Ben did the two japanese symbols with the trinity symbol and WCC, the stars and butterfly were done by that dumb ass scratcher possing as a good tattoois from a supposedly good shop located in the richest area of Arizona (Scottsdale). I paid Ben 300 bucks for his work and the other dumbass 250 for the other shitty work.
For someone who’s never been tattoos until just recently, I’m starting to think I made a mistake in thinking I would get ink as good as what I see in the magazines and on tv… apparently I can’t find anyone here in Arizona who does good work. Everywhere I talk to someone, they always mention that they know someone who does great work, but who the hell am I suppose to believe?

It’s obvious that I’m not too conserned with money since I paid almost 600 bucks for mediocre tattoos, my problem is finding someone who can actually tattoo stuff that isn’t shit. I’d really love to spend my money with someone who knows what the fuck they’re doing. It’s the story of my life… I can’t find anything worth while even if I try. I was always told you get what you pay for, apparently that saying is bullshit because I paid good money for shitty tattoos by people who are apparently suppose to be really good.

I actually like Ben Corn, I’ve seen his work and people go to him from all over the World, so why did I just get a mediocre tattoo from someone who is suppose to be “the best”? I don’t get it…

I’m not going to this expo to get another crappy tattoo, I’m actually going to see what everyone has to offer and then hopefully it’ll help me make a better educated decision. Spending some time looking at what people are doing, looking through portfolios and talking with other like-minded people like myself, hopefully I’ll come out of this event with a better understanding of who I can go to in the future for good work and what to expect before deciding on what to have inked on my skin.

I have ideas of what I want, I have no clue how to put it into fruition… I leave that up to the artist to decide and hopefully I will have made a well thought out decision of who to have do my next work. I know there are tattooist out there who can take ideas and come up with genuine original works of art, if I didn’t want that kind of tattoo, then I’d be printing crap off the internet and make my job a little easier by saying I want This and This and This… the fact is, I don’t want this and that, I want something new, original and desinged just for me. But I expect the tattooist to be good at being able to put ideas into motion. I want masterpieces put on my skin, that’s what I pay them for. I’ll look for Roman and Kirk Alley as Buttwheat suggested, I’m excited that I might find someone who really is a kick ass tattoo artist, because that will be the person I want to do my next work and hopefully fix the crap I already have.

Not sure exactly what you are trying to say Yodaddynukka? Are you implying that the reason people get shitty tattoos is because their ideas suck? I thought good tattooist are suppose to create works of art regardless of how stupid someone’s idea is… that would be like blaming Chip Foose for designing and building a shitty looking car that doesn’t run because the person who he’s building a hot rod for had some shitty ideas to begin with? Your logic doesn’t make a yoda bit of sense!

Let’s get something straight here, I never once said that Ben Corn did some shitty work on my arm. My original complaint was about the pathetic looking stars and butterfly that some loser scratcher put put on me. The crappy tattoo makes Bens look like shit, non of it goes together and the whole think just looks sloppy.

I like Ben Corn and what he does, I also think he’s a solid tattooist. However, I can’t just pick up on a whim and drive 12 hours to go see him to have the shaddy tattoo redone. If I could leave and get that done, I would have done that instead of coming here to complain. I think that getting out your frustrations can be healthy to a degree, I was hoping I would be able to get some frustrations out and hopefully get some good ideas on future tattoos, which by the way I have recieved. Thank you to those who have given me some things to ponder and consider in the future.

I’m not an artist, what is in my head looks like dog shit when I put it on paper. I depend on a good tattooist taking my shitty ideas and making something of them that look good and don’t negate what’s in my mind. Don’t blame people’s shitty tattoos on their bad ideas, how about blaming the shitty tattoos on the dumb ass who can’t tattoo?

It’s been said on here that my tattoos look like dog shit, there’s no changing the fact that they look horrible. I’m just trying to figure out who I can trust to fix my mistakes and hoepfully get some more really good tattoos in the future. I’ve got to get going now, my taxi cab driver just wrecked the car and ran a few people over at a bus stop because I gave him some bad directions to where I wanted to go…