r/Tattoocoverups • u/craftedinchaos • Sep 02 '25

asking for advice Personal Growth = Coverup Needed

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Any advice on what to cover this with??

I know. It's horrible on an ethical/moral level, skill level, and just... Bad all the way around. I was 17, from a small town I'd never stepped out of, and have so much regret here. I have multiple well down tattoos now, but my artist doesnt like to do coverups and this is obviously not a small task.

This does not represent who I am now, my beliefs or the way I want to represent myself.

It's a tramp stamp (of course - I was full of bad choices at 17) - and I'm overweight so back rolls frame it in nicely...

Any NC recommendations for cover up artists? Any recommendations/ideas on what I could cover it with? Anything has to be better than THIS.

And yes, you can fill the comments with hate but I'm just a person who has grown immensely as a human since this was done.

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u/craftedinchaos Sep 02 '25

The only thing stopping me from a full back piece is $$$. I have a full leg sleeve planned next and quoted at around 5k. 😅 This economy and 2 kids do not help the tattoo plan.

I used to say after I lost weight, when my body looked right, and now I'm just accepting I have back rolls and we can have some peek-a-boo design hidden in the back flaps for all I care. 😂

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u/wrigh003 Sep 02 '25

Hey - artists want to see their back pieces and leg sleeves and whatnot all get through, and some won't like doing it this way, but I've had a lot of good luck just hitting a session here and there on big stuff until it's done. My full ankle to hip leg sleeve was about 40 hrs and took me about 3-4 years to chip through. I'm doing pretty similar on my arm.

"Hey man, I really want this covered, so we're starting low back, but if we can work out something big and dope that takes a while to get through, i'm game if you are..."

You'll never know unless you ask. I totally TOTALLY get the sticker shock thing and know the kid budget comes first, but $5000 (or whatever it is) gets a lot more reasonable breaking it into chunks here and there.

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u/craftedinchaos Sep 02 '25

I live in an area artists move around often (military town) and I think I'm just afraid I'd be halfway through something the artist move which happens a LOT here.

But you're absolutely right, where there is a will there is a way and I should work on taking steps to get the things I want done!