![]() I enjoy all varieties of skin tone and in some cases prefer working with darker tones. A lot of artists want the whitest canvas possible because it gives more possibilities to work with the medium. Remember at the end of the day you get what you pay for and you get the tattoo you deserve.Įvery tattooer has their niche and preference. These artists never took the time to learn about design (or in some cases even how to draw apparently). I have been extremely challenged to cover the work of artists who only work on black skin. In this article, we will explain how to properly mix tattoo ink. Use appropriate methods to avoid damaging the ink. You can convert some colors to multiple colors. Tattoo ink can be diluted, made lighter and darker, it can also be mixed to get a different shade of colors. However this does not mean that every black artist knows how to work on black skin either. Yes, you are right, it is very possible if you follow our guide. As a black person, I have a personal interest in seeing my people with tattoos every bit as good as anyone else. I am by no means the only tattooer who cares about doing good tattoos on black people but a lot of tattooers would just prefer not to work with these kinds of challenges. Still, I have had some success with turquoise because of the levels of yellow-green and white present. I usually stay away from blue because it falls on the cool side of the color temperature wheel. Green can be ok but only shades with a lot of yellow. Yellow in theory can be good but isn’t always the most reliable long term color. Certain colors will look better than others. The blue held up but clearly isn’t as vibrant. Use a dull color and it will look muddy, use a bright color, and you have a fighting chance!īelow, the first panel is fresh, on the right you have it healed are two years healed. Put your shade on top of another color and that is generally what the color will look like. Your skin is something like a tinted piece of plastic wrap. When it comes to color, there is no one right answer. The good news is the tattoo goes way faster and you pay a lot less money for the same design! The bad news there is that you may not get the level of detail that some lighter skinned people can. Artistically that makes the lightest part of the tattoo a 6, so our choices are to only work with the darkest tones to create readable contrast. If your shade of brown falls at 6, putting a shade of grey down lighter than that is pointless. The human eye, from the blackest black to the whitest white, can only register 12 shades of grey. ![]()
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