Ross_W;80458 wrote:
A good thing to do is to get a list of addresses for all of the shops in your area, and visit them all (or their websites) and look at every portfolio you can get your hands on. Look for tattoos that really pop out and look similar to actual paintings. Tattoos can look very stunning, as much as any other medium, so dont…[Read more]

ArniVidar;80452 wrote:
Well, knowing what you don’t like is half the victory already 😀

The tattoo trade is, if you boil it down, not seriously diverse in styles. so anything you don’t like makes the list that much smaller 😀

My first preference is Black and Gray and Realism.

Do you have a link to photos of some of your tats so I can get an…[Read more]

ArniVidar;80448 wrote:
Mostly you just count on the artists’ Facebook or Myspace pages, or the tattoo studios’ own webpages.

There is actually a subcategory here for UK Tattooers and US Tattooers, but one for OZ tattooers, so I would suggest you post a question in General chat and ask the people on here if they know any good tattooers in…[Read more]

stubarber;80417 wrote:
You don’t need to be artistic – you just need to appreciate art.

Spend lots of time looking at tattoo portolios (on-line), and get an idea for the type/style of tattoos that you love and can live with forever. The trick is in finding the right artist, and not assuming that any tattooist can do any tattoo.

Thanks this is…[Read more]