Oooh! Did not expect to see one of my tattoos on here! It’s the Calvin and Hobbes one. The rough aging is partly my fault though. I never put on sunscreen and I love the sun. It’s also a tiny piece, about 6.5cm. So, friendly reminder, use sunscreen guys! 🖤
I hope you still live that tattoo and what it means even with its aging 💗 I love it even with the way it looks today. The meaning is just so good and sweet, I hope you still stuck by that. Also congrats on beating cancer I’m really glad you were able to do that
11:48 Pitakkm is a very well known Korean artist, and his work has only gotten better over time. He goes over all of the lighter parts of his tattoos first and let's that heal before doing the darker areas. Definitely an interesting technique that he started doing after the spirited away tattoo that's paid off!
Makes me feel old af even though I'm only 30 😂 It doesn't even seem like that long ago! But then seeing the amount of years you realize it actually has been
Tattoo artist here; love these videos, they’re not only entertaining to watch but also a great learning experience! With most of the healed tattoos you can see that the pieces lacked contrast in colour / details and most importantly enough space between lines. The tattoos Korean artist Pitta does are a great example how to do small, detailed tattoos that heal well; contrasting colours next to each other, "empty spaces" next to more detailed ones and the artist simply understands what they’re doing perfectly. Love from Germany 💜
My first tattoo is now 20 years old (WTF? 20-That's insane) I still like it, I don't like that it's been scarred because its on my ankle and I went Ice skating a few years ago and the skates gave me a blister that scarred my tattoo.
Hi Lauren 👋 Very interesting video 😊 btw Calvin and Hobbes is a really cute cartoon about a small boy and his toy tiger, when they are alone together the tiger is real and when anyone else is with them the tiger turns back into a toy 🐯 ❤
I loved Calvin and Hobbes back in the day (and still do, but I believe the cartoon ended quite a while ago). I used to have a Calvin and Hobbes tattoo as well. In fact, it was the first tattoo I ever got (about 30 years ago - yes, I'm OLD). Anyway, the artist really janked up Hobbes' (the cat) stomach - the curved line of his stomach had a hitch in it, part of the way through. Because of that and because I want to get a back piece (and this was on my shoulder blade), I had it lasered to make room for a future back piece. It's not 100% gone, but about 85% gone.
@@treacletattsit's actually very philosophical, and the strip has a unique place in Americana. The artist did not wish to develop merch, so people stole his work & did, and he wrapped up the series much earlier than expected, for artistic integrity. It would have been as popular as Peanuts/Snoopy or Garfield, but Bill cares more about his vision & a happy lifestyle than becoming a fabulously rich man. I have the collected works, you'd love it, it's appropriate for kids but written for adults. The strip deals with things like grief, but we also got the great snowman massacre and Bats: The Bug Scourge of the Skies! And spaceman spiff. But Calvin never peed on anything in the strip (lol Google "Ford vs Chevy USA rivalry pickup truck stickers")...
If you've never learned about the science behind how tattoos age, look up "macrophages & aging tattoos" & you'll most likely be very inspired! I was blown away by the science of it all.. Great video! 💜
A big factor is pigment stability. Some carbon blacks and pigments are more easily broken down by your body. This doesn't include other factors like sun damage which also greatly affect the progression of how it ages. Over the years I've stopped using certain pigments because they were too easily broken down by the body, and certain blacks because they got too hazy on long-term healed pieces. Finding the perfect black, reds, oranges, and yellows for long-term stability have turned into quite the holy grail quest.
The Spirited Away tattoo looks good even with the color fading! But I would be disappointed with it because the fresh one looks so perfect with the bright colors! 😅 I guess I have a problem with colores fading over time 😭
Same. I’m getting a big color tattoo and don’t like how many of these color tattoos fade so much. My partner told me get color even if it will fade. 😅 I don’t want it to fade so much.
I also thought that those "patch" - like tattoos would not age well. They look super cool fresh, but enjoy it while it lasts people! But to be fair, that patch tattoo faded SO much, that I wouldn't be surprised if it got exposed to a lot of sun. I'm probably one of the older people that follow you (I'm 62 ) and I have a fair amount of tattoos. I didn't start dipping my toe into getting tattooed until I was 30 (still, a loooong time ago!). Anyway, my oldest tattoos I got lasered then covered, but I have some tattoos that look pretty darn good (faded, but still quite acceptable) at 15 + years old. All of my tattoos are big and bold in a neo-traditional style. I also am not a sun-worshipper and if I'm in the sun, I'm pretty good about putting sunscreen on my exposed tattoos. I think sun damage is probably the biggest factor in how a tattoo ages.
I have a couple “glitter” tattoos but the dot work for them was larger than what you see now a days and I think that’s helped them stay looking good for now (oldest one is about 7 years old now)
@@treacletatts It will be interesting to see some of the more modern style in 5-10 years. I have a micro-galaxy style that has some "stars" in it that I'm watching too - about 3 years in and it's holding up relatively well, but not quite as well as the bolder watercolour (with black outline) I have that has more space between the colours. In the corners, the colours have blended together and with the black outline to create a few muddy spots.
