Lotus and Moon Fine Line Forearm

A fine line tattoo of lotus with moon and Wave, plus smaller details: sparkles, glyphs, placed on the forearm. Done in black and grey. By TMac at Trade Mark Tattoo.

Composition:🧩 Mainly Lotus, with Moon and WaveⓘThe main elements of the picture in order of visual weight — what takes up most of it comes first. TatSeek’s estimate from the photo, not a measurement. How we know →Subject:🌿 Nature & Plants🪷 Lotus🌊 Ocean & Waves✨ Celestial🌙 Moon⭐ Stars🔱 Symbols & Objects🧿 Talisman & Amulet
Style:🪡 Fine LineTechnique:ⓘHow the ink is put in — dotwork is built from dots, whip shading from soft strokes. It’s separate from the style; tap one to see more like it. How we know → ▪️ Stippling
Size:✋ Medium (10-20cm)Complexity:ⓘHow detailed the piece is, separate from its size. More detail means more hours, so it moves the price as much as size does. How we know → 😌 SimplePlacement:💪 ForearmColor:🩶 Black & Grey⬛ Square📏 ≈16 cm (12–20)ⓘMeasured from what’s visible in the photo — a hand, wrist, joint or limb of known average size — not taken from the studio. About ±15% when confident; it can be off when the tattoo wraps around the limb. The studio quotes the final size and price. How we know →MoodⓘHow the piece feels — cute, dark, fierce, romantic… Read from what it shows and how it’s drawn: the same character can be fierce in realism and funny in a cartoon style. An estimate, not the artist’s label. How we know → 🕯️ Spiritual🪶 DelicateInkⓘThe ink colours in this tattoo and roughly how much of the inked area each takes, read from the photo. Only colours we are fairly sure of; glare and bare skin are not counted as white. How we know → ⚫ Black 90%🩶 Grey 10%DetailⓘHow much work goes into each square centimetre — line only, fill, shading or realistic texture, how dense, how many colour blends, how precise. It does not depend on size: a small realistic rose and a big one have the same detail. Detail and size together drive the time and the price. How we know → ✏️ ModerateDefined byⓘWhat makes this piece recognisable — the subject, the style, the colour, the text or the mood — in shares of 100. Worked out from what is in the tattoo, not a separate opinion. A pure pattern has no subject; a style we have no name for counts as none. How we know → subject 70% · style 20% · mood 10%PainⓘHow much this part of the body usually hurts (1–5) and how it heals, from the TatSeek pain map. Everyone feels it differently. How we know → ⚡ Mild (2/5) · healing: easy🔬 TatSeek Vision Scan v4ⓘHow this photo was described. TatSeek Vision Scan v4: every element with its share of the piece, plus mood, a size measured against the body, any readable text, the ink colours and how detailed the work is. Scan v3: elements and shares only. Tags only: an older upload, not scanned yet. How we know →📍 Durban, South Africa

Estimated time: 2–4 hours, 1 sessionⓘA planning range for a piece of this size and detail — from the studio’s published prices, or our estimate if it hasn’t confirmed them. The artist sets the final time and price after a consultation. How we know →