Tattoos & Piercings

[luckysalt]

i'm getting a tattoo on my arm, but as I've quit being a waster a year ago and started going to the gym, swimming and running every week I thought I should probably wait till I've evened out into whatever body size I end up as

getting a small skull and crossbones on my wrist and I've met some lovely artists as well as some right douchebags in the last week

[nightcrawler13]

Does anyone here tip their artist? I've been seeing more and more that people leave tips, whether it's cash or a bottle of booze or something. I've never tipped, never thought to really. I almost feel guilty for not tipping now!

[G-Stud]

That's a very cool image

I don't understand why the artists you've spoken to will only draw it up after they've taken the deposit... Any legit artist I've spoken to doesn't operate like that. Some however charge for drawing it up and then take that off of the price of the tattoo but that doesn't seem quite right either, not to me anyway.

Do your research Nightcrawler and find the right artist for the job Where are you btw? Would you be willing to travel? Maybe there's an artist coming to a convention near you that you could talk to over email and maybe get booked in with? All things to look into

[abdoujaparov]

So far I've either had people say they can't or they won't do it unless i pay a deposit

[nightcrawler13]

That's a very cool image

I don't understand why the artists you've spoken to will only draw it up after they've taken the deposit... Any legit artist I've spoken to doesn't operate like that. Some however charge for drawing it up and then take that off of the price of the tattoo but that doesn't seem quite right either, not to me anyway.

Do your research Nightcrawler and find the right artist for the job Where are you btw? Would you be willing to travel? Maybe there's an artist coming to a convention near you that you could talk to over email and maybe get booked in with? All things to look into

[abdoujaparov]

Thanks Yea, the girl who did the one on my leg didn't ask for a deposit, just told me to come back a week later to see if I liked it, I did, I paid a deposit then and there and had it done a couple days later. I'll have a look at tattoo conventions like you mention, I definitely want it to be done by an artist as opposed to some grumpy guy with a tattoo gun.

Well you are the first person to think such things out of tatt'd people I've spoken to, why would I pay a deposit for something I haven't seen?

[G-Stud]

I've no issue with paying a deposit I've just never been asked to pay the deposit before knowing what the tattoo will be.

I've always been told to return in a week or so to see what the design is like and see if I want any changes to it. If I like that's when I get booked in and pay my deposit - this is just my experience though, I completely understand that everyone operates differently

[abdoujaparov]

I've no issue with paying a deposit I've just never been asked to pay the deposit before knowing what the tattoo will be.

I've always been told to return in a week or so to see what the design is like and see if I want any changes to it. If I like that's when I get booked in and pay my deposit - this is just my experience though, I completely understand that everyone operates differently

[nightcrawler13]

I dont think it makes any difference either way. If you dont like the design, tell the artist and (if they're any good) they should change it for you

[G-Stud]

That's a fair point. Just never had to in my experience

[abdoujaparov]

and if they're no good? Just throw away £20 each time? I don't know if they're good, that's why I'm asking to see how they'd draw it

[AcademicPistol]

I've always paid the deposit first and it's understandable, if I was the tattoo artist I wouldn't want to start work on something for free with no guarantees, unless it's a very small/basic design I guess.

[Bisque]

I honestly had booked in at Prix in Pasadena,

"Watching the mountains through the fog

Watching a film with a talking dog"

I'm glad I overslept with jet lagged, I hadn't even chosen a font.

Went there on my next trip to apologise, I was still tempted.

[Nyika]

I just have piercings, these days I have my conch, rook, 2 normal lobes and one 8mm stretched lobe all in my ears (in case you were wondering..) and my nose. Used to have my belly button pierced but it kept falling out and after a very traumatic time repiercing it at Leeds I decided to call it a day. Got a horrible hole there now though

[Ed209]

[Funkyfairy!]

1. pierced ears and belly button and one tattoo that I love and it means a lot to me. Want a few more tats - 'Believe' on the inside of my wrist will be next I think and then something significant around my ribcage - just been thinking for about 5 years what that will be and cannot come to a conclusion!

[trixnstuff]

An acquaintance posted this on FB the other day saying she loved it, cost her £30! somebody said that it was terrible as it was squint(very true), what followed was a bitter argument which was then deleted haha idiots everywhere...

[abdoujaparov]

To be honest, that is shit

[Spindles]

It is. A colleague recently had what appears to be 3 splodges about 8-16mm across on her hand in the same location, which she clearly has not been looking after in any way which are starting to look like a skin condition, frankly. She told me she has now 'got the bug' and wants more but I'm too polite to ask what exactly they are supposed to be.

A star should be the easiest thing in the world to draw, btw, there is absolutely no excuse for drawing one freehand like that when it is a geometric shape than can be rendered perfectly using simple maths.

[theampersanddevil]

Its not just that, its the placing as well. It doesn't look right going into a crease, it distorts the shape slightly (or looks that way to me) Possibly could get worse over time.

[Paul ™]

Not a fan of tattoos at all

[rachbon]

I hate my tattoo. I don't know whether to have it covered up, removed or just try to put up with it.

[jump]

I hate my tattoo. I don't know whether to have it covered up, removed or just try to put up with it.

[nightcrawler13]

i got a quote for an a5 sized tattoo to be done at the Manchester convention in August, was quoted £1500....

I politely declined