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this week I get a ton of questions all
about tattoo placement and I think
tattoo placement is a very personal
choice so this week I am going to give
you three tips on how to plan your own
personal tattoo placement so these tips
are going to be questions you can ask
yourself or ask your tattoo artists in
your consultation process that will help
you along the lines of planning out
either your future tattoos or your very
first one this video was inspired by my
friend Livia last night we were talking
about a tattoo she wants and I felt like
I was going through a whole checklist of
questions with her and I was like hey
this could be valuable information so
while she's planning out her tattoo I
want to help you guys plan out yours I
think the very first thing well I think
all three of these things all have value
in their own so I think the very first
thing to ask yourself is do you want a
visible tattoo this is something I even
still ask myself as you viewing me right
now
I don't seem very apparently tattoo of
course I just have to give you a little
shoulder action but this is something I
still have a conversation with myself
and my tattoo artist about do you want
visible tattoos now it's very important
to consider this because what visible
tattoo so you might be something
completely different to someone like me
I remember my very first visible tattoo
meaning something that was on the arms
on the legs was this boat tattoo it was
my first tattoo that was below my elbow
Bend so it was the first tattoo I
couldn't cover up with a quarter sleeve
t-shirt my very first visible tattoo I
remember when I was on be amazing they
had a little xbox live accomplishment
that was very first visible tattoo this
is a conversation you have to have with
yourself now a lot of people think oh
I'll get tattooed behind my ear that
will be hidden and you just have to
think about your own personal lifestyle
me if I had to tattoo behind my ear pull
up my hair there it is you can't even
see right through there
behind the neck things like that
depending on where you live your climate
these are different things that might
make your personal tattoo more visible
than someone else's in the winter I am
NOT a tattooed person I have my jacket
on I have my sweatshirt on my jeans and
I am tattoo free now if I were to put
something on my neck suddenly I have
tattoos that I can no longer cover if
you live in a warmer climate this might
mean that you need to tattoo on your
torso versus your shoulder because you
might be wearing sleeveless maybe a
tattoo on your upper thigh versus your
calf you can plan your tattoos kind of
like me I can choose the visibility of
my tattoos and that might be something
you're interested in to but then again
there is always the circumstance that
you might not be able to cover your
tattoos have a dialogue with yourself
about how much of your tattoo you do and
do not want exposed if you
tattoos that only you celebrate and that
are private to you put them somewhere
private on your body that you can enjoy
just yourself every day tattoos do not
have to be a show-and-tell they can be
completely private to you and I think
there is something so alluring about
having all these secret tattoos that no
one ever gets to see and then one day
maybe you show them off to somebody and
they're like wow what the if you
want to jump right into visible tattoos
I also think that you have the right to
do so I don't think that in 2016 there
is much of a you have to do this tattoo
before you can get this tattoo
I think people jump right into having
visible tattoos and that's fine what if
the only tattoo you want is on your
wrist go for it
next important question to ask yourself
is do I want more than one tattoo this
could also be your very first tattoo or
do I want more than one tattoo on my arm
do I want more than one tattoo on my
chest on my legs on my back it's really
important to ask yourself this question
because like me if you plan on building
a bunch of tattoos together it's
something that you should really bring
up with your tattoo artist I think from
the beginning if I would have said to my
tattoo artist along the line hey one day
I hope to have a traditional arm sleeve
I think it's a lot more helpful for the
tattoo artist to plan the tattoos by the
end of the completion of my arm I was
getting tattooed primarily by Mark Cross
and getting tattooed on my arm by one
person they were able to fit things
together and create cohesive pieces one
at a time and almost put together that
entire puzzle for you if you want to be
tattooed by a bunch of different people
I think that that is really valuable too
sometimes letting somebody know like hey
I want to tattoo here but down the line
I'm going to get a tattoo on my inner
wrist too I think it helps the tattoo
artist and you visualize a tattoo that
can be built upon versus one big tattoo
in a placement that might be difficult
to build on
I say this because I've had challenges
when I had the top of my tattoo the top
of my arm tattooed you can see that
there is no space in between these two
tattoos and that made things a little
challenging for me when I wanted to
build from then out because these were
