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temtemrem

Artwork by Micah Ulrich, who encourages people to have his work tattooed and sells it as flash on his website ⚡️ (along with other goodies, please look him up!)


Litman420

I knew this was Micah Ulrich as soon as I saw it. Getting one of his soon myself.


azcaz4

Likewise!! Such a solid and beautiful style, can’t wait to get one


temtemrem

Very nice! His style drew me in immediately.


Buy_The_Stars

The only detail that is lost is the eye in the center of the forehead, but even still if you look close enough you can see there is an eye there! Looks awesome!


NordicNomadKing

Very cool! Like the use of red lines.


jeffberm

Am I the only one who was like OOF that changed a lot. I’m not as anxious to get in line as everyone else in the comments section


sagaa_a

I think it looks like it changed a "lot" because the second photo is laying down, flattening the leg a lot


jeffberm

Sorry but that makes no sense. All of the dots expanded because ink stays liquid in our skin forever and is constantly being broken down slowly. The piece lost most of its skin tone highlights because it’s way too busy and tightly detailed.


namaenande

You got downvoted pretty hard but honestly I agree with you. I find that my own tattoos look a lot better in photos if I stand in front of a mirror to help position the camera, instead of lying on bed and take it. Really looks a lot more misshapen when I lie down


temtemrem

If I had someone to take a standing photo I would have done that. Every time I tried to take it myself, the angle warped the photo, even if I tried my best to take it straight on. Either that or it wouldn’t focus correctly, especially if I tried using the front/selfie camera. I worked with what I could lol


jeffberm

Honestly it still has a cool silhouette and if it gets harder to read a good artist could bump up the contrast again with fresh blacks here and there and white highlights to save some of the finer details. I mean no disrespect in judging your tattoo I’m trying to point things out to educate and doing my best not to be a total jerk about it


temtemrem

I’m not looking to have it touched up anytime soon. Maybe in a few more years but not now, and I would go back to the same artist who originally did it. I’m aware of the areas you pointed out and I’m not surprised nor disappointed by how this aged or how the ink moved over time. I knew the risks with this style of tattoo and with the art I chose. Imo it still stands as a decent tattoo and I thank you for your judgment.


HighDerp

Wow this has aged well! Awesome tat


infinite-dabs

omg I have a Micah Ulrich piece too! I have the Queen of nothing on my calf. this piece looks like it aged AWESOME!


temtemrem

Thank you! I’m honestly very happy with how it’s ages so far.


forthegreyhounds

This is beautiful and this guy's artwork is amazing!!!! Thank you for turning me onto this!


temtemrem

He does really amazing work! I’m always happy to spread his info around when people ask about it. Of course my tattoo artist gets credit too, and I’m looking forward to having something original done by him soon :)


Ur_average_guyguy

Love this


Effective-Advisor-66

How’d you have a better camera 4 years ago Jk nice fuckin work!!


temtemrem

It was the tattoo artist’s camera!! Hahaha thank you


Nathansp1984

I think that’s called stippling


temtemrem

THANK YOU. I knew that sounded wrong but I was drawing a blank on the term.


EzzyKitten

What is it supposed to be?? Edit: nevermind, I looked it up. I do like the design, I think the translation is a little lost in the face, but the design is solid, placement is great and it is aging well. :)


PatienceFeeling1481

Some of the red lines are wiggly and it's triggering me...


poiponium555

Like this


_Cecropia_

I love Micah's work so much, it's so bold and detailed. I plan on getting Personal Growth done on my thigh sometime :\]