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Hey, folks, My mom just passed away, and I want a memorial tattoo for her. It will be my first, and I'm nervous.

We would play the NYT letterboxed every night, and so I designed a custom board that's solvable with an inside joke as well as her name. If anyone isn't familiar, the game is linked. I want it to basically look just like that board, but in black and white. The letters themselves I have picked out and know their placement.

The thing I'm concerned about is the letters blurring over time. I don't have a lot of money, so a friend's sister is going to be doing it for me for free. She has experience, 3 or so dozen real life tattoos, but she is new, and she's never done color before. I've seen her work, and it's good. But I'm worried about longterm, with this being letters and fine lines. Does it look like a viable idea? Do these sorts of things generally hold up fairly well?

https://www.nytimes.com/puzzles/letter-boxed

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[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 week ago (2 children)

First of all, I'm really sorry for your loss. Your tattoo idea sounds like a beautiful tribute to her.

With all respect to your friend, if she's never done colour before then I think it'd be better to approach a more experienced tattoo artist about this, especially as this is a tattoo with a very personal connection for you. Depending on the artist, it may not be expensive.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 week ago

That's fair. My problem is I'll probably never be able to afford it. I'm broke, and not techy like most of Lemmy. My life path is starving artist (writer) and gas station worker