Okay, I absolutely adore that raccoon piece. As for my oldest tattoo, it needs a little bit of a touch-up. The lines held well but it has a lot of yellow and over 8 years the yellow has faded a bit.
i had a friend who has a patch tattoo by a well known artist (i don't remember who) and it actually healed up very well! and her husband got one too and it also looked great :)
I have 15 that I’ve gotten over time since 1994. My oldest one (1994) is just three letters but the next one I got in 1998 and it’s a fairy sitting on a crescent moon. It’s healed so so bad. Her face is so blown out it’s bad! All of my other ones have healed nicely for the most part. I got a half sleeve in 2017 that looks so bright and colorful still - 6 years later! ❤
Thanks for making another fresh vs healed video, these are so interesting to me. It’s cool to not only have pictures of how these tattoos have healed over time but also get insight from someone with a lot of experience about each case and whether it seems unusual. I’ve been binging your channel for the last few days. Your videos are really entertaining and interesting looks into a world I know very little about. My mother has had cosmetic tattoos/microblading done and got two colourful wrist tattoos as a 50th birthday present to herself, and has been really happy with the outcomes. I haven’t taken the plunge yet, as I don’t really know what I would want, and even if I did I tend to take a _long_ time thinking about this kind of thing before I get around to doing it. But you’ve got me lowkey looking into the studios in my city now 😂
Hanging outside with my puppers and catching up on some missed videos. I'd like to think a vast majority of these healed the way the did, falls mainly on the aftercare and long term care.
calvin and hobbes is a really wholesome comic about the adventures of a boy and his stuffed tiger toy that's super well known and popular in the us/canada. the art is also super gorgeous, you should check it out
My first tattoo just turned 23 years old and was looking pretty good still. Lines definitely spreading but overall nice. A basic outline of a pretty simple symbol and done really well. Unfortunately I also just covered it up. Lol.
The 1st tattoo is pretty 'modern' for early 2010's tattooing era especially when I compare it to tattoos I saw on daily basis back then. I am also 'lucky' I only got two small tattoos in 2011 & 2012 compared to my current tattoo work done. 😅
I wish I had pics of some of my oldest tattoos when they were fresh. But I will say that my 2nd oldest tattoo (2006) looks incredible. It obviously needs a little bit of a touch up, but it isnt blown out and the details are all there
I’m super diligent about sunscreen and my first tattoo ,a big color piece on my arm, is comming up on on 8 years. i couldn’t emphasize this more PUT SUNSCREEN ON YOUR TATTOOS mine still looks bold and bright. 👏🏻 (of corse everyone skin is different but still)
I always heard that tattoos fade. Even that tattoos stretch. Had no idea that tattoos actually blur and spread! Whenever I heard someone say "oh that tattoo won't hold up over time" I always thought that just mean that it would lighten, not that the lines themselves would lose definition and blur together. As someone planning to get tattoos soon these videos are SO helpful.
When I was 30 I wanted a tattoo between my shoulder & my breast. Turns out that area is very impacted by gravity & aging, and I found out how much a tattoo there can move, blur, stretch, etc. My other tattoos are aging nicely, so glad I skipped that spot. Now trying to figure out how to put a river map on myself without hitting my "stretchy areas"
they say "bold will hold" for a reason! we're not talking about how tattoos will look in 5 years, but in 50. gotta give enough room for the tattoo to "breathe" as they say haha. and pro tip: they really won't lighten at all so long as you avoid the sun like a vampire lol. most aged tattoos you'll see will have a lot of sun damage bc most people just don't avoid the sun.
I just got the second session for my first tattoo and so far it’s healing well. Hopefully it stays that way! (It’s a traditional Japanese dragon wrapping up almost my full right arm :) )
Just commenting to say that it made me laugh to see the patchwork one because that’s the mascot for the Minnesota State Fair, and I worked there for more than ten years. Didn’t expect to see that little guy in one of your vids! ❤
ive been interested in getting a tattoo for a few years now but ive always worried how they would turn out after they healed. so this video really helped me get an idea of what can happen
My oldest tattoo is 5 years old and didn't heal too great. It was done by an apprentice who had only been working for a couple of months, and a few of the lines blew out and there's some scarring. It's still a nice tattoo honestly, but it's not what it was meant to be. Said apprentice did a lot more tattoos on me over the years, so my body has a timeline of how she's improved and grown into a really good tattoo artist!
I have two tattoos on my right ear, both of which are pretty simplistic and I think that’s the key with ear tattoos. Negative space and simple designs are so important if you want an ear tat to age well.
The ear tattoo reminds me of my coworker who years ago got a blue vine with leaves and flowers on the inner part of her ear and now it looks like a blue blob caterpillar.
My first tattoo was a firebird symbol done with blue torch flames and I had small spots of the colour leave during healing, but otherwise fine. That was almost 20 years ago and it has thicker lines, less definition and the white parts are skin colour now. I have no regrets, every tattoo is a part of my story, though i may eventually touch up and add to it.
The one around the 10:00 minute mark, some of the reason the moon might not be as reddish anymore is that may have been a bit of irritation in the initial photo. My fresh photo of my one tattoo the sunflower and cheeks of a doll look red but healed it’s yellow and the cheeks are just a grey wash as intended. The colours have held incredibly well though and it’s about 8 years old (I’m very on my sunscreen😆). My friend has one by the same artist, probably at most a year older, and they told me they haven’t been as good about the sunscreen and it’s still held the colours really well too, they also have yellow in it. A good artist definitely goes a long way towards the longevity of the tattoo along with proper care. I also think the bug was a cicada!
