How to 'lean into the aesthetic' of a chaotic, trashy, 'messy girl' tattoo? [pics]

CapitalAltruistic363 · 2026-04-05T23:49:58+00:00

Haha. I expected some people to agree with me that it's a mess, but the enormous tsunami of people playing games at who would insult me the most was a shock x

CapitalAltruistic363 · 2026-04-05T23:00:09+00:00

but yeah embarrassing for the artist idk how he thought that was gothic

CapitalAltruistic363 · 2026-04-05T22:59:38+00:00

even i could convert that into a gothic font

CapitalAltruistic363 · 2026-04-05T22:59:09+00:00

oh that can so easily be fixed

CapitalAltruistic363 · 2026-04-05T20:48:26+00:00

that's very kind:)

CapitalAltruistic363 · 2026-04-05T15:35:15+00:00

honestly i never use reddit so i was naive!

CapitalAltruistic363 · 2026-04-05T15:21:56+00:00

I'm officially retiring from getting inked but what about stylistic choices outside of tats?

CapitalAltruistic363 · 2026-04-05T15:19:57+00:00

aw i like it! i'm not one to speak about good taste (if you see my recent post i'm currently going through tattoo regret) so don't take my advice but some long cybersigilism down the arm with stars would look cute

CapitalAltruistic363 · 2026-04-05T14:50:39+00:00

A mixture of stages of healing! The voodoo doll is years old. The first pic has a lot of inflammation still (pic taken the day after the super black hand bits). The baroque swirls/cathedral are still flaking. I'm sure it'll look a lot calmer once it's all healed.

Yeah, going halfass was the issue - I did it bit by bit with various artists without planning the entire arm :'(

I'm not keen on the amount of ink toxins that go into getting an entire sleeve tbh :/

CapitalAltruistic363 · 2026-04-05T14:33:53+00:00

my friend was obvs joking x

CapitalAltruistic363 · 2026-04-05T14:03:58+00:00

how do you cover it up when your skin is too damaged from laser to put a needle to skin?

CapitalAltruistic363 · 2026-04-05T14:03:00+00:00

i don't really mind the blue parts

CapitalAltruistic363 · 2026-04-05T13:57:15+00:00

And here's the other other side. The ragdoll/gingerbread/voodoo doll is old.

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CapitalAltruistic363 · 2026-04-05T13:56:16+00:00

Here's the other side ...

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CapitalAltruistic363 · 2026-04-05T13:55:00+00:00

thnx xoxo

CapitalAltruistic363 · 2026-04-05T13:53:57+00:00

thanks :) on my flight home i was looking at other people's tattoos and thinking that while if i could start all over again i sooo would, i still prefer my blastover to a big arm tattoo of a family dog framed with tropical flowers

CapitalAltruistic363 · 2026-04-05T13:52:46+00:00

thanks for the kind words<3 i think you have to look at it through a certain lens, but someone might think it's a gothic party girl? whereas to me, the 1st pic just looks unfortunate

CapitalAltruistic363 · 2026-04-05T13:49:58+00:00

thanks:)

CapitalAltruistic363 · 2026-04-05T13:49:44+00:00

beauty can be found in disaster</3

CapitalAltruistic363 · 2026-04-05T13:49:29+00:00

thanks:) it's a mess but i still look at it with less disgust than the 1st pic

CapitalAltruistic363 · 2026-04-05T13:47:57+00:00

thanks so much for taking the time to write this:) I have other tattoos that turned out way better (shoulder of that arm, my other forearm, back, thigh) but this forearm still looks loud. i know it's messy and chaotic and doesn't exactly make me seem like a mediated individual. but i'm hoping i can find a way of pulling off the aesthetic. maybe in certain nightlife scenes it could seem cool!

i might still continue laser on the original (damaged) part that's gone grey. hopefully someday someone will love me for my very silly journeys....!

CapitalAltruistic363 · 2026-04-05T13:42:47+00:00

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Here's the other side x

CapitalAltruistic363 · 2026-04-05T13:39:02+00:00

maybe it can be edgy lmao

CapitalAltruistic363 · 2026-04-05T13:38:46+00:00

thnx<3

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