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Thinking about getting a tattoo

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dog20:

--- Quote from: TimmJ on August 15, 2008, 09:43:45 AM ---I was only teasing about Betty Boop

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lies

The Zook:
Price varies, and so does the pain.

Tattoos are great, I have a number of them myself. The more exposure the area gets and the fattier the tissue is, the least likely it will 'hurt'. All tattoos 'hurt' to some degree or another, but the pain is much more tolerable in areas that are used to being stressed (sunburnt, scraped, etc).

The upper arm in general is pretty safe for pain until you get around to the back side of it, then it gets pretty tender.

Remember also, sometimes the cheapest tattoo quote isn't necessarily the place to go... ask people in your area who have tattoos where they went, look at the tat and judge for yourself.

My latest (just done this past Saturday).

I had my kids' names tattood inside a flame on my elbow.

Ryan:

--- Quote from: dog20 on August 15, 2008, 10:00:14 AM ---
--- Quote from: TimmJ on August 15, 2008, 09:43:45 AM ---I was only teasing about Betty Boop

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lies

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He probably already has it and just doesn't want to come clean...

GASlick:
That's really cool Lucky.  My armband is going to incorporate my kids' names.  She has done the art and it looks great.
Can't wait to get it on me though.

Vash:

--- Quote from: Ryan on August 15, 2008, 09:03:35 AM --- it will be a collaborative effort regardless.  Might as well let someone with more experience in tattooing have a little more say in it.
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Indeed. A quality artist will also be able to help with body placement. You want a tattoo that suits the musculature of the body part you are tattooing. Some designs will move weird or not lay quite right in certain areas when your muscles flex and stretch. There's a lot that goes into a quality tattoo besides the actual design itself.

A heavy handed artist can leave you with scars under your ink. Someone who doesn't trim his needles enough can go too deep and cause raised areas. etc, etc, etc...

Experience helps, but can hurt too. I had my inner forearms done by a guy with a wall full of trophies, medals and magazine articles. Over 30 years in the business. Trouble is that for all his experience, at 56 years old, his body was starting to betray him. His hands shook a bit while working, I got needle burns, His dug too deep and I had a bitch of a healing process. Couldn't makes fists for 3 days, missed a day of work over it and have scar tissue under those tattoos.

I relied entirely on the pictures on the walls, his sterling reputation and experience. These were among my first tattoos and they were my worst. They looked terrible for years, until  I found my current artist and he salvaged them into what i wanted them to be in the first place.

Lesson learned. 

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