That's a good reason to take a photo when the artist is done, and then after a few weeks when it's freshly healed. My soot sprites looked evil when they were first done because of the redness and plasma in the eyes but look adorable now
If you want to see what a fully watercolor tattoo looks like healed after 6 years, I submitted my tattoos to your google form awhile ago. To compare directly, I got a symmetrical design in old school traditional - that one is healed almost 5 years. I love comparing the styles
Got my first tattoo back in 1998…. And i still love it… wish i had a before photo… but it has held up very well for its age…. Was a black rose above my ankle
the biggest thing i wish was keeping the contact of my tattooist who did my first tattoo. The tattoo is a Phoenix in a ring of fire and it is 25 yrs old and still looks solid! The definition is still there. He was located near Rockaway Blvd in Queens NYC
Great video, I'm on that reddit page as well ,off topic I got the same sun cream you mentioned in another video, its really jumped up in price, but its good!
These videos made me take a closer look at my own tattoos. I have two large pieces that have healed soooo fantastically after 6 & 4 years respectively. My first smaller one is fine; it’s on my upper thigh and doesn’t seem much daylight, though it’s not my favourite tattoo anymore. I have a smaller one on my forearm that is fading quite a lot, but due to my work, I rub that area in towels a lot so it’s my own fault lolol. Great video, love what you do!
I have seen that bird tattoos age pretty bad sometimes. My mom has a bird on her back. It’s fully black but now that it’s twenty years old, you can see the change in the inking. Like the pressure shows
Both of my tattoos were done by a total amateur in a dorm room. My wrist was done in black and it aged as to be expected. It bled as soon as shading was added and has just gotten more blurred over the past fifteen years. My foot was color and it's BARELY changed, except for the red star and the yellow star (the latter of which did not stick in the first place). The colors are still bright and the lineart has not blurred at all. It's shocking really, especially for something on the top of my foot.
that first one i thought the initial picture was the healed one at first... there was no negative space to start with no wonder it turned into a splodge
My oldest tattoos are also the thickest I’ve gotten with the least detail. I think they’ve held up pretty well, even though the lines are thicker. You’ve got me looking at my newer ones and worrying about all the thin lines though 😅
My oldest is coming up on 8 years and still looks as good as it did freshly healed! I’ve got lots of colours with no solid outlines on those sections either, which I’d probably not choose knowing more now😅 A good artist and proper care (sunscreen!!) and it should look good for years and years☺️
I wish I didn't loose the picture of my tattoo fresh. It was a watercolor blue/teal feather on my shoulder. 11 years old now and several major sunburns later. The colour is pale but still visible. The black line work though is almost invisible as a drop shadow. Add the lightest shades being super light now (but can still see them). It barely looks like a feather anymore in my opinion. I do have an appointment to get it redone while getting a new piece too that's going to be the start of a sleeve.
My biggest tattoo was done in 2018 is a watercolor tattoo it's like a black splatter of ink that there's a crescent moon in yellow - orange - red colors and in the center of the crescent moon in the splatters of black ink there's a black cat kinda hidden in it, and we still see it 🥰the eyes and the whiskers are not as readable obviously but I love it so much still 💕 And for my first one I don't have a freshly done photo in my phone anymore 😅I had my first one when I was around 22 so it was 2015. 8 years with my first watercolor tattoo and it had aged not so badly but it did lost all it's saturation. It was done by an apprentice, she wag quite good for an apprentice but she's way better now obviously. I had have my second tattoo done by her few years later around 2017 and this one healed so much better, the colors are more saturated, the line were better etc. I only have 4 tattoo so far haha but yeah still love them even if my first one looks meh today.
That patchwork tattoo is of the Minnesota State Fair mascot, Fairchild the Gopher, and I just never considered someone would get a tattoo of that lmao, I kind of dig it tho. I bet when it was fresh and not so rough looking that anyone who saw it at the fair complimented it lol.
I think my first tattoo just turned 12 years old and it looks almost new. It's a traditional piece though, so that's to be expected. The yellow faded a little but is still clearly yellow, the only other thing is lots of white dots in it that I think came from having my legs waxed, but you have to go pretty close to see them. Still love it, still love getting very colourful tattoos! Put on sunscreen guys, your skin and tattoos will thank you!
I'm sure a few people before me have brought up sunscreen, but hydration too! I'm usually chronically dehydrated but have been better about it over the past few weeks, and I had someone ask if my tattoos were touched up recently. Take care of your body folks, it keeps you pretty 😆
So I have my ear tattooed. I message my artist after the first time I washed my hair because the parts around the outside of the ear faded in that first wash, and quite dramatically. The parts on the flat of my ear have healed really well so far, it’s 2 and 1/2 months old x
Calvin and Hobbes is a a funny and adorable comic it’s about Calvin the boy and Hobbes is actually his stuffed animal tiger but in the comic he is presented as if he’s sentient and he’s more sarcastic and reasonable like an adult and Calvin can be a menace if he wants to I loved reading it as a kid, there’s one where the parents are on a walk in winter and they say “you can always tell when you get to our house” because the snowmen were normal up until their yard where Calvin built a 2 headed mutant of a snowman
One of my oldest healed tattoos is a skeleton key with a green ribbon, still love it though the green is a more yellow green tattoo. Though I have some ish feelings about the tattoo because I wanted it down my spine but I was younger and told they couldn't do that with a ribbon (which I compeltely disagree with) so it's across my back. It wouldn't be difficult to get that touched up. That's about 15 years old. Another one is lettering that the ink has definitely spread. I do have a tattoo thats more of watercolor esque tattoo that had good outlines thats 5 years old where the color is really faded, but the outlines are still there. It's a decently large piece so I'd be up to getting that one touched up with more vibrant colors. I do have a behind the ear tattoo that's smaller, not fine line, about an inch or so in length though. It's a little simple line mouse that has faded and spread a bit. I guess needing touch ups will make up for when I don't have space for brand new tattoos 😂
This makes me appreciate my un tattood body. But when I see a good tattoo that's aged well and been well looked after, or even a clever funny tattoo that's been well done... I'm envious
I have a question, do newer tattoos hold better? I'm wondering how advancements in tattoo technique and tattoo technology have influenced things? Like would a modern day American Traditional last better than one that was done in the 60s?
