JCC A Tattoo Appreciation, Discussion, and Sharing Thread <3

i haven't been this tempted to meet an internet stranger in a long time.

HOW CAN YOU SAY NO TO A FREE TATTOO

 

also, don't do color on the flowers! black and grey for the win every day

 

Please take her up on this offer, Prenn.

 

you could visit me too. bonus!

 

No such thing as strangers. Just friends we've never met.


That's what my idiot 6th grade teacher kept telling us. He's probably dead/in prison.

 

i will throw in an arm tattoo*... see ya saturday - noon work for you?


*artists' choice - you'll love it, i promise.

 

Your sixth grade teacher was a Simpsons fan, I'll wager.

 

Happy Erin Go Braless

 

I doubt it, but is that a line from the show?

 

Yes, from one of the early, good episodes. Street Car named Desire, the musical!

 

on me arm....

 

grrrrrrr.... my mentor rescheduled me...


which will now give me ample time to finish the dorje/lotus/bell design

 

With the caveat that I have absolutely no business offering anyone career advice, I think a free taint tattoo tour of Europe would be a great, uh, brand building exercise?

 

PRENNTACULAR - this is what you should get on your taint

 

But with four leaves. So it's more accurate.

 

i like where you're going with this, but do not want to build up a reputation as a taint tatooist... my mentors sage advice is to learn how different areas of the body take ink... especially if it's an uncommon area to tattoo... he hasn't had the 'opportunity' to tattoo taint in his 16 years... other private parts, yes...

 

No interest in being a fecal force sponsored artist? Wait... I'm not sure we have sponsorship funds... ok, nvm.

Ah well, I'll see if someone local will tattoo 'OHAI' on my taint

 

that's a stroke of genius...

 

Wait 'til you see what I've got planned for my poopcutter...

 

that's sure to attract the (brown) eye of Sauron!

or...

something about a ring of fire...

 

question for tattooed persons...

how much did you pay for your tattoo? was it by the piece/size, or by the hour?

also, did you pay a deposit for artwork and/or to secure your appointment/

 

I have a hobbit tattoo it's the besttttt

 

I paid 100 bucks an hour for most of mine. Smaller ones were sixty

 

I remember paying $140 for mine. I can't recall if it was by the hour or by the piece. The whole process was fairly quick, about half an hour to 45 minutes, so it may have been by the piece. I feel like I got a huge bargain!

 

cool.. those are our shop rates - and pretty much industry standard in the area of the state i live in..

not a bad price to pay for a great design, from a professional, in a sterile environment... maybe they have a higher hourly rate/ are you on the east coast?

we have been dealing with an influx of "why is it so expensive" lately - spring tattoo fever (even though it's best to get them in the fall/winter).. when i explain that we charge lower than the average for most cities (Seattle, for instance) we get a lot of attitude, particularly from people who already have tattoos - which blows my mind.. (but then again, those are usually the same people who got their work done by a kitchen wizard, and have no point of reference for pricing... )

what people don't realize is that the cost of setting up, the sterilization, the single-use equipment, everything, asically, all cost a lot of money... the germicidals alone.. sheesh! sometimes half the cost of a minimum cost ($60) tattoo is eaten up before the client gets the first drop of ink in 'em..

thank you for the feedback!