Nagaek

On 9/6/2021 at 10:16 AM, warrug25 said:

DISCLAIMER: what I'm going to tell you is my humble opinion, and I will try to tell it the kindest way possible. Please don't get upset and remember that it's just an opinion, I apologize in advance if any part of it sounds offensive to you.

 

I would add nothing to this tattoo, because I think its design is already messy: many of what I assume should be feathers look a bit like random colour stains, the association of all that stuff (the guy on the pylon + the birds + the feathers + the eye-like thing + the five encircled symbols) makes it difficult for the eye to "capture" the whole tattoo, there is really a considerable amount of different-sized and different-shaped birds (probably that makes sense for the depicted character - which I assume it's taken from an anime or some sort of movie or comic book - and it's not necessarily bad for the equilibrium of the tattoo, but those birds are everywhere)...

Don't misunderstand, I'm not saying yours is a bad tattoo... but in my opinion it is already very "complicated" to look at, and so adding a background or some more details would probably result in a literal mess. I think I would leave it as it is.

Appreciate it. Honestly that’s also a big reason i decided too post something. I wasn’t sure if adding something would make it too much too look at because i know it already kind of is. I was having some ideas of covering the birds below the character on the pylon with some clouds that are from the anime, also black too maybe eliminate some of the bird clutter. Ideas? Or would you think it would add more clutter than the birds themselves. Also was possibly thinking of just lasering some and doing a full sleeve cover.. 

Got this done probably 3-4 months ago at this point. Base design is fine, i’m just completely stuck on what i would like too do background wise or any small changes i could make too make it feel more detailed. Also, i was planning on keeping it too black and gray, but any ideas are appreciated!