American English and the American education system, I think the ear one they meant to say "don't" age well and said "done" as in "don't" without the "t" That or autocorrect lol
Seeing how long ago some of these have been done, I don't feel so bad about my faded butterfly with a tiger face that is extremely faded but still readable. Got it done in 1997.
well as of yet I still only have one tattoo XD that I've now had for.. 8 months so not that long, BUT I am still very happy with it. Still haven't decided if I should go in for within one year-touch up that my artist offers because it looks fine to me and I think it's healed quite well but who knows... definitely need to send her some healed pictures though
That patch tattoo looks like it has started to melt.. like the hat seems stumpier and the left side of the face isn’t the same either… Also my oldest tattoo is 16 years old and for having never had it touched up I am Super happy with it!
Taking a picture of the back of the ear is a little tricky, but not hard, just stand facing a mirror and use the selfie camera, so you can see what the camera's pointing at
you can really tell from aging photos who takes care of their skin and who doesn't. my artist has sleeves from the 90s and the black is still black and the color is still bright. his top tip? take care of your skin! stay out of the sun, wear SPF, and body butter is your best friend. and a good exfoliation every now and then is good to remove that top layer of skin that makes tattoos look less bright. only exfoliate healed tattoos though. but yeah take care of your skin and your tattoos will thank you.
I have my calf tatts covered & lotioned, like 99% of the time, so they never see the sun - I don't wear shorts, lol. It's been a decade & I don't notice anything different, but I'll check my fresh to now, pics
My oldest tattoo is now 12 years old. Floral line work with one word, still looks good to me hahah. The word is less readable, but it doesnt really bug me
Oh my god! Anyone here who doesn’t know who Calvin and Hobbs is, please please please look it up. They are so wholesome and insightful, and nostalgic. Good at any age, and definitely the kind of thing you get more the older you get.
I really think you need to make a distinction between lines that have naturally blurred with aging and blow outs. Calvin and Hobbs tattoo and the script tattoo were blow outs. Blow outs don’t have to be deep and blue. These lines are so thick because there was too much ink packed in one place so when it settles it spreads and this is absolutely not because of aging it because he application. Those tattoos probably looked like that a month after they were done.
My oldest 2 tattoos are almost 23 years old. I have 18 total if you count sleeves as 1, but I have tattoos that are 8-10 years old that look worse than my 23 year old ones.
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Oooh! Did not expect to see one of my tattoos on here! It’s the Calvin and Hobbes one. The rough aging is partly my fault though. I never put on sunscreen and I love the sun. It’s also a tiny piece, about 6.5cm. So, friendly reminder, use sunscreen guys! 🖤
Congrats on beating cancer, hope everything is going on fine!
I hope you still live that tattoo and what it means even with its aging 💗 I love it even with the way it looks today. The meaning is just so good and sweet, I hope you still stuck by that. Also congrats on beating cancer I’m really glad you were able to do that
It's super cute. I really like the aged version with the red balloon being the splash of color too. Calvin and Hobbes is such a great cartoon :)
11:48 Pitakkm is a very well known Korean artist, and his work has only gotten better over time. He goes over all of the lighter parts of his tattoos first and let's that heal before doing the darker areas. Definitely an interesting technique that he started doing after the spirited away tattoo that's paid off!
pita is world class
Do they have an Instagram Page? I would love to see more of their work
pittakkm@@martinastargazerthe colours they use are based on the colours on korean temples
@martinastargazer it's @pittakkm
I have been following him for awhile now and my goal is to get tattooed by him one day! His stuff is so cool
Scariest thing here is realising that 2012 was 11 years ago! 🤣
It’s terrifying 😩
It’s a scary thing to release
Right?!
Makes me feel old af even though I'm only 30 😂 It doesn't even seem like that long ago! But then seeing the amount of years you realize it actually has been
@@VIPforevas I'm 33, 34 in October haha
Tattoo artist here; love these videos, they’re not only entertaining to watch but also a great learning experience! With most of the healed tattoos you can see that the pieces lacked contrast in colour / details and most importantly enough space between lines. The tattoos Korean artist Pitta does are a great example how to do small, detailed tattoos that heal well; contrasting colours next to each other, "empty spaces" next to more detailed ones and the artist simply understands what they’re doing perfectly. Love from Germany 💜
My first tattoo is now 20 years old (WTF? 20-That's insane) I still like it, I don't like that it's been scarred because its on my ankle and I went Ice skating a few years ago and the skates gave me a blister that scarred my tattoo.
this is why I love traditional tattoos, my first tattoo of almost 6 years ago still has the same bright colours and thick lines! 😊
Hi Lauren 👋
Very interesting video 😊 btw Calvin and Hobbes is a really cute cartoon about a small boy and his toy tiger, when they are alone together the tiger is real and when anyone else is with them the tiger turns back into a toy 🐯 ❤
Oh that is adorable 🥹
It is one of my favorite comics of all time!
