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White over black tattooing

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Shannon Larratt

Danny had a tribal tattoo on his shoulder he wanted to “upgrade”, so he had Johnny at Skinworks in Holland first tattoo it totally black, and after it was completed, the lotus and cherry blossoms were added over top using white ink (see also: a white dragon chestpiece over black done using a similar method).

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110 responses to “White over black tattooing”

  1. David Avatar
    David

    Danny, do you have any current pictures of how your tattoo has aged? Looking at getting something like this done and wondering how it looks after a couple of years.

  2. David Avatar
    David

    Danny, do you have any current pictures of how your tattoo has aged? Looking at getting something like this done and wondering how it looks after a couple of years.

  3. Gary Avatar
    Gary

    Any recent pics? I want to do something similar. Anyone in the Chicago area doing white on black?

  4. Gary Avatar
    Gary

    Any recent pics? I want to do something similar. Anyone in the Chicago area doing white on black?

  5. Lorie Avatar
    Lorie

    I think this is absolutely amazing….I recently had a tatt covered up, but it had to be done in black. But now I am excited to at least try to gove the new tattoo some white areas to break up the blackness. What kind of ink was used in Danny’s? Like what brand and shade?
    Thanks for any help, lol!! Great job!!

  6. Lorie Avatar
    Lorie

    I think this is absolutely amazing….I recently had a tatt covered up, but it had to be done in black. But now I am excited to at least try to gove the new tattoo some white areas to break up the blackness. What kind of ink was used in Danny’s? Like what brand and shade?
    Thanks for any help, lol!! Great job!!

  7. jerry Avatar
    jerry

    I’m not sure how it is gonna work but I’m covering my intire left arm shoulder and chest pece with black and going back and doing a white tribal so we will see how it turns out give me a website I can pot the progress on

  8. jerry Avatar
    jerry

    I’m not sure how it is gonna work but I’m covering my intire left arm shoulder and chest pece with black and going back and doing a white tribal so we will see how it turns out give me a website I can pot the progress on

  9. peter Avatar
    peter

    hi danny could you please email me with regards to your tattoo as I have a couple of questions
    thanks
    my email is
    [email protected]

  10. peter Avatar
    peter

    hi danny could you please email me with regards to your tattoo as I have a couple of questions
    thanks
    my email is
    [email protected]

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