@D3FiANC3 138325 wrote:
Top 5? There are literally hundreds (or more?) artists out there right in all corners of the globe that are just outright fantastic. If you’re content to settle for subpar work, hey it’s your body. Don’t start in with that crap about “top 5 famous artist” though. No one here cares if the artist that did the work is famous or completely unknown. The quality of the work is what it is regardless of their social status.
* I just noticed that you’re in Wayne, NJ. Just off the top of my head, you could hit up Chris Adamek or Sean Zee in NJ. There is also Shane O’Neill, Steve Wimmer, and Eric Marcinizyn in DE. In Philly and NYC, you have a whole assload of talented artists. Or you could drive out a couple hours down I-80 and see Ron 570. Again, if you’re happy with that kind of work, by all means keep getting it – but you don’t have to.
I should have worded the top “5” more differently. What I meant to say was that you don’t need famous people to do your work, but if in general most of the people you encounter love the work it is considered top notch. I bet your top artists will be different from other people’s top artists. So the way I see it is if most of the general public like the work it is considered great work. Not everybody will love the same work and not everyone will hate the same work. It all depends on the general consensus and how many years that they last in the business.
The artist I used is still under a year of tattooing and a friend of mine. The artist you named above are probably excellent in there craft, but how long did it take them to get to that excellent status? I highly doubt they were considered excellent artist when they first started.
Finally I don’t disagree with anything you said and I would love to see some of their work if you have some pictures or a website of the shop where they have samples of their work.