@@treacletattsI feel like you would find that comic hilarious. Calvin is wonderfully dark 😂
I loved Calvin and Hobbes back in the day (and still do, but I believe the cartoon ended quite a while ago). I used to have a Calvin and Hobbes tattoo as well. In fact, it was the first tattoo I ever got (about 30 years ago - yes, I'm OLD). Anyway, the artist really janked up Hobbes' (the cat) stomach - the curved line of his stomach had a hitch in it, part of the way through. Because of that and because I want to get a back piece (and this was on my shoulder blade), I had it lasered to make room for a future back piece. It's not 100% gone, but about 85% gone.
@@treacletattsit's actually very philosophical, and the strip has a unique place in Americana. The artist did not wish to develop merch, so people stole his work & did, and he wrapped up the series much earlier than expected, for artistic integrity. It would have been as popular as Peanuts/Snoopy or Garfield, but Bill cares more about his vision & a happy lifestyle than becoming a fabulously rich man. I have the collected works, you'd love it, it's appropriate for kids but written for adults. The strip deals with things like grief, but we also got the great snowman massacre and Bats: The Bug Scourge of the Skies! And spaceman spiff. But Calvin never peed on anything in the strip (lol Google "Ford vs Chevy USA rivalry pickup truck stickers")...
Watching this recovering from getting a piece on my head today.....not as horrific as I expected!
That racoon piece has held up incredibly!
Head!!!! You are brave my friend!! Go you 🥳
If you've never learned about the science behind how tattoos age, look up "macrophages & aging tattoos" & you'll most likely be very inspired! I was blown away by the science of it all.. Great video! 💜
The double raccoon cyclone tattoo by Michael is wicked! Love it! ❤❤❤
A big factor is pigment stability. Some carbon blacks and pigments are more easily broken down by your body. This doesn't include other factors like sun damage which also greatly affect the progression of how it ages. Over the years I've stopped using certain pigments because they were too easily broken down by the body, and certain blacks because they got too hazy on long-term healed pieces. Finding the perfect black, reds, oranges, and yellows for long-term stability have turned into quite the holy grail quest.
The Spirited Away tattoo looks good even with the color fading! But I would be disappointed with it because the fresh one looks so perfect with the bright colors! 😅 I guess I have a problem with colores fading over time 😭
Same. I’m getting a big color tattoo and don’t like how many of these color tattoos fade so much. My partner told me get color even if it will fade. 😅 I don’t want it to fade so much.
@@effytraveler6155i wonder if you can just plan on getting it touched up every few years or so?
I also thought that those "patch" - like tattoos would not age well. They look super cool fresh, but enjoy it while it lasts people! But to be fair, that patch tattoo faded SO much, that I wouldn't be surprised if it got exposed to a lot of sun. I'm probably one of the older people that follow you (I'm 62 ) and I have a fair amount of tattoos. I didn't start dipping my toe into getting tattooed until I was 30 (still, a loooong time ago!). Anyway, my oldest tattoos I got lasered then covered, but I have some tattoos that look pretty darn good (faded, but still quite acceptable) at 15 + years old. All of my tattoos are big and bold in a neo-traditional style. I also am not a sun-worshipper and if I'm in the sun, I'm pretty good about putting sunscreen on my exposed tattoos. I think sun damage is probably the biggest factor in how a tattoo ages.
My first tattoo is 25 years old now. I still love it! Now that I have turned 50, it's time for another tattoo!
With the patchwork one, I've wondered the same thing about glitter tattoos.
I have a couple “glitter” tattoos but the dot work for them was larger than what you see now a days and I think that’s helped them stay looking good for now (oldest one is about 7 years old now)
@@treacletatts It will be interesting to see some of the more modern style in 5-10 years. I have a micro-galaxy style that has some "stars" in it that I'm watching too - about 3 years in and it's holding up relatively well, but not quite as well as the bolder watercolour (with black outline) I have that has more space between the colours. In the corners, the colours have blended together and with the black outline to create a few muddy spots.
Okay, I absolutely adore that raccoon piece.
As for my oldest tattoo, it needs a little bit of a touch-up. The lines held well but it has a lot of yellow and over 8 years the yellow has faded a bit.
i had a friend who has a patch tattoo by a well known artist (i don't remember who) and it actually healed up very well! and her husband got one too and it also looked great :)
Whenever I see you’ve uploaded I need to make sure I have my snacks and beverages before I DARE to press play 😂
As you should 👀😂
I have 15 that I’ve gotten over time since 1994. My oldest one (1994) is just three letters but the next one I got in 1998 and it’s a fairy sitting on a crescent moon. It’s healed so so bad. Her face is so blown out it’s bad! All of my other ones have healed nicely for the most part. I got a half sleeve in 2017 that looks so bright and colorful still - 6 years later! ❤
Michael Stades tattoos always heal very well. His one of my fish list artist and fortunately he quest arts sometimes in my country.
Thanks for making another fresh vs healed video, these are so interesting to me. It’s cool to not only have pictures of how these tattoos have healed over time but also get insight from someone with a lot of experience about each case and whether it seems unusual.
