Some health conditions rule a tattoo out, others just need planning and a conversation with your doctor. Here is a plain answer for the most common ones, what artists will and won’t do, and what to ask before you book.
The idea that dark skin can’t take colour is a technique problem dressed up as a fact. Here is how ink actually behaves on deeper skin tones, which colours and styles read best, and how to find an artist with the right experience.
AI tattoo designs are a great way to explore ideas, but they are a starting point, not a stencil. Here is what tattoo artists actually think, the real reasons an AI image often can’t be tattooed as-is, and how to use one well.
The gap between the tattoo in your head and the one on your skin is usually a communication gap. Here is how to brief an artist so you get what you pictured — starting with the feeling, not the picture — plus which references help and which hurt.