Understand the Pros and Cons of Tattoo Design Contests

When people think of getting themselves tattooed, they imagine how good it would look on the skin and how others will appreciate the tattoo design. But they seldom forget to taken into consideration, the fact that having a tattoo involves money, sometimes a lot of money. Also, it becomes a permanent feature on your skin that is not easy to remove.
These two points are worth spending time and energy in finalizing a design that suits one's image, personality traits, size, choice of colors as well as the current trend in tattoo designs.

One way of getting a great design is by hosting an online custom tattoo design contest. But before that, let's understand the pros and cons of hosting such a contest so that you can make the best decision.

Pros

By hosting a tattoo design contest you get to see various artistic interpretations based on your ideas. Different designers have different thoughts and they come from different backgrounds, have a lot of experience and are skilled enough to put your idea into paper in the most creative way possible. So, this gives the client an opportunity to interact with the designers and get a few modifications done, if need be and have a variety of designs to choose from.

Most of the times, tattoo designers create such amazing designs that the client could never have imagined without their help. The collection of some brilliant designs may even inspire the client to have another tattoo.

Hosting a tattoo design contest gives the client the opportunity to decide on the most appropriate size of the design. For example; the client may have thought of having a small size tattoo. But on seeing the design on paper, he or she may figure out that it does not look very impressive. Similarly, one can shrink the size of an otherwise big tattoo design to look great on the skin.

Another great thing about the tattoo design contests is that you get a stencil of your chosen design. So, when you walk with the stencil into the tattoo studio, they'll be able to give you exactly what you want.

Cons

If you've seen the tattoo design contests on some websites, you must have noticed that there are a number of versions of each tattoo idea. Although choice is good in many cases, if you're indecisive this may not be a good route for you to take. There may be so many different options that you probably won't be able to choose just one.

There is a fee to host a tattoo design contest. When you set up the contest on the website, you're required to offer a minimum prize of $35 USD that will be awarded to the artist whose design you finally select. So, you pay for the design and separately pay for the application of the tattoo as well.

The contests usually run for two weeks. So, this would not work for someone who wants a tattoo drawn in a day or two, and then get it tattooed on the skin. One needs to plan and prepare accordingly.

Some people want the artist who draws their tattoo to ink it also, so they can be sure that the tattoo on the skin comes out to be as good as on paper. Well, that can't happen with a tattoo design contest because it involves contracting an artist via the Internet. If you're really concerned about how your chosen tattoo will come out from the artist at the shop, you can the artist in the shop to hand draw a draft of your design before tattooing it on the skin. This way, you can be sure that they can duplicate it well.

Understanding the pros and cons of hosting a tattoo design contest well will put a tattoo enthusiast on the right track to an awesome tattoo experience.

Kristen Dunn is a tattoo enthusiast and professional tattoo designer who has created thousands of thought provoking, elegant, and funky tattoos for her clients. She has a vast collection of custom designs to her credit. Winner of several awards and accolades, Kristen is now a founding member of the world's largest custom tattoo design community at CreateMyTattoo. View her tattoo collection or read more on her blog here.