I’ve been binging your channel for the last few days. Your videos are really entertaining and interesting looks into a world I know very little about. My mother has had cosmetic tattoos/microblading done and got two colourful wrist tattoos as a 50th birthday present to herself, and has been really happy with the outcomes. I haven’t taken the plunge yet, as I don’t really know what I would want, and even if I did I tend to take a _long_ time thinking about this kind of thing before I get around to doing it. But you’ve got me lowkey looking into the studios in my city now 😂
Hanging outside with my puppers and catching up on some missed videos. I'd like to think a vast majority of these healed the way the did, falls mainly on the aftercare and long term care.
this video has definitely inspired me to actually get photos of my fresh tattoos, i never take them anymore! 😅
calvin and hobbes is a really wholesome comic about the adventures of a boy and his stuffed tiger toy that's super well known and popular in the us/canada. the art is also super gorgeous, you should check it out
hope you're doing well Lauren! Thank you for your content helps to put a smile on my face on hard days. ❤
I love that you always warn us before it’s the last one!! Love your content, as always ❤
My first tattoo just turned 23 years old and was looking pretty good still. Lines definitely spreading but overall nice. A basic outline of a pretty simple symbol and done really well. Unfortunately I also just covered it up. Lol.
The 1st tattoo is pretty 'modern' for early 2010's tattooing era especially when I compare it to tattoos I saw on daily basis back then. I am also 'lucky' I only got two small tattoos in 2011 & 2012 compared to my current tattoo work done. 😅
I wish I had pics of some of my oldest tattoos when they were fresh. But I will say that my 2nd oldest tattoo (2006) looks incredible. It obviously needs a little bit of a touch up, but it isnt blown out and the details are all there
The patch tattoo is making me wonder why the person loves the MN State Fair so much.
I’m super diligent about sunscreen and my first tattoo ,a big color piece on my arm, is comming up on on 8 years. i couldn’t emphasize this more PUT SUNSCREEN ON YOUR TATTOOS mine still looks bold and bright. 👏🏻 (of corse everyone skin is different but still)
I always heard that tattoos fade. Even that tattoos stretch. Had no idea that tattoos actually blur and spread! Whenever I heard someone say "oh that tattoo won't hold up over time" I always thought that just mean that it would lighten, not that the lines themselves would lose definition and blur together. As someone planning to get tattoos soon these videos are SO helpful.
When I was 30 I wanted a tattoo between my shoulder & my breast. Turns out that area is very impacted by gravity & aging, and I found out how much a tattoo there can move, blur, stretch, etc. My other tattoos are aging nicely, so glad I skipped that spot. Now trying to figure out how to put a river map on myself without hitting my "stretchy areas"
they say "bold will hold" for a reason! we're not talking about how tattoos will look in 5 years, but in 50. gotta give enough room for the tattoo to "breathe" as they say haha. and pro tip: they really won't lighten at all so long as you avoid the sun like a vampire lol. most aged tattoos you'll see will have a lot of sun damage bc most people just don't avoid the sun.
I just got the second session for my first tattoo and so far it’s healing well. Hopefully it stays that way!
(It’s a traditional Japanese dragon wrapping up almost my full right arm :) )
traditional Japanese and American traditional age the best. Just my opinion from 20yrs around the industry
And if you are lucky enough to ever get a Japanese tattoo by hand (tebori) then it will age even better. That color is with you forever!
Just commenting to say that it made me laugh to see the patchwork one because that’s the mascot for the Minnesota State Fair, and I worked there for more than ten years. Didn’t expect to see that little guy in one of your vids! ❤
The olive branch healed so beautifully!
ive been interested in getting a tattoo for a few years now but ive always worried how they would turn out after they healed. so this video really helped me get an idea of what can happen
My oldest tattoo is 5 years old and didn't heal too great. It was done by an apprentice who had only been working for a couple of months, and a few of the lines blew out and there's some scarring. It's still a nice tattoo honestly, but it's not what it was meant to be. Said apprentice did a lot more tattoos on me over the years, so my body has a timeline of how she's improved and grown into a really good tattoo artist!
I have two tattoos on my right ear, both of which are pretty simplistic and I think that’s the key with ear tattoos. Negative space and simple designs are so important if you want an ear tat to age well.
The ear tattoo reminds me of my coworker who years ago got a blue vine with leaves and flowers on the inner part of her ear and now it looks like a blue blob caterpillar.
they should get a touchup/coverup to make it a caterpillar on purpose
Wow that rose is amazing!!
My first tattoo was a firebird symbol done with blue torch flames and I had small spots of the colour leave during healing, but otherwise fine. That was almost 20 years ago and it has thicker lines, less definition and the white parts are skin colour now. I have no regrets, every tattoo is a part of my story, though i may eventually touch up and add to it.
The cicada is gorgeous, especially with the white highlight. I'm scared to get back tattoos because short and long term care seem tedious.
The one around the 10:00 minute mark, some of the reason the moon might not be as reddish anymore is that may have been a bit of irritation in the initial photo. My fresh photo of my one tattoo the sunflower and cheeks of a doll look red but healed it’s yellow and the cheeks are just a grey wash as intended. The colours have held incredibly well though and it’s about 8 years old (I’m very on my sunscreen😆). My friend has one by the same artist, probably at most a year older, and they told me they haven’t been as good about the sunscreen and it’s still held the colours really well too, they also have yellow in it. A good artist definitely goes a long way towards the longevity of the tattoo along with proper care.
I also think the bug was a cicada!
