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Tattoo placement opinions (will delete later) (lemmy.ml)
submitted 1 day ago by dingus@lemmy.world to c/tattoos@lemmy.ml
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Hey so I'll delete this in a bit so it doesn't clog up the page lol.

So the shoulder tattoo is the newest and I love it. I wasn't planning to get any more tattoos on my arms and I'm instead going to be moving to my legs.

But I'm almost kind of regretting getting the tattoo on a different arm than the first two.

For my legs...I was going to put them all on only one leg...the same side as the shoulder tattoo, leaving the other leg blank.

Do you think this balance looks fine, or is it missing something on one of these sides? I was dead set on calf and ankle placement for my next (same side as shoulder), but now I'm wondering if it should be on my arms instead.

I'm still 90% likely to go calf on the same side as a the shoulder, but I'm curious of your opinions.

Thanks and sorry for the dirty mirror!!! Don't judge I'll be cleaning up to host my family this weekend lmao!!

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[โ€“] toas3r@lemmy.ml 2 points 1 day ago (1 children)

I don't think there's anything wrong with shoulder placement with the tattoos that you already have. If you were planning on building a patchwork sleeve I would have recommended you kept all of your tattoos on one side because having a single sleeve and no other tattoos can offer a really clean look.

Really the only placement that would look weird is if you got it on your hand and had no other tattoos. I feel like that makes you look like you're wearing fingerless gloves. Oh tattoos on the face when you have no other tattoos.

[โ€“] dingus@lemmy.world 1 points 23 hours ago* (last edited 22 hours ago)

Yeah I wasn't initially planning an arm sleeve. I plan to eventually go into a single patchwork leg sleeve, though! Same side as shoulder.