I've already basically covered the problems with the tattoo design; inconsistent shading is kind of killing it, and again it's shaded like a carving or something rather than a 3d shape.
I... won't go into my opinion of getting a castle crashers tattoo, but if this guy's going to insist on it, the design needs to actually work as a tattoo.
Look at some tattooist portfolios and some tattoo flash sites; you can't really have little fiddly lines, or small sections of colour. Cel-shading doesn't really work for tattoos because they gradually lose sharpness as the skin ages. That fist would become a vague blue blob.
Usually tattoos are made with fairly even, thick lines. These days they can be in pretty much any colour ever, but certain colours work better than others. Pale colours don't usually work so well in large amounts, in most tats I've seen they're only usually used as highlights or for very small areas.
Really, it's a chronic lack of research this time. Aside from not really knowing how tattoos work as a medium, you are nothing like good enough for someone to get your work permanently emblazoned on their skin. If they want this tat that bad, they should probably go to the Dan Paladin and commission him instead. Or just show the tattooist what they want and see what they can do. IDK.
I... won't go into my opinion of getting a castle crashers tattoo, but if this guy's going to insist on it, the design needs to actually work as a tattoo.
Look at some tattooist portfolios and some tattoo flash sites; you can't really have little fiddly lines, or small sections of colour. Cel-shading doesn't really work for tattoos because they gradually lose sharpness as the skin ages. That fist would become a vague blue blob.
Usually tattoos are made with fairly even, thick lines. These days they can be in pretty much any colour ever, but certain colours work better than others. Pale colours don't usually work so well in large amounts, in most tats I've seen they're only usually used as highlights or for very small areas.
Really, it's a chronic lack of research this time. Aside from not really knowing how tattoos work as a medium, you are nothing like good enough for someone to get your work permanently emblazoned on their skin. If they want this tat that bad, they should probably go to the Dan Paladin and commission him instead. Or just show the tattooist what they want and see what they can do. IDK.