos will have a decline in requests, everything that raise falls, and fine line tattoos will fall when they all start to age.
Why will they age not well? They will not be in the skin, as the lines are so thin, it will disappear over the years, in tattooing, contrast is so important, and so is a solid line, strong edges. I know you mite be listening to this and think, but I want a fine line tattoos, I would say, you have the right to have a fine line tattoo, however, you will have a temporary tattoo.
Don’t get me wrong, I understand why people get fine line tattoos, as it does looks nice, it looks very delicate and subtle. And that’s why so many people get them, because people buy what they see, and with online platforms like TikTok nowadays, it’s so easy to start a TikTok trend, and make tattoos look good online that looks nothing what it looks on skin.
Is it worth it getting a fine line tattoo? If you really really want it, I would completely understand, however, please consider that in 5 years the fine line tattoo will not be there, so you will have to cover it up with something more solid in the future, re-work the same tattoo with a solid line, or laser the tattoo off which it would be a quiet painful experience best to be avoided.
Another fact to mention about fine line tattoos, is that, when you outline a tattoo with a really thin line, with the intention to achieve a fine line tattoo, there’s a chance that the line will spread, specially with black ink. So in order to avoid the spread in the lines, some fine line tattooists are mixing black with white, to tone down the black in, creating a dark gray tone, and in order to create that dark grey tone, which at first it looks great. As the tattoo outline is not black, it will fade away even quicker in that case. So if we resume, a fine line tattoo has a really think line in the skin, as thin as possible, and the black ink gets mixed with white to give a even more subtle look, so that’s a double reason to make a temporary tattoo.
TEMPORARY TATTOO TRENDS ARE FOR TATTOO ARTISTS WHO HAVE JUST ENTERED THE TATTOO INDUSTRY, AND THEY HAVEN’T HAD ONE OF THE BIGGEST LESSONS IN TATTOOING WHICH IS LONGEVITY.
So if you are sensible about your skin, consider that when you getting a temporary tattoo trend you are opening the window for making your body for life with something temporary, which it will cost you more in the future trying to fix it, or reading it from your skin.
Respect yourself and respect your skin, be smart, do not fall for temporary trends, you are better than that. Tattoos are forever which is the opposite from temporary trends.
So you are deviating from the main reason of what a Tattoo is.
