Cover Ups

I already did a post on reworks, if you’d like specific info on reworks check out that post, but coverups are their own thing in a lot of ways. Cover ups (and reworks in this case) always require an in person consult, if a client lives out of town we can sometimes do video consults. We have a LOT of cover ups come in and 90% of them we can do as is but there are cases where extra prep is needed or that just can’t be covered.

Cover ups are best done on old tattoos, we’ve had to turn away some coverups that people wanted covered that were originally done a few months earlier. In something that recent the ink is still very saturated and hard to cover, something like this may need a laser treatment in order to fade enough to cover. It’s not uncommon for cover ups to need laser, often 1 or 2 sessions is enough but it is case by case which is why we require a consult. Depending on the tattooer’s technique, who did the tattoo you want covered there could also be scarring that will affect how or what can cover it, if it’s doable at all. We also want to be sure that we’re not stepping on toes of other tattooers. Again most of the time the artist has retired or moved but there are special circumstances where we wouldn’t be comfortable going over another artist’s work.

Coverup by Bryan @blue.s.ink

We’ve even had people come in for consults for coverups and the tattoo has been beautiful. Sometimes a person just needs that reassurance from other professionals that the tattoos they have is well done.

Consults are super important for cover ups so that we don’t take a non-refundable deposit before we’re confident that we can tackle the cover up. It often seems people are reluctant to give up information and answer our questions (even just in general) but it is crucial with coverups to have all the details beforehand. All this is to say that there are a ton of variables and that we don’t ask questions or require consults for no reason. With tattooing becoming more mainstream there is a larger concern for ethical tattooing, we only ask questions that pertain to the work and to make sure we are acting ethically in respect to other artists and the client. 

Gatekeeper

Hi there! I'm Taylor, you may know me as Sterling Skull reception, or gatekeeper, or most recently Tater (thanks Chris). I love writing, creating and I love tattoos; so what better way to use my passions than to bring you a personal experience of our studio via a blog! Welcome, please stay a while!