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    Be careful, I'll start telling people about your Shemadan again...  Seriously, I understand where you're coming from; I too am trying to find out people's "entire experience". Whenever I see someone (usually a gal) with one, esp. something similar to what I'm thinking of - or in a similar location, I want to know everything and am quite nosy myself! Have you had any work done with the new pneumatic guns? |
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08-26-2008, 03:16 PM
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I have 15 tattoos, not counting the cosmetic eyeliner tattooing I had done last year. The first 10 were done when I was a tattoo artist myself 15-20 years ago. All of mine represent something about my personality or a special event in my life-I have one for my son with his name and birthdate, and a butterfly to commemorate my divorce from my first husband. I have all 3 of my spirit animals (to watch over me) and 1 to commemorate my first Black belt in Martial Arts. I have one with my mothers name done after she passed away. My current artist is my godson who I trust implicitly, and trust is a huge part of finding the right artist. If you go into an inital consultation and the artist is negative about the design, talks down to you, or attempts to change the vision you have for the piece, MOVE ON! If they make recommendations on size or placement and explain to you why they are making this recommendation, take what they are saying into account as expert advice. If at any given moment you feel uncomfortable with them in conversation, do not go any further. Another point I always make when discussing tattoo artists is you get what you pay for. If you have 2 price quotes that are very close and one that is considerably cheaper forget the cheaper artist-they are probably desperate for business and there is a reason for it. Ask other people who they have do their work. Tattoing is a word of mouth business and you will get both postive and negitive feedback. It is so important that you like and trust the artist you are working with, and you'll find that once you click with someone you will only work with them or someone they recommend. Other things to look for: Only go to a shop-not someones home ( common sense I know, but I cannot tell you how many times I have covered up or fixed terrible work from a homebased "scratcher" with no real training and a homemade setup), look for a department of health certificate and check to see if it is up to date, ask about sterilization-do they use an autoclave or prepackaged disposable needles, are the artists wearing gloves (and NOT touching things like the phone or other people with them on), is the place clean, the trash emptied or overflowing? Any artist who works in a shop that follows strict rules about protecting your health will be proud to show you anything you want you to see.
Best advice-take your time while you search for the right artist. You'll know when you find him or her, and you'll be so happy you did. I love all of my tattoos and will get more throughout the rest of my life. I'm often asked by older people if I regret them and the answer is "Absolutely NOT!"
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08-26-2008, 10:41 PM
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I just got my first tattoo, it's an upper arm sleeve of stargazer lillies, though I've only had the first session done so far.
For me...I just looked in the mirror one day and knew that's what I wanted. I really don't remember now if the idea had any precurser, I know I had been contemplaiting tattos and trying to plan one out, but this one just made itself obvious to me, as well as the meaning...granted that can't always happen for everyone, and many people would say that's not a great way to decide to get a tattoo, but for me...when that kind of thing happens, it's down to my very core, and I know I will never regret it. The artists came easily too, becuase I'd seen a peice he did on my friend, and then looked at his oneline portfolio, and saw an amazing example of a star-gazer shoulder peice he did...and decided it was worth it to fly down to Denver to get it. :]
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09-03-2008, 04:00 PM
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09-03-2008, 09:19 PM
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09-09-2008, 09:02 PM
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Religious tattoos?
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 . i am quite excited and i have several ideas. i love the "Hand of Fatima". i recognize that this is a Muslim symbol and i would not have this "inked" if it offends................what say you? |
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may i "steal" your idea
