Thread: Slept through 55 tattoos???? - The plot thickens

They must mean 2mm, right?

Originally Posted by smokelaw1

They must mean 2mm, right?

I really can't say. I haven't read or seen the source of the alleged depth other than in the post above. I only know what happens if the needle penetrates too deeply and it ain't pretty.

Originally Posted by JimmyHAD

I really can't say. I haven't read or seen the source of the alleged depth other than in the post above. I only know what happens if the needle penetrates too deeply and it ain't pretty.

Oh, I've seen it. There was this "artist" (really, some putz with the minimum gear and no skill or knowledge) that used to give college kids that didn't know better their first ink at my undergrad school. SHe'd show up at a party, and people would get these horrid little pictures, that she would do freehand after sketching it out. I have seen some of them since, and they are all horrible. I'm glad I went to an expensive perfectionist.

Originally Posted by smokelaw1

Oh, I've seen it. There was this "artist" (really, some putz with the minimum gear and no skill or knowledge) that used to give college kids that didn't know better their first ink at my undergrad school. SHe'd show up at a party, and people would get these horrid little pictures, that she would do freehand after sketching it out. I have seen some of them since, and they are all horrible. I'm glad I went to an expensive perfectionist.

Ooooh i know some of these people...
my brother got a freehand tattoo from a guy with little knowledge...

he now have 2 water pistols on his back (they are "guns")!
the tattoo is SO bad that the tattoo artist who did mine knew who i was talking about when i start describing the tattoo...(my bro went to his shop like 3-4 month before to get it fix)

See, this is what I don't get. If I were to make the choice to have ink done for a tattoo that would be special to me, I would not only think long and hard about the tattoo, but also about whom I would trust enough to put something on my body that is going to be there forever, barring expensive surgery.

I would ask for references from peopl I know with tats. I would try to find out something about him and see some of his previous works.
Under no circumstance would I just enter the first shop I'd see and say 'Yo, you gotta needle? This goes there. Chop chop'

Originally Posted by Bruno

See, this is what I don't get. If I were to make the choice to have ink done for a tattoo that would be special to me, I would not only think long and hard about the tattoo, but also about whom I would trust enough to put something on my body that is going to be there forever, barring expensive surgery.

I would ask for references from peopl I know with tats. I would try to find out something about him and see some of his previous works.
Under no circumstance would I just enter the first shop I'd see and say 'Yo, you gotta needle? This goes there. Chop chop'

Sadly a lot of people do this...and this is why there is tattoo removal companies!

I think she shouldn't be allowed to get them removed!!! she made a choice, she is defaming an artist for doing what she wanted. She regrets it and instead of being a good person and doing what is right and saying "hey dad, I wanted them." she throws the tattoo artist under the bus. bitch. she makes society worse, not better. 3 stars would have already affected her job wise and socially, yes this is a lot more, but only little difference when it comes to career paths.

I always laugh inside when people compare ink with me and say "i only paid" because I can always tell they didn't pay much. you get what you pay for in most things, tattoos are no exception. I don't think I have any that I'm not happy with, all were executed exactly how I wanted. well done. the one thing I wish I had done is listen to the artist that did my first one and make it a lot bigger.

there is a local shop so irresponsilbe that they actually advertise on the radio that they specialize in facial tattoos. I think if somebody is HEAVILY covered, okay, they've made the choice, they know what they're doing going forward. but at 18, nobody knows anything at that age.

Originally Posted by smokelaw1

Forget it, I'm going to go take a nap and get 1,000 stars on my scalp at the same time.

Going to do the same but I'm having little rabbits all over the scalp. From a distance they'll look like hares...


I'll get my coat.

Gareth

Last year my brother was living in Milan and he got his first (and for the time being, his only...) tatoo. He thought about it for over 2 years. He designed it himself, chose the size, the place... he worked out every detail of it to the last point. It is one of the most beautiful tatoos I've ever seen and, because of his detailed preparation and his sure decision, it blended into him beautifuly. It is a very simple tatoo: typewriter type, 20 cm long, part of a sentence - in latin - that I am not allowed to translate or to write here. I know what it sais because I transated the sentence into latin myself...
But all this perfection could have been blown to pieces if he had chosen the wrong tatoo artist. He searched for the best in Milan - and that's who did it. Expensive, yet very much worth it.

Now... this girl had it comming! I dig full sleeves and big intrincate designs myself (though I wouldn't do such a thing) but choosing that tatoo "artist" was a bad choice! And talk about social suicide! That guy is completely decomposed socialy... man... way way too much!

Originally Posted by JimR

Ok, if the skin on her forehead is 2cm deep, that explains everything!!!

LOLZ funnyest comment ever