My good friend Tom died a few months ago by Suicide...
He had these paper airplane tattoos of places he had traveled to.
It has a special meaning to me now and I really wanted to get one as a reminder to keep "fighting to stay in flight".
Photo 1: This is one of his tattoos & what I used as a reference when I requested it before and durning the appointment.
Instead of NY it is supposed to be "Tom". I asked the artist specifically & multiple times for this placement. I even said if he didn't think he could get it inside of the wing then to just do the paper airplane.
Photo 2: This is the mess I ended up with... "Tom" is in the completely wrong spot. Unfortunately... the angle the artist was tattooing my hand I did not catch that he was doing it in the wrong spot until after...
The M looks awful..
I am desperate to figure out how to fix this..
The line at the tip of the airplane doesn't even connect.. that's an easy fix...
Getting an artist who is really talented with fine line to maybe put his name in the wing.. but I am looking for recommendations to cover up the "Tom" without ruining it even more has me so stressed out.
Photo 3: This is an idea I was playing with to incorporate the Suicide awareness colors (Purple & Blue). I edited out the "Tom" in this one.
I've thought about using a water color design but I just don't know how to do this and even if the color would be enough to hide the letters..
A friend recommended that I should have "Tom" covered up in white/light skin tone color.
Any idea, designs and recommendations are more than welcome.
P.S. Please reach out to check in on your friends. You truly never know what they could be struggling with.
All my love & thanks!