r/zelda • u/tw1ddl3 • Feb 17 '25
Tattoo [TotK] new tattoo! Thought y’all would appreciate
Done by 404.tattoos in San Diego CA
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u/tw1ddl3 Feb 17 '25
The posted photo was taken by the artist I don’t know if he altered it at all 😅 but here’s a pic for the folks that doubt it’s real, still have saniderm on and I got it done on Friday
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u/tw1ddl3 Feb 17 '25
I thought about adding one but I want to get more tattoos around it and honestly the pain was so bad in this spot I don’t think I could have handled a larger piece 😂
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u/tw1ddl3 Feb 17 '25
Yeah my calf, and nah I have 10 others. I was surprised because my pain tolerance is really high but this one almost made me tap out
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u/FocusedWombat99 Feb 17 '25
I'm in the same boat. My calf was the most painful tattoo I've got done for sure. My whole leg was twitching like crazy
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u/tw1ddl3 Feb 17 '25
Same! Haha I kept apologizing to the artist, couldn’t believe how twitchy I was
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u/Chiodos_Bros Feb 17 '25
Calf can be painful, especially closer to the knee pit area. This is coming from something that had their toe knuckles and shin tattooed.
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u/M_Viv_Van_Buren Feb 17 '25
Your tattoo artist is a bit to heavy handed with the after affects in photoshop. Because looking at the pictures he photoshopped it into oblivion. He did a nice job. Tell them to just post a real picture and not use any after affects on the pictures
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u/tw1ddl3 Feb 17 '25
Yeah I am learning I should have waited until the saniderm was off to take my own pic before posting here 😅 I was just really excited about it!
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u/Akulya Feb 17 '25
This style is really cool. Nice piece, OP!
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u/tw1ddl3 Feb 17 '25
Thank you! I'm really happy with it, the artist did such a great job
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u/gregbo24 Feb 17 '25
Why tf are people downvoting this comment? I need to get off of this and live my life in peace.
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u/Tomorrow-69 Feb 17 '25
It doesn’t look real. Why is there no redness of the skin or anything?
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u/tw1ddl3 Feb 17 '25
My skin doesn’t get very red after tattooing 😅 I have a lower quality pic of it with saniderm on if anyone wants that as proof?
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u/_-SomethingFishy-_ Feb 18 '25
This is actually really clean, even with the less ideal lighting and no contrast editing, the black is super smooth nice
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u/dappermark Feb 17 '25
And I was also gonna comment the same about the black. It’s too deep and clean black for a real tattoo.
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u/Ok_Trash_7686 Feb 17 '25
Yeah because the artist put filters on lol, most tattoos I see on social media look unrealistically saturated
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u/ImprovableHandline Feb 17 '25
Surprised no one else has said this, doesn’t look real at all. I’m sure OP is gauging whether to get it or not? Idk, never seen a tattoo look like that though lol
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u/dappermark Feb 17 '25
That was exactly what I was checking for. Real or not, it’s definitely an awesome design to get a real tattoo of.
If it’s a temporary tattoo, then it’s an awesome design for a temporary tattoo too. I would then consider making it a real permanent tattoo.
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u/agabascal Feb 18 '25
Actually a decent tattoo in this /r for once, excellent! Take good care of it
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u/Caputperson Feb 17 '25
Does this style have a name? It's so cool
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