How many words is to much ?

How Soon Is Now

Been thinking for a long long time now about getting song lyrics that really mean something to me as a tattoo.

I would prefer it to be done somewhere on my arm or across both arms.
I was thinking recently the back of my arms would be best seeing as i work in a kitchen and pick up burns from time to time.

Anyway.... What i really would like to get is coming to around 19 20 words. Is this to much?? I want something thats going to look really well to me and that can be clearly read without needing tiny font.

Should i go for something smaller or?

I dont have any tattoos so its all new to me!

Adiboo

Way too many words. Can't make letters too small, over time the ink will bleed and what once were letters will be some nice blobs.

finooola

I disagree, Adiboo. I think tattoos of loads of words/lettering look really nice. They are not necessarily that legible to anyone looking at them of course. Is that important to you, op?

How Soon Is Now

finooola wrote: »

I disagree, Adiboo. I think tattoos of loads of words/lettering look really nice. They are not necessary that legible to anyone looking at them of course. Is that important to you, op?

Whatever I get its going to be important to me because it will be something I base myself on. I want something that can be seen and read clearly though.

Bascially this is what I would love.

In my life
Why do I give valuable time
To people who don't care if I live or die.

finooola

My mate's got a pretty long quote on her arm that looks very cool. It's in cyrillic though so I can't read it.

Incidentally she's also a chef with very burned and scarred arms. The tattoo seems to have escaped the worst of it though!

finooola

How Soon Is Now wrote: »

Whatever I get its going to be important to me because it will be something I base myself on. I want something that can be seen and read clearly though.

Bascially this is what I would love.

In my life
Why do I give valuable time
To people who don't care if I live or die.

That's funny. I was talking in the car with my boyfriend about that very lyric yesterday. He was asking me was Moz deadly serious or was he poking a bit of fun at himself.

How Soon Is Now

finooola wrote: »

That's funny. I was talking in the car with my boyfriend about that very lyric yesterday. He was asking me was Moz deadly serious or was he poking a bit of fun at himself.

Lol! That's mad. That's the thing when I listen and read threw most of the lyrics from The Smiths / Morrissey so much of it I relate to and it speaks to me. Something about the lyric I mentioned is basically how I feel all the time!

Adiboo

finooola wrote: »

I disagree, Adiboo. I think tattoos of loads of words/lettering look really nice. They are not necessary that legible to anyone looking at them of course. Is that important to you, op?

They may look nice to you, but they do not last. Countless times, people would come in looking for a long piece of script which inevitably means a small font we would explain to them that it just won't work out well in the long run. Over time, the ink ages with your skin and the ink 'bleeds', meaning that the lines become less defined and 'fuzzy' looking. Give it 10 years and a small font will be a small blob.

Thems the facts.

A bigger work area would suit a long script better than the arm.

raze_them_all_

I'd listen to the guy who works in a parlour rather than a random with 39 posts tbh

mdwexford

Side of the body would be where I'd go with that.

finooola

raze_them_all_ wrote: »

I'd listen to the guy who works in a parlour rather than a random with 39 posts tbh

I'm only giving an aesthetic, rather than a technical opinion. And I've said from the start that text-heavy tattoos aren't particularly legible, even new.

Star Lord

If the text goes down the upper arm or forearm, rather than across it, I wouldn't imagine that particular quote being too bad. It would need to be sizable though.