08/20/2026
Artist Logan:
Raw and unedited upload, many times with tattoos we as artists over edit, I'm guilty of this myself. Reduce brightness, up contrast, lower saturation to dim the redness, so that you can appreciate the artwork better.
As a result we create an unachievable level of clarity and contrast. That's not what it looks like though and that's okay. In real life on skin, under fluorescent lighting with glares and skin irritation it's still the same tattoo just a realistic depiction of what's achievable.
I will continue to edit pictures in the future, tastefully and minimally, but don't set your expectations to an unrealistic level when you bring your artist an image for inspiration and it is so heavily edited that it creates an expectation that isn't achievable. Appreciate the art for what it is, Art.
And art much like people and skin itself is very much imperfect.