Hi, i was wondering if there are any types of inks that are avilable whereby it would be able to have my tattoo done in black however when it is exposed to bright light the tattoo looks almost like a dark metallic blue, or even a black tattoo that then blends into a really dark blue but not too noticably.
If anyone has any picture examples could you please post the link to them.
the nearest type of picture i could get to explain my point is:
http://www.zhippo.com/ChrisOppenheimHOSTED/images/gallery/tribal-arm-tattoo-m.jpg
as you can see the ink looks almost dark green in the highlighted part, it is this type of effect im looking for but with a dark blue that will be shown when there is light exposed to parts of it.
PS. i dont mean inks that fade in time to a blue like with the older inks, i mean an intentional effect whereby the tattoo is still black but also a really dark blue.
The effect is only the light hitting the skin its not the ink. There is no such thing as what you are looking for sorry, ive seen you ask this question before. Whoever has told you about this is wrong ! Im a pro tattoo artist so i know what im on about. You may as well stop looking for it as it doesn’t exist sorry to be the bearer of bad news but that’s how it is .The only way of doing it would be to actually colour parts of it a really dark uncut blue and fade out to black.
February 7th, 2010 at 8:42 pm
That picture is not a real tattoo, it is photoshopped.
And black ink is carbon based and your body handles it well. But when you see tattoos that are supposed to be black and they have a greenish tint, it is because of very poor quality inks, or homemade or prison tattoos.
When you 1st get an all black tattoo it looks dark and kinda like a Sharpie marker. But after it heals, it is not so intense because there is a layer of skin over the ink.
I know of no inks that will do what you want.
Tattoos are not like paintings, and you must realize that the end result is a combination of the parts being used and the fact that it is on a living body.
Tattoo inks are made from a myriad of substances, some of them synthetic. Many do not hold up well with time. And some have dangerous tendencies, like ultra violet inks. They sometimes pool into hard balls under the surface of the skin. Not good.
So as of yet, I don’t believe that what you want exists.
luck~
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February 7th, 2010 at 9:08 pm
The effect is only the light hitting the skin its not the ink. There is no such thing as what you are looking for sorry, ive seen you ask this question before. Whoever has told you about this is wrong ! Im a pro tattoo artist so i know what im on about. You may as well stop looking for it as it doesn’t exist sorry to be the bearer of bad news but that’s how it is .The only way of doing it would be to actually colour parts of it a really dark uncut blue and fade out to black.
References :
tattooist