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| Faced with a tattoo you don't want, you have two main options (other than "deal with it") for the problem. [[Tattoo removal]] is of course one option, but it's extremely expensive, painful, and often leaves a scar, so many people choose to do a cover up.
| | A traditional [[Borneo]] tattoo design. |
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| A cover up may take the form of '''reworking''' which is basically going over the same tattoo in an attempt to clean it up — making the outlines crisper and bolder, refreshing the colours, and so on. If the original tattoo artwork is acceptable but poorly applied, this is usually the best option.
| | Design on the forearm of a '''Long Utan woman'''. From a rubbing of a carved model in the [[Sarawak Museum]] (No. 1430). |
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| In the case of a true (and total) cover up, the artist uses a larger and darker design to "cover" the existing tattoo. '''GREAT''' care should be exercised in choosing an artist to do the coverup, as you don't want to make it '''WORSE'''!
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| In the past, cover ups were often rather crude. [[Black Panthers]], [[tribal tattoo]] designs and 8-balls were your best option. These days, inventive tattooists who utilize a balanced sense of light and shading can cover most tattoos so nicely that the man on the street would never have known anything else was ever there.
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| [[White ink]] is sometimes used to lighten the old tattoo in preparation for cover up, and others will partially remove a tattoo before covering it up (since tattoo removal often takes several sessions, slowly lightening the piece). | |
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| == See Also ==
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| * [[Tattoo Touch-Up]]
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| * [[Tattoo Blow-Out]]
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Latest revision as of 07:17, 17 September 2023
A traditional Borneo tattoo design.
Design on the forearm of a Long Utan woman. From a rubbing of a carved model in the Sarawak Museum (No. 1430).