That's a good reason to take a photo when the artist is done, and then after a few weeks when it's freshly healed. My soot sprites looked evil when they were first done because of the redness and plasma in the eyes but look adorable now
If you want to see what a fully watercolor tattoo looks like healed after 6 years, I submitted my tattoos to your google form awhile ago. To compare directly, I got a symmetrical design in old school traditional - that one is healed almost 5 years. I love comparing the styles
my oldest tattoo is only 2 years old but she’s gorgeous and i still love and look at her all the time :)
Got my first tattoo back in 1998…. And i still love it… wish i had a before photo… but it has held up very well for its age…. Was a black rose above my ankle
the biggest thing i wish was keeping the contact of my tattooist who did my first tattoo. The tattoo is a Phoenix in a ring of fire and it is 25 yrs old and still looks solid! The definition is still there. He was located near Rockaway Blvd in Queens NYC
Never been this early 😮
Looking forward to see this.
That 2nd tattoo it honestly looks like a spider at first glance
I thought so too
Great video, I'm on that reddit page as well ,off topic I got the same sun cream you mentioned in another video, its really jumped up in price, but its good!
These videos made me take a closer look at my own tattoos. I have two large pieces that have healed soooo fantastically after 6 & 4 years respectively. My first smaller one is fine; it’s on my upper thigh and doesn’t seem much daylight, though it’s not my favourite tattoo anymore. I have a smaller one on my forearm that is fading quite a lot, but due to my work, I rub that area in towels a lot so it’s my own fault lolol. Great video, love what you do!
I have seen that bird tattoos age pretty bad sometimes. My mom has a bird on her back. It’s fully black but now that it’s twenty years old, you can see the change in the inking. Like the pressure shows
the surprise raccoon was so iconic omg
Both of my tattoos were done by a total amateur in a dorm room. My wrist was done in black and it aged as to be expected. It bled as soon as shading was added and has just gotten more blurred over the past fifteen years. My foot was color and it's BARELY changed, except for the red star and the yellow star (the latter of which did not stick in the first place). The colors are still bright and the lineart has not blurred at all. It's shocking really, especially for something on the top of my foot.
The raccoon is adorable ❤
Slightly worried about how my tattoos will heal 😅😅😅 (first one done Dec 2020)
I think there's a difference between fine line tattoos and single needle tattoos..
that first one i thought the initial picture was the healed one at first... there was no negative space to start with no wonder it turned into a splodge
I like the Zappa tattoo better aged than fresh! I did think it was Inigo Montoya at first though😂
Omg ur fresh vs healed tats make me never want to get another tattoo and I have sleeves and working on leg sleeve haha😂😂😂
My oldest tattoos are also the thickest I’ve gotten with the least detail. I think they’ve held up pretty well, even though the lines are thicker. You’ve got me looking at my newer ones and worrying about all the thin lines though 😅
I'm worried now. My first tattoos are only just over a year old. They look great now. I want them to stay that way!
Sunscreen as much as possible will really help 😄
My oldest is coming up on 8 years and still looks as good as it did freshly healed! I’ve got lots of colours with no solid outlines on those sections either, which I’d probably not choose knowing more now😅 A good artist and proper care (sunscreen!!) and it should look good for years and years☺️
I wish I didn't loose the picture of my tattoo fresh. It was a watercolor blue/teal feather on my shoulder. 11 years old now and several major sunburns later. The colour is pale but still visible. The black line work though is almost invisible as a drop shadow. Add the lightest shades being super light now (but can still see them). It barely looks like a feather anymore in my opinion. I do have an appointment to get it redone while getting a new piece too that's going to be the start of a sleeve.
My biggest tattoo was done in 2018 is a watercolor tattoo it's like a black splatter of ink that there's a crescent moon in yellow - orange - red colors and in the center of the crescent moon in the splatters of black ink there's a black cat kinda hidden in it, and we still see it 🥰the eyes and the whiskers are not as readable obviously but I love it so much still 💕 And for my first one I don't have a freshly done photo in my phone anymore 😅I had my first one when I was around 22 so it was 2015. 8 years with my first watercolor tattoo and it had aged not so badly but it did lost all it's saturation. It was done by an apprentice, she wag quite good for an apprentice but she's way better now obviously. I had have my second tattoo done by her few years later around 2017 and this one healed so much better, the colors are more saturated, the line were better etc. I only have 4 tattoo so far haha but yeah still love them even if my first one looks meh today.
That patchwork tattoo is of the Minnesota State Fair mascot, Fairchild the Gopher, and I just never considered someone would get a tattoo of that lmao, I kind of dig it tho. I bet when it was fresh and not so rough looking that anyone who saw it at the fair complimented it lol.
I think my first tattoo just turned 12 years old and it looks almost new. It's a traditional piece though, so that's to be expected. The yellow faded a little but is still clearly yellow, the only other thing is lots of white dots in it that I think came from having my legs waxed, but you have to go pretty close to see them. Still love it, still love getting very colourful tattoos!
Put on sunscreen guys, your skin and tattoos will thank you!