so close that this turned into one giant
tattoo which was not my desired result
at the end of my arm some of you guys
might know that I actually had the top
of my arm reworked and now is more
cohesive to my arm but if I would have
considered that in the first place I
wouldn't have had to go in and get laser
removal and then um an entire rework
from the beginning I could have saved
myself a ton of trouble and a ton of
money I think this is really valuable to
consider too because I've seen beautiful
traditional tattoos that are placed a
lot larger on the body maybe someone was
like hey I know that I just want one
tattoo on my leg with that you can plan
something large and beautiful and it can
take up a lot of space or it can still
be minimal and that way that tattoo
exists in that space and I think that
that negative space is just as important
as the tattoo itself so these are all
things to consider and to bring up with
your tat tattoo artists - like hey I
want just the top of this arm tattooed
and maybe the bottom half of this arm
tattooed that way you can visualize
yourself and see yourself as a completed
piece and even if you don't plan on
having your body completely done in a
certain time frame at least you kind of
have an idea of what you're working with
and what your tattoo goals are obviously
they can change and there are plenty of
options for you if you want them to
change but I think one of my regrets was
getting a small tattoo on my back
because later on I wanted a large tattoo
to take up that entire area and I think
it's pretty common if you see tattoos on
people where they have incorporated
their smaller beginner tattoo into their
Kohi their larger piece you have to
decide if that's something that you want
I think from the beginning it's smart to
kind of map
and plan it out maybe you don't know
what tattoos you want but sometimes it's
helpful to know what tattoos
you don't want finally from there my
last point for this video is what style
will your tattoos be done in I asked my
friend Danielle for a little help on
this because I told her that sometimes
the dialogue on my channel tends to be
geared towards people who don't have any
tattoos yet and I wanted to talk to
somebody who was a tattooed person and
who has to think about these kind of
questions herself you might know
danielle from my Pokemon go video check
that out if you haven't seen it Danielle
says that traditional geometric dot work
script and tribal can work well by
themselves but Japanese neo-traditional
and realism i feel like work better as
pieces or from an outside perspective
they look more unfinished as a single
piece and I think that that's completely
true I know that as a person who
generally gets traditional tattoos my
tattoos can stand alone or they can be
in groups which is easy for me and my
budget and my lifestyle and my pain
tolerance because I can just get little
tattoos here and there and eventually
they build up to peace but in between my
sessions and in between when I'm being
tattooed my tattoos can stand alone so
if you decided that you wanted a
traditional tattoo for example it could
stand alone just by itself on your arm
or you can build from it in the future
that way you know kind of where to place
it or where it could stand alone but
like Danielle said if you were going to
get like a Japanese tattoo or a
neo-traditional tattoo these tattoos
tend to look best when they're built
upon each other you see a lot of full
Japanese back pieces leg chest arm but
it's not very often that you see a full
JEP a single Japanese tattoo so I mean
they exist but like Danielle said
sometimes they appear unfinished
outsider's perspective because they are
a single piece so if you know what style
tattoo you're going to get sometimes
it's easier to plan out placement
because you're like well if I'm going to
get a single dragon on my back maybe on
my lower back I can get a flower and
then on my upper back I get a tiger and
then these pieces all come together but
like she said if you are just going to
get a dot work piece or like a very
simple line piece sometimes these look
very beautiful just by themselves place
somewhere like using your discretion
place somewhere really soft and
beautiful and I think that these pieces
have a lot of power on their own but it
is really dependent on placement
obviously you have to decide how big
your piece is going to be and of course
you can get things in sessions but you
have to have that whole area available
and ready to plan out thank you guys and
of course a lot of consideration goes
into placement stuff I cannot decide for
you and stuff that I can't even
verbalize it is a lot of mental stuff
and it can be really difficult
other people have comments on my channel
that they have printed out body sheets
and colored them in and I think that
this is really cool I told you guys
before when I used to plan my tattoos I
used to draw them on with sharpie and
eyeliner and wear them for a few days
and see how I like the feel these are
all things you can do too
these are just my tips for placement let
me know in the comments down below what
your placement tips are and what you've
done to decide what your tattoos are
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