i want some ink yo

[jdawg 5,000+ posts]

if you want to see gay stuff google it. .

you would know

 

[RaiN 10+ year member]

you should have been holding hands in that pic

I'll hold your hand pumpkin. //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/yumyum.gif.0556df42231b304b9c995aefd13928a8.gif

 

[bigbangtheory 5,000+ posts]

to find a good artist, just go to local shops, and ask if you can see artists portfolios. if you don't like the work they've done before, chances are you won't like the work they do on you. I've gone to the same artist all 7 times, and i've been nothing but happy with him. i've browsed through his portfolio and even tattoos that i look at and think "why would he get that" i still look at them and think to myself "man that's some awesome work". If you look through the portfolio and you see work that isn't good, i'd look towards another artist.
as far as pricing goes, there really is no answer. Eternal Tattoos is one of the more well known shops in Michigan, and a buddy of mine got a tattoo there that was smaller and less work than one I got from my artist, and he paid almost double for it. Some shops you're paying for the artists name and or previous work. I haven't paid more than $100 for a tattoo yet but that will change when i start my sleeve soon. Price also depends on a couple things. A. where you get it. Some places charge certain ammounts for armbands as opposed to other things. I have some text wrapping around my forearm and the shop charges 80 minimum for armbands. if i would've gotten that same text, say going down my forearm instead of around it, it would've been cheaper.

Price also depends on how well you sit. If you're squirming around and telling him to stop every couple minutes, or you ask if you can get a break because it hurts too much, he'll charge you more because A. it's taking longer and B. you're probably pissing him off. When you're sitting there getting ink done, be a man about it. You're the one that chose to get into the seat, so don't piss your artist off because he probably won't feel sorry for you, although some exceptions do apply. When i was getting my hands done, my artist was completely understanding of how it felt, and although I didn't ask for any breaks, once he finished the outline, he said let's go have a cigarette, so we both went outside. then he said the same thing after he finished the coloring on one hand. if you treat your artist right he'll treat you right.

another thing is tipping. if you plan on going back to the same artist, tip him well. he'll treat you better later on, and he might charge you less because he knows you'll treat him right.

Again I agree with some and dont agree.

He is right about going to see a tattoo artist and asking about their portfolio's and I am sure you can get a good idea on how good he is in most cases. Myself, I have been to 5 different tattoo artists due to other shops being more expensive(Like my forearms, which are tribal. One is all scared and he did a horrible job and it cost me 200 dollars, then I wanted to kinda match the other arm and came out slick and only cost me 100 dollars, same size tattoo.) So what I am getting at make sure you shop around, because everyone tattoo's different and everyone's skin reacts different.

Like I have said I have been to quite a few tattoo artists and not once have I had anyone say I am gonna charge you more for squirming around or moving. I mean I generally sit still, but sometimes I get uncontrolable muscle spasms, so nothing you can really do about it besides try to relax as much as possible, which can be hard being you have a needle pounding away at you. Usually they may take a break and see if it goes away, if not they do the best with what they can do.

My most expensive tattoo was my back, which is a dedication RIP to my uncle with his name next to his Harley Davidson bike. Was 300 dollars because it had a lot of shading.

So far I have about 25 hours total in all my tattoo's and I am going back to finish my arm probably next week. Shaun my tattoo artist said I have the tuffest skin he has ever come across being its so tight. He had the gun cranked and needle was going as deep as it could go and I still havent gotten scared, thank god! Cause this one is coming out really good! Now if I didnt break out in bumps, it wouldnt take me over a month to get this one done. Took him near 3 and a half hours for an outline and some shading and he said, your gonna have to come back, lol!

 

[Reit38 10+ year member]

im about to get "only god can judge me" in japanese characters going down my calf. it will be my third tattoo. first 2 didnt really hurt that bad (there on my back) its more of and annoying pain/ itch then anything i think

 

[bigbangtheory 5,000+ posts]

im about to get "only god can judge me" in japanese characters going down my calf. it will be my third tattoo. first 2 didnt really hurt that bad (there on my back) its more of and annoying pain/ itch then anything i think

Better look it up to make sure it spells that. //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/laugh.gif.48439b2acf2cfca21620f01e7f77d1e4.gif

 

[yne721 10+ year member]

Like I have said I have been to quite a few tattoo artists and not once have I had anyone say I am gonna charge you more for squirming around or moving. I mean I generally sit still, but sometimes I get uncontrolable muscle spasms, so nothing you can really do about it besides try to relax as much as possible, which can be hard being you have a needle pounding away at you. Usually they may take a break and see if it goes away, if not they do the best with what they can do.

i think there is a big difference between something you can't control, such as them hitting a very sensitive spot(my fingers were twitching beyond my control during my hand tattoo) and someone just being a big baby and asking for breaks on a spot that really shouldn't affect someone in that way. i was talking more of the people that are like "ow that hurts" and want to pull their arm away, as opposed to the people who get it in certain spots that can't help what repeated sensation will do to their muscles

 

[ThomasG 5,000+ posts]

when i get tattoos i get random jerks in my body.. when i was getting my back tattooed my leg just gave a little random kick..

this happen to anybody else?

 

[yne721 10+ year member]

when i get tattoos i get random jerks in my body.. when i was getting my back tattooed my leg just gave a little random kick..
this happen to anybody else?

not me, at least not to that extent.

 

[toolfan89 10+ year member]

a bisexual chick friend of mine is getting "taste my rainbow *****" right above her cooter and with the gay pride rainbow.

 

[4runnercrazy 10+ year member]

sry bout that post randy i was trying to make a point.......but then i realized i got banned for a week for posting that b4