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Forearm Lettering Cover Up With Black and Grey Realism
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Forearm Lettering Cover Up With Black and Grey Realism

This cover up started with old script lettering on the forearm. The tattoo is still in progress, but it shows how a cover up can be built by using the shape, darkness, and placement of the existing tattoo instead of just hiding it with random dark shading.

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