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Old 04-05-2012, 03:54 AM   #797
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Even if you don't take an artists ability to make a 'perfect' line or circle into the equation (because many can), designs that are "perfect" tend to not flow with the body as well. That is why script tattoos almost always look like shit, and some straight lines taken from non-tattoo designs don't look great either.

For thousands of years, tattoos have been designed specifically as tattoos. It's only fairly recently where people are getting non tattoo designs, and asking artists to tattoo them. Sometimes things look better on paper (or t-shirts) than they do as a tattoo.

That said, geometrical lines and symmetry can be artistic in itself, so if you find the right artist, you can get something great looking. It might help to post the image you have in mind.
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