It looks shit IMO

This is a very rough draft...I think for one thing I would want the heart shapes to be wider and sit within each other better..

Honest criticism please.

And what do you think of the small of the back as a location?




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I'd suggest moving away from such a rounded shape for the hearts - especially the large one would work better more stylised and flaring out to the sides more (IMO). I think this will work better with the placement however it might take away from your "onion" reference, I'd also suggest either having the whole tattoo done as bold outline with no infill to ensure that the design doesn't get lost within the colour - that or have the artist add some depth/contour to the hearts with shading (but I like bold work, personally).
And there's no reason why pink would fade anymore than any other shade as long as you go to a reputable artist and always apply sunscreen when sunbathing. I've got white in my tattoos that is 18 years old and is no more faded than any other colour.
Kudos for taking the time to design something meaningful.
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sweetserene said:

I think it's a nice spot. But it is very common, maybe even cliché.

Also consider: how visible do you want your tattoo to be? In that spot, it's going to be hidden most of the time, although it will be easy to show people your ink if and when you want to do so.

Another placement idea would be to move the tattoo up so that the big heart is on your upper back, and the hearts and diamonds above it are on the back of your neck. This may or may not "work"... if you're interested, I'd suggest having someone sketch the design with a marker (seriously!) so you can get a sense of how it would look. If you do this, I'd recommend sizing the tattoo so that the width of the upper part is the same size as the more-or-less flat spot on your nape.

gsh said:

Alternatively, multicolor hearts might look nice if they're done with colors that fade into each other. For this, you'd really want to look through artists' portfolios and find someone who's skilled at color work.

No offense meant to anyone, but I would never walk into a tattoo studio and pick a design off the wall ("flash"). Custom is the way to go.

I can't really find the difference between the first two. but they are better than the third one.
Even though I link pink better, on the skin I think it'll be too light. Maybe a strong pink?

Heavenly said:

The first two were two slightly different colors (the second one slightly lighter than the first) but I think I accidentally uploaded them wrong.

I've fallen out of love with the idea of this image being pink. I would eventually feel it was Barbie-ish and dislike that about it.

That's why I started this thread. Not so anyone else could decide for me or anything like that, but so I could hear the negative points of it and decide for myself whether I would eventually feel the same way. So I could think about fixing certain flaws that I might come to dislike too before it was already tattooed on my body. Therefore I am very grateful for every contribution here, even the ones that were given in a somewhat harsh manner.

I don't like red.

sweetserene said:

REDFEATHERS said:

it's ok, she was just kidding

There there....

I would avoid the black outline too.

You may even want to consider white ink for parts. It's very subtle.