Can you get a white butterfly tattoo? Pics included?

Barbara

I have a tattoo that I've been adding to. Each time I have a child, I add a butterfly in their birthstone. I have a big butterfly on my foot (colors are symbolic to me), my husband's butterfly (Emerald), and my son's butterfly (Citrine). I am trying to conceive, and in the off chance that my child is born in April, the birthstone is a Diamond. However, can you get a white butterfly tattoo? I can't see it looking very good. What other ideas could I do, or should I completely avoid that month?

You don't need a Facebook account to view these photos. The first link is just me and my husband, and the third is the added new butterfly (for my son).

http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=498273677931&l=c595655469
http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=10150666303982932&l=628565f02d

Answer
Yes you could have a white butterfly, perhaps with the black outline similar to your existing butterfly designs. The black would help to make the white 'stand out' more.
I have a white flower with a little shading around it to help make it 'pop' and it shows up perfectly well. Don't be put off by what some people say about white tattoos, they can be just as visible etc as any other ink colour. There are some exceptions obviously, some people don't seem to hold the ink as well, others it just doesn't seem to show up as good (I'm pale and it shows up nicely on my skin)
There are also some artists who are not comfortable working with white ink, although most are, so if you choose to go with the white just call ahead and make sure.

What do you think about this tattoo?

Ang3l

I am planning on getting my 2nd tattoo done in the New Year sometime. I want to design it and the tattoo artist is going to help me design it so I drew up a sketch of the kind of thing I want. I got inspiration thanks to a helpful person on here once.

I want the letters in the tattoo but im not sure whereabouts would be best for it. I drew in the places where I think it would look good but im not sure, what do you think.

Also its for my lower leg/ankle area and it will be slightly smaller than what I drew and also in black and white as I have a colour one on my shoulder and I wanted a change lol. Obviously as well that is just a rough sketch that im going to take to my tattoo artist. He will obviously make it better and improve it. Im sure its what I want and im not asking if I should get it as I know my own mind and what I want, sort of lol.

Also can anyone else give me some inspiration too?

http://s844.photobucket.com/albums/ab2/crystalangelcloud/?action=view&current=DSC00071.jpg

Thanks everyone :)

Answer
as far as the letters go, i might split it up so that one letter (the c) is in front of the butterfly and one (the m) is behind it, like where you have the letters now. it just seems like it would be a little more balanced that way, if that makes sense.

also, you might want to shade some of the parts in with graywash, instead of all just black. i think that would give it a little bit more dimension and i think that it would add to the overall design. like maybe you could do the butterfly darker so it stands out a little more, and then do the ribbon part in the graywash.

also, you dont want to go too small on any design even if you are trying to fit it somewhere smaller like your ankle as opposed to your back for example. you want to go at least big enough to fit all the details in, because the smaller you go, the less detail you can actually put into the tattoo without it looking like a little blob, especially in black and white. but the artist will be able to help you out with the sizing too.

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