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Wish I could take credit for this one, but she's someone else's work.That's a beautiful character, Mr.WrongTubes.
As a former tattoo artist, i always find the way they're rendered 90% of the time in every game i've tried is totally unrealistic.
Colors will only ever look that saturated, with deep blacks and bright highlights, on a piece of paper. Sharpness the same - they're never that crisp. Remember there's a layer of skin on top of them, that means a lot of blur and a lot of tonal overlay. Pale skin like that one can have almost perfect results, while on highly pigmented dark skin you'll barely even notice the ink.
I'd go with something more like this:
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If i had the actual tattoo layer to play with, i'd take it a bit further.
It's funny you mentioned the tattoo detail, because I downloaded her not only because she's a great model, but to see if I could mess around with the layer and get the exact effect you're talking about lol (I'm all about those sorts of details, man!!)
In other spooky coincidences, I was second chair at a studio in Brighton, UK for nearly three years myself and still occasionally design flash for my friend's studio.
I grabbed the card from Discord a while back, so I'll share her here, because she's some amazing work by the creator
Enjoy