Butterfly_Kisses;46334 wrote:
health ? so if your run down or have something wrong with you it can affect colour or healing ?
my cousin has bad diabetes and needs to inject daily and he wants a full sleeve doing , im a bit worried about him getting it done .

Tell him to go to a doctor BEFORE getting a tattoo. I won’t tattoo diabetics on the…[Read more]

ArniVidar;46777 wrote:
Think of it this way.. if you have a wound on you that’s healing.. is it good to continuously stretch the sides of the wound apart? It will not heal if it’s not left alone.

Tattoo’s are nothing but wounds in your skin.

I finished some work on a Golden gloves boxer here a while back. He also does Cage fights and trains…[Read more]

I would wait. The weight loss after gastric bypass occurs in most cases too fast for your skin to compensate for and depending on how overweight you are you may have some excess flesh that will have to be removed.

My mom had this done and lost over 200 pounds in six months, but the excess flesh never shrunk up.

Wait to see how things look when…[Read more]

sounds good. I’d like to see it. If you go to a pro shop they should be able to get you what you want fairly easy. Show pics when you get it done.

It depends on the tattoo. Your getting dangerously close to the unlicensed tattoo discussion ban. I can’t really answer the question without discussing techniques. In most cases the tattoo can be fixed. Sometimes it requires adding to it, sometimes reworking what is already there. Lets leave it at that. If Outlaw wants to answer in more…[Read more]

ArniVidar;46785 wrote:
That makes sense really. If you’re proud of your work, you want it to look good always so others see how good it is.

Awesome policy really.

Recently I switched to a different brand of inks for certain colors. I won’t name the brand. I wanted a deeper, bolder red, and this ink comes highly recomended. I used a deep…[Read more]

KnightHawk;46732 wrote:
Before I say what I’m gonna say Neil man, I just want to preface saying it by saying you obviously know your shit, have a life time of experience over me, and are generally pretty cool. I like reading your posts.

With that said…you do realize not all tattoo apprenticeships work that way right?

One of my best friends…[Read more]

ArniVidar;46762 wrote:
Free touchups, forever, regardless of age or reason for fading?

Yes, as long as I’m in business, as many times as it takes, for any reason. Here’s why.

Let me say that I spend 2 hours putting a tattoo on you, and it looks good. But you go home and don’t take care of it. When it fades and heals poorly you come to me…[Read more]

Its not too complex and it would make an amazing piece. However, you’ll need to go large. I would go no smaller than two and a half times larger than the picture as it is posted on this thread. I would also not do it on the shoulder. I would do it on the center of the back and make it the focal point of the back pattern with everything else…[Read more]

Biker covered it.

A blow out can be fixed most of the time.

BIKERinBLACK77;46658 wrote:
Welcome to the forums!
I am saving up to get my Harley airbrushed by a local guy here in Pittsburgh.

Whats the price? I’m looking to get mine done also. I got caught in a hail storm and my tank is dinged up a little, 2 fairly deep dents in the curve of the tank. I need it fixed and repainted, so I’ve just started…[Read more]

Its not uncommon to get tattoos facing you. I personally find it a little odd…not really sure why, I guess its just personal opinion, but its not uncommon. I do a lot of tattoos facing the client. At least a quarter of the wrist and forearm jobs.

As for your second question, there is some truth in it. I can’t really explain the medical…[Read more]

jordan91;46686 wrote:
Thanks for the welcomes.:p
As for free tats,well there cheaper but when it comes to tattoos we try to keep it professional.

I like that attitude. Welcome to the forum. Glad to have ya with us.

Its more than that Munin. There was a point to what I wrote. I own and run a tattoo studio. I perform about 60-70% of all tattoos that come out of this studio. I have an artist who is damn good and I’m glad to have him, but I AM looking for an apprentice.

Here’s the deal though. I’m not going to spend the next year to 5 years apprenticing…[Read more]

Anywhere from $80.00 on the low side to as much as $200.00 on the high side. Of course that is prices in Texas. It might differ wherever you are.

Honestly, my business has picked up enough that I’m looking for an apprentice…and I’ve turned every single one down who has come in here to ask. They bring in some half ass drawings, with their cocky attitude, don’t have a penny to get ink done, and have no interest in even seeing my work. They just want to land a gig that pays real…[Read more]

Welcome to the forum. Sorry, no help for you here on learning to tattoo. You are on the wrong site for that. If you are working in a pro shop, PM TurboSatan and get the details on what you need to provide to join a pro artist group, where those things can be discussed. Otherwise, refrain from that type of conversation here or your posts will…[Read more]

Will it be in color or in black and grey? I agree with the assessment, the flowers need to be smaller, and the words need to be larger…but not by a great degree.

Well, its pretty simple really, you find a category that interests you, browse the recent discussion and comment on what interests you there. Start new conversations by discussing things tattoo or piercing related and respond to the responses.

Forums are like chat rooms, only you have to wait for the responses. If you haven’t already then go to…[Read more]

My wife and I will be there also. Its just scouting for us. We haven’t attended this one and we may enter it next year so we’re going to scout it out this year. We’ll be there Friday, Saturday and Sunday. We’ve both already been trained in BBP so we’re not going to that seminar. Saturday we’ll leave early to go to the Addison Improv.

Hope to…[Read more]