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My parents had a much different reaction in comparison to my husband's. My other half freaked out a bit. He hadn't expected my tattoo to be as huge as it is (it's a backpiece).
I guess my parents ...

Here's the thing: I am a bridesmaid at a friend's upcoming wedding next year. She hasn't seen the tat, so I do need to let her see it. Are there any make-up products of any sort that will cover up t ...

If one can, two can (toucan, get it?)
Sorry, I couldn't help myself.

During the last session, I seriously thought I was nuts for going ahead with the vine idea.

I hope he's not planning on doing the hummingbird(s) large-scale.

How big are the parrots? Sounds v ...

Chic--I'm from the NYC area.

I just finished a painful session. I forgot that the spine is a place where the ouch factor is high. My tattoo artist felt so bad, I hoped I didn't scare him. But th ...

Thanks! I didn't think I'd be able to sit for that long. Fortunately, it was done (and still is) a few hours at a time.
Def. not an easy thing to be under the needle, so to speak.

I had trouble uploading my tattoo pictures onto this site. But I figured I'd share what I have so far.
The large tattoo is a work in progress, so what you see is not in its complete form.

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I just completed my fourth tattoo. There were some areas of the body where neither shading or outline was so terrible.
The tattoo goes over the shoulder, onto my collarbone. Every time the needle w ...

If you and the tattoo artist hit it off really well, you can ask him/her to talk to you while you're under the needle. Small talk might be a good distraction.

But don't be put off if your artist ...

A snack calms my nerves down. I eat literally right before my appt. An apple does the trick for me.

There's a saying: good tattoos aren't cheap, and cheap tattoos aren't good. So don't price-shop.

Different cities charge different fees, I think.

My latest tattoo--it's in the outline stage now--covers my entire shoulder blade and crawls up along my collarbone. But it barely touches bend. But you can def. see the tat peeking out, no matter wh ...

[quote="Garyzda1"]
I myself don't tattoo hands, faces or necks above the collar line no matter how insistant the client is if they don't already have this kind of work done on them. There are excep ...

Ah, so it's similar to having a girlfriend/boyfriend's name tattooed into your skin.
Thanks. We'll def. take that into consideration.

My husband and I have talked about the idea of getting ring tattoos. We're both outdoorsy people, and we don't want to have to worry about losing jewelry (in my case, getting my finger caught in my b ...

I tip because my tattoo artist goes out of his way in getting what I want.

...and I refuse to get into a debate as to which country is better. It's stupid, so let's not even go into that kind of t ...

Generally-speaking, it's very similar to going to get your hair cut. You tip the hairstylist/barber; tattoo artist is no different, since they are providing you a service.

Lubriderm. And lots o' sunscreen if exposed.

I'm scheduled to get my fourth tattoo in two weeks. This one will take several sessions. Good thing, b/c I won't be able to sit still after two hours or so. I can't wait...it's going to look so awe ...

[quote="Liz"]i agree with one of the posts, even if you are gonna be in a professional job. I am gonna be a teacher soon (again, i'm not being a smart ass) and i am gonna have my tattoos and they can ...

Well said.

I got my first one 9 years ago, and went back to get my second this past summer. I wasn't familiar with any tattoo salons in the nyc area. So I did what any reasonable person would do- ...

Sure. Two out of three are easy to take pics from.

I'm getting a fourth in a month, and my tat artist is taking a photo for his portfolio With his help, it's a custom-design, because my illustrat ...

Hi all,
My name is Marina. I'm new here, but not new to tattoos. It's a good thing my school administration hasn't fired me b/c of them Smile

I don't have many friends that have any, but they're q ...