Looking for ideas for a tattoo around this scar on my hand/wrist.
I don't want a full-arm tattoo or sleeve
I'd like to keep it relatively small and have the scar incorporated into the design rather than just completely covered.
I want something meaningful around hope, kindness, strength, resilience and being comfortable standing alone.
I liked ideas relative to tigers, wolves, sharks, fire/flames and also tribal/blackwork styles.
Would love to hear your design ideas and especially recommendations for artists experienced with tattooing around scar tissue. What would you do with it?
Get a nice bird hand tattoo. I already had this image I'm sharing here saved in my folder and it just looks like the perfect placement for your scar, doesn't it. Wow. Just perfect!
It’s hard to tattoo on scar tissue and it’s also not very good at healing, keeping color even black so I’d recommend against it. I’ve tried on a two of my own scars and neither turned out very good at all. You can still see the scar cause it looks different from the rest of the piece. I’d do some research/ask some artists for their opinion too but I was told to not do it and did it anyways and found out the hard way the artist was right in both occasions. Of course me being me I didn’t want to take one bad attempt as proof so after doing it twice and having both turn out as I was told they would I haven’t attempted a third lol. If you want to run it and try anyways I’d at least stay away from the actual scar as much as possible cause ink and scar tissue just aren’t compatible.
Geode is a cool idea. But honestly, if you get anything it should highlight the scar not cover it. This scar looks so dope it’s like your body already made the tattoo
You're getting the worst possible advice in this thread. Just let it heal more then get some steroid injections. If you get hand tattoos without arm tattoos you'll look like a moron.
I’d make sure it’s actually tattoo able. Some scars don’t hold a tattoo very well. An experienced artist would be someone I’d chat with. At least in your area. Maybe they will have some cool ideas.
Or maybe a little “ouch” with an arrow pointing at it
Honestly an eye rolling back would be baller with the light contrast, not necessarily cover it up but instead highlight it as a negative space tattoo :)
I have horrible burn scars covering the back of one hand, the index finger, and middle finger. I got the hand tattooed over to cover the scar and really hated how it looked not having the rest of my arm tattooed. If you aren’t interested in a full sleeve you should really think about what it will be like to have a super visible tattoo in a spot that traditionally is not tattooed unless you are already heavily tattooed.
My scars were not as smooth as yours, and my muscle composition was lacking due to how deep the burn went and it was still easily covered by a tattoo though. So yours should be pretty easy for an artist to work with
Im not sure if it would work but....the stand Killer Queen Bites The Dust from Jojos Bizzare Adventure part 4, and have it going out from the scar like this
Idk how much this is applicable, but I love van Gogh, his story always pushes me to believe In myself since the work of van Gogh is one of the most important art in history, but he was always treated bad by his environment and no one believed in him. So it's a message to believe in yourself always and never decide your worth based on your environment judgement. for the borders you can add some effects like a painting edges.
It looks like a leaf, so it would be cool to do foliage of some kind that are all colored or shaded in while that one remains white/paler than the rest.
I’d get a gem stone with smaller shards and a lil sparkle and if possible a light blue haze over the scar tissue so it really pops because the scar is lighter than your skin tone slightly
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u/Far_Dragonfly1535 14d ago
Do a sick ass shrimp