As above, the resident artists are good and they always have a steady stream of great guest artists. Terry Ribera won’t be tattooing when he’s there btw; he’s just doing a seminar. 🙁

ArniVidar;93518 wrote:
Will definitely be looking over all these links (crawled out of bed to read the replies here) and I definitely like the sound of $80 a night and a bus at the door to get across the water. But what is this Port Authority, and will I have any problems going from the (for example) theater district via metro, around midnight,…[Read more]

The buses run late, as does the Path if you stay in/near Hoboken. Once you’re in NYC though, you’ll have to commute to/from the NY Port Authority via subway, taxi, or foot. You’ll have to make use of subways/taxis/feet even if you stay in NYC though, as the various sights are located all over Manhattan.

ArniVidar;93504 wrote:
Thanks Al. I had already checked out Americana Inn, but for $170 a night I would expect a private bathroom 🙂

Seems to me that the only place to get affordable hotel rooms, is New Jersey.

Yep. I used 8/21-8/28 just as an example and looked up some in the area where I used to live.

Residence Inn East Rutherford…[Read more]

mrchen;93107 wrote:
my album link under my avatar is full of picks, not all of them yet, but enough to get ya started

Certainly looks like very solid work across the board and you’ve got a few artists in there that are on my personal short list (e.g. Abbott, Paetzold, Tedder, Vennekamp, Woods). I’m not feeling that anorexic baby elephant…[Read more]

buttwheat;79133 wrote:
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mrchen;93148 wrote:
I think most of the big TV artists stink, Kat is ok at black and grey, horrible at color work, Ami isnt very good, average

I agree. If I went to Kat’s shop, I’d be asking for Nikko. If I went to Ami’s shop. it would be Tim Hendricks or Megan Massacre.

mrchen;93148 wrote:
the other side of the coin, if you are going to…[Read more]

mrchen;93123 wrote:
Another example……….I see people all the time pay a local shop the same money you could pay a top notch published artist…….one of the main shops I use All or Nothing Tattoo (http://www.allornothingtattoo.com) in Atlanta has resident artists that are published and win trophies at every convention they attend, they charge the…[Read more]

DanB;93064 wrote:
Thanks for the sun advice! Do I remove the bandage around 2 hours after the tattoo then wash is down with anti-bac soap and hand then dab dry. 3-4 days of bepanthen? And what’s the pain like? I’m sh**ing it but really excited aswell!

The artist will give you specific instructions but you have the general idea.

Pain varies…[Read more]

buttwheat;92828 wrote:
It looks average. As already stated the line work is pretty wonky. As long as your happy that’s all that matters.
Stick around here and learn how to pick your next artist. Don’t go back to this one.

+1

That said, I’ve seen far worse (that back piece phoenix for instance, omg).

mrchen;92722 wrote:
look at Tony Mancia’s profile at All or Nothing Tattoo.com
he is very young and very very good, going to be one of the best

His stuff looks good, though I can’t tell much w/ the small pics on his website.

mrchen;92722 wrote:
Bob Tyrrell is $100 a hour, he works slow and steady and he will tattoo anyone, if you can get…[Read more]

Adler;92573 wrote:
I was just thinking, why don’t you check out the amazing list of artists coming to the Paradise Tattoo Gathering in MA in Sep. There’s so many good, versatile artists you may be able to still get an appt. with. There’s actually a few from the northeast that could do this tattoo for you. The way you describe the piece it…[Read more]

DavidJednat;92546 wrote:
Also, check out an artist named Fwa Xyooj. He’s up in Milwaukee I think. Not exactly East Coast though.

Never heard of him but that stuff is quite good.

Adler;92548 wrote:
As good as he is, I also don’t think Shane does much freehand or custom stuff, he prefers to work directly from reference material. What are you…[Read more]

Phoenix5;92458 wrote:
Not sure if what I need is up his alley but he has nice work, I’ll probably send him an e-mail to see what he thinks about it.

He shouldn’t be that far from you even if you had to head up to the shop (if you were willing). Hope Gallery is a really nice shop also.

caisaco;92438 wrote:
this guy did all mine.. http://www.facebook.com/home.php?ref=home#!/media/set/?set=a.124646404243960.8579.124122920962975

Well, at least he’s consistent. This crap is…[Read more]

yodaddynukka;92342 wrote:
S

I see a few good artists. I may have missed a couple and a a few i mention might not be the same style u are looking for, but u can check them out and decide:

Tim kern
Timmy b
Sean zee
Myke chambers
Daniel pokorny
Dan henk
Billi vegas
Caesar

And out of those artists my recommendation would be tim kern.

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caisaco;92376 wrote:
Do you think it would cost a lot to get it fixed? I don’t have much money right now, probably could spend 80 at the max, it would suck if I had to pay more to get it fixed then what I payed for it ($50)

The fact that it cost you $50 the first time was your first clue that the guy was a glorified scratcher at best imho. It…[Read more]

Yep, my last artist complimented me on how white I was. lol

I’d love to see the portfolio of the artist who can fit you in before the shore.

The B&G pieces are really well done and several of the color pieces as well. The duck is awesome.