Sandra is my artist, she is till May 2nd at Kokoloko tattoo in Dordrecht,so I went to see her, it had been 13y!
I already had 2 tattoos ( the aged ones, both 13y old!)
And 3 weeks ago the arrows , yesterday my mountains !
She is once/ twice per year a guest in Dordrecht, also elsewhere, I love her work!!
Yesterday, I went to visit a friend and he had an unfinished hand tattoo and it looked pretty goot tbh. He even had a backstory to it, what inspired him and all. But all I want is something unique. All the desigsn I've seen online are pretty lit. Which made me curious to how do you guys get ideas. I’ve been trying to figure this out properly because I don’t just want something that looks good for a few weeks, especially with hand tattoo designs for men since it’s such a visible spot. I’ve saved a bunch of references from different places, mixed styles, even tried sketching ideas, but nothing really sticks or feels personal enough. Part of me feels like I’m overthinking it, but I also don’t want something random that I regret later. I’ve seen people say they pull ideas from life experiences or symbols, which sounds cool, but I don’t know how to turn that into a design. A friend mentioned he once used references he found online and then worked with his artist to make it original. Which made me think maybe that’s a good starting point. So how do you guys turn ideas into something meaningful that still looks clean on the hand?