2013-01-02, 11:17 AM
I'll start out by saying that I don't get tattoos, but that my sister has gotten several, one of her most recent being a back piece much smaller and with a lot less detail than the one you're currently thinking of.
First off, make sure you do your research on the artist you want to use. There's a rather large number out there, but not all of them have the same quality or artistic ability. Finding someone who fits with what you like and someone who is comfortable doing such a large and detailed color piece is rather important.
Another is having a friend or family member willing to help put the moisturizer on your back. It may not seem necessary, but as my sister quickly realized, when you have a back tattoo and try to stretch your arms to do your back, it doesn't work out well. Now if you're having the majority of it on your shoulders, you might be able to get away without help, but there's still probably one or two places on your back that will be hard to reach.
The last piece of advice that is important is to consider your body vs the image you want. For an example, my sister was originally considering getting her back tattoo on her shoulder, but doing so would have made it into an oval instead of a circle due to the way shoulder pieces end up working. That's why she went with a back piece where it would be flat. I'm assuming that the only possible issues might be your shoulder blades given what you want, but I just thought I'd mention it so you keep that in mind. Having part of the image flare out weirdly due to them or perhaps vanish at the wrong angle with your shoulders or maybe the zipper being slightly off center all could detract from your piece and you should try to take that into account.
I think Froz covered most of the rest, so there's my two cents I suppose. Be sure to post some pictures after it's done and healed up some Mas.
First off, make sure you do your research on the artist you want to use. There's a rather large number out there, but not all of them have the same quality or artistic ability. Finding someone who fits with what you like and someone who is comfortable doing such a large and detailed color piece is rather important.
Another is having a friend or family member willing to help put the moisturizer on your back. It may not seem necessary, but as my sister quickly realized, when you have a back tattoo and try to stretch your arms to do your back, it doesn't work out well. Now if you're having the majority of it on your shoulders, you might be able to get away without help, but there's still probably one or two places on your back that will be hard to reach.
The last piece of advice that is important is to consider your body vs the image you want. For an example, my sister was originally considering getting her back tattoo on her shoulder, but doing so would have made it into an oval instead of a circle due to the way shoulder pieces end up working. That's why she went with a back piece where it would be flat. I'm assuming that the only possible issues might be your shoulder blades given what you want, but I just thought I'd mention it so you keep that in mind. Having part of the image flare out weirdly due to them or perhaps vanish at the wrong angle with your shoulders or maybe the zipper being slightly off center all could detract from your piece and you should try to take that into account.
I think Froz covered most of the rest, so there's my two cents I suppose. Be sure to post some pictures after it's done and healed up some Mas.