Hi, new here, planning my first tattoo. Can you give me a hand with a couple of things?

I was originally planning a Tiger and Black Leopard together and perhaps a dragon at a later date, but for a while I've wanted to somehow mix all three together. Plenty of Tiger/Dragon around but can't find really all three together. I'm really into the idea if it can work.

It's planning to be an upper arm and partially onto the shoulder. Hideable by a T Shirt.

I can't seem to quite visualise what would be cool, perhaps because I can't draw and can't find any pics of all three. I quite like the Oriental Styles and colours and plan for it to be quite detailed but not too much that is recommended.

Any ideas? Can they be say intertwined or something but still clear what they are, or is it too "busy" an idea?

Also (if this is the right section) - How soon can I do light exercise afterwards in a loose fitting T-shirt. Not weights or contact but the shoulder will be moving.....

Thanks.

Hi Frank,

It looks like you're looking for a custom tattoo design. We have a service for this that you can access by clicking the "Design Your Own Tattoo" link at the bottom of the page and filling out the form. What you wrote in your post would be fine for the description.

Right now that section of TattooDesign.com is being redesigned and is temporarily closed. We're still taking requests, though, and will email you as soon as we're able to help if you fill out the form. One of our professional tattoo artists will work with you to create up to three versions of your tattoo idea and then a final version that includes both line art and color prints. You'll be able to follow and approve the progress on your design and to communicate with your artist about it directly.

The programmers tell me this will be open in another few weeks. I'll be letting everybody know when it's ready to go! To anyone else who's interested, you should put in your request sooner rather than later because we'll be filling orders on a first-come, first-served basis.

As for your question about how long you should wait before exercising after you get a new tattoo, I'd say probably a couple weeks to be safe, but possibly a little sooner. Any tattoo professionals care to chime in on that one?

We have some articles about how to take care of your new tattoo that you might want to check out also.