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talper · Tattoo lover Joined: 08 Aug 2009 Posts: 1

hello,
im interested in a chest tattoo, and wanted to get something with meaning and not some random pain i like.
i wanted to tattoo a buddha and i want it on the chest so i can see it as much as i can. (in oppose to a back tattoo).

i found a very nice sketch that i reall liked:
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but the problem is im pretty thin, so i dont have as much space as heavier people have.
i also really dont want it to touch the nipple(i want it to be of the left of the right nipple..), but i dont want to go crazy too much and fill my entire chest.

i also edited it a little and deleted the lotus(which people said is very pretty but also very detailed and hard to do on a chest):

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it will be very nice i think without the lotus, as i want to put to words from left and right to the buddha in the circles.

ive been to tattoo artist here and asked them(live in israel), they say they can do the first sketch also on the chest(the full with lotus) and it will cost 162-250 dollars, depending on detailes.
i fear it will fill too much of my chest, and i also cant really afford those amounts(i know its for life and worth it, but still).

its all black and white with no colors.
i dont have problem of loosing the lotus, and maybe make the im not sure how you call it in english, but all this detaile thigs around him and above, less detailed/change them to be easier.

i would really like to get your help, maybe take the buddha and the circles, and get ideas to another, easier design with this image?
how big my tattoo should be in order for the artist to be able to draw it on the chest?

big thank you for all your help.[/img]