Well… I take back my comment that he seems sincere…

So glad it seems to be working out though!

That’s really frustrating! Sorry to hear that happened. I wanted to throw in my two cents because I had some black that needed to be touched up and was told it is possible.

I had a piece done and felt the artist had been a little sloppy with some outlines: overextending them, etc. I didn’t feel comfortable going back to him to ask him to fix it.…[Read more]

@buttwheat 145810 wrote:

Oh how I hate that. Shops don’t tattoo people tattooist do!

You’re absolutely right and I for one really took that advice to heart when looking around for my new artist! I only mentioned it because they seem to go above and beyond – as a staff, as a company, and as a brand – even outside of the artists they hire.…[Read more]

@Call_me_Lola 145802 wrote:

That came out nice, I like it. Who’s the artist?

Carol “Cricket” Jackie. She’s phenomenal!

I feel a little shy about sharing her name (internet privacy and all that), but she said she would like to use the piece in her portfolio – if the piece is going to be used for publicity anyway it seems silly to keep the name to…[Read more]

Thank you all again for the replies and all of the advice – I got the tattoo yesterday and it was a fantastic first experience! My artist was amazing and I think the tattoo is beautiful. I won’t lie, toughing out the 5 hours of pain is something I’m very proud of (even the shop’s owners were impressed!). Like I promised, here’s a pic!

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Just an update and a quick question.

Went to the new parlor today. The artist I want was out sick but I spoke with their front desk person – exceptionally friendly and has two tattoos by the artist that are just stunning. She was extremely attentive in taking notes of what I want (she asked for a reference to print out for the artist, which I…[Read more]

@turbosatan 145408 wrote:

And finally dont be scared. only reason to be scared is because you ahev a hangup about saying “thats not what i had in mind” the artist unless they know this cant help. so just say it.

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“Based on what i think i want now , which is different to this design, i might have to think further about it. here is X dollars…

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