The raccoon tattoo is amazing!! 🦝
I'm sure a few people before me have brought up sunscreen, but hydration too! I'm usually chronically dehydrated but have been better about it over the past few weeks, and I had someone ask if my tattoos were touched up recently. Take care of your body folks, it keeps you pretty 😆
oh lol never thought id see one of my tattoos in one of your videos :D
So I have my ear tattooed. I message my artist after the first time I washed my hair because the parts around the outside of the ear faded in that first wash, and quite dramatically. The parts on the flat of my ear have healed really well so far, it’s 2 and 1/2 months old x
That rocket raccoon is insanely good
I have my ear edge done with a fine line design done in 2010 and it still looks fine, just fyi
Calvin and Hobbes is a a funny and adorable comic it’s about Calvin the boy and Hobbes is actually his stuffed animal tiger but in the comic he is presented as if he’s sentient and he’s more sarcastic and reasonable like an adult and Calvin can be a menace if he wants to
I loved reading it as a kid, there’s one where the parents are on a walk in winter and they say “you can always tell when you get to our house” because the snowmen were normal up until their yard where Calvin built a 2 headed mutant of a snowman
One of my oldest healed tattoos is a skeleton key with a green ribbon, still love it though the green is a more yellow green tattoo. Though I have some ish feelings about the tattoo because I wanted it down my spine but I was younger and told they couldn't do that with a ribbon (which I compeltely disagree with) so it's across my back. It wouldn't be difficult to get that touched up. That's about 15 years old. Another one is lettering that the ink has definitely spread. I do have a tattoo thats more of watercolor esque tattoo that had good outlines thats 5 years old where the color is really faded, but the outlines are still there. It's a decently large piece so I'd be up to getting that one touched up with more vibrant colors.
I do have a behind the ear tattoo that's smaller, not fine line, about an inch or so in length though. It's a little simple line mouse that has faded and spread a bit.
I guess needing touch ups will make up for when I don't have space for brand new tattoos 😂
This makes me appreciate my un tattood body. But when I see a good tattoo that's aged well and been well looked after, or even a clever funny tattoo that's been well done... I'm envious
I think a big issue with a lot of color having faded is the fact that the client doesn't wear sunscreen when out in the sun.
I have a question, do newer tattoos hold better? I'm wondering how advancements in tattoo technique and tattoo technology have influenced things? Like would a modern day American Traditional last better than one that was done in the 60s?
Oh I love these! Should submit some of mine!
I'm not gonna lie - I clicked after realizing that the tattoo in the thumbnail was of our State Fair mascot. 💀
Must be lunchtime, LOL ♡♡
Enjoy !!! 😄💕
American English and the American education system, I think the ear one they meant to say "don't" age well and said "done" as in "don't" without the "t" That or autocorrect lol
My first one (script on my ribs) healed pretty well! A little blown out but I was also 30lb heavier when I got it 9 years ago 😅
Seeing how long ago some of these have been done, I don't feel so bad about my faded butterfly with a tiger face that is extremely faded but still readable. Got it done in 1997.
Ok I came just to see the patch tattoo because its my state's state fair mascot!
well as of yet I still only have one tattoo XD that I've now had for.. 8 months so not that long, BUT I am still very happy with it. Still haven't decided if I should go in for within one year-touch up that my artist offers because it looks fine to me and I think it's healed quite well but who knows... definitely need to send her some healed pictures though
I love all my tattoos but I have to get one touched up and probably replace what was pink (the pink fell out) with a red.
That patch tattoo looks like it has started to melt.. like the hat seems stumpier and the left side of the face isn’t the same either…
Also my oldest tattoo is 16 years old and for having never had it touched up I am Super happy with it!
Taking a picture of the back of the ear is a little tricky, but not hard, just stand facing a mirror and use the selfie camera, so you can see what the camera's pointing at
you can really tell from aging photos who takes care of their skin and who doesn't. my artist has sleeves from the 90s and the black is still black and the color is still bright. his top tip? take care of your skin! stay out of the sun, wear SPF, and body butter is your best friend. and a good exfoliation every now and then is good to remove that top layer of skin that makes tattoos look less bright. only exfoliate healed tattoos though. but yeah take care of your skin and your tattoos will thank you.
I have my calf tatts covered & lotioned, like 99% of the time, so they never see the sun - I don't wear shorts, lol. It's been a decade & I don't notice anything different, but I'll check my fresh to now, pics
My oldest tattoo is now 12 years old. Floral line work with one word, still looks good to me hahah. The word is less readable, but it doesnt really bug me
Oh my god! Anyone here who doesn’t know who Calvin and Hobbs is, please please please look it up. They are so wholesome and insightful, and nostalgic. Good at any age, and definitely the kind of thing you get more the older you get.
Calvin and Hobbes is a comic about the adventures of a little boy named Calvin and his toy tiger/imaginary friend Hobbes.
I LOOOOOOOVE pittakum 😍 I hope to get a tattoo by them one day ❤❤❤
It makes me happy that i mostly prefer the faded tattoos.
5:08 looks like a cicada
Anna, Calvin & Hobs was a Comic Strip in the US
The Calvin and Hobbes tattoo is only 6cm. Not sure why most of the color disappeared though!
Yeah…this is exactly why I get traditional work
11:27 I love how that looks given its age honestly, it's making me really want a tattoo even tho I know they're not for me unfortunately ;w;
I really think you need to make a distinction between lines that have naturally blurred with aging and blow outs. Calvin and Hobbs tattoo and the script tattoo were blow outs. Blow outs don’t have to be deep and blue. These lines are so thick because there was too much ink packed in one place so when it settles it spreads and this is absolutely not because of aging it because he application. Those tattoos probably looked like that a month after they were done.
My oldest 2 tattoos are almost 23 years old. I have 18 total if you count sleeves as 1, but I have tattoos that are 8-10 years old that look worse than my 23 year old ones.