Cover up question?

Any cover up is a whole lot of talent, especially when it comes to color over black. A good artist will try to match the existing lines to the new one as best as possible and have a good working knowledge of color theory and how colors will blend over the years. there is alot of experiance as well, but talent and skill is primary IMO..

I can’t load the image here, but if you goto http://www.darkcarnivalink.com, goto artists, then Spider’s portfolio, on there is a Koi cover up. The Koi was done over a very dark black panther with oranges, reds and yellows. It was a successful cover up because I changed the original design so that the darkest of the black areas actually became the shading in the scales of the koi and water. The best cover ups are not just laying layers of color over the existing piece, but incorporating the new piece into it, so Yes color can be done over black. Another option would be to lighten the area first with opaque white, go over the darkest blacks to fade it out enough so that your blending takes better. Makes for longer time with the person getting the ink, but if they are really wanting the piece gone then they will take the time necessary to have ot done right. Otherwise you’ll have one tattoo on top of the other in a jumbled mess in a few years. Hope that helps.