Hey, Im looking to get a decent amount of work done to fill out my sleeve.
Seems like every highly recommended artist is booked for months & costs upwards of $300 . While of course I want quality, I imagine I can get it for $100-$200. I was hoping someone could maybe recommend some who does tattoo out of their home ( in which case the shop overhead isn’t present). Im in Atlanta, advice appreciated.
Realistic style.
however, I would like to help you get it done right, go to Now or Never Tattoo in Conyers, see Grant the manager at counter, tell him mrchen sent you over, get Mike Bugenhagen or Chris Huff
Get hooked up right, decent $$
Thats like 25 miles away, so should I just call as opposed to just show up only to be told to come back in months?
I don’t really care if it’s in home or not, I’m just being a baby about the waiting time. It seems like anyone decent you have to wait a century for & ATL is in demand for quality artists.
I finally got the idea for my next tatt (after thinking about it for the last 1.5-2 months), and better yet I have the artwork completely drawn & illustrated on paper. My issue is patience, I preferably would like to get the line work done in 2-2.5 weeks. My ideal artist would be somone who has a quality portfolio of realistic style, is <= $200/hr, and I can come in and get the linework done in 2-2.5 weeks. It's a 2-3 session tatt, so I find it annoying that I have to wait 1.5 months cuz some guy is booked to go get linework done when the drawing phase should be short (relative to other peoples tatts) wait another 1.5 months to get the shading & color etc. In anycase I appreciate your advice, & thanks for the reco. I know you know the ATL well, so now that you know more about my situation better is there any other artist(s) you may know that I should consider looking into?
you have to understand, you want the hardest style immediately,
those guys are in demand, they are 3-6 months out up to a year
I would call Now or Never, they can get to you sooner than anyone and still do a nice job
you could try Vince Villalvazo at Mystic Owl in Marietta but he is probably 3-4 months, unless you get lucky,
you will not get charged 200 and hour by any of these guys……..if you do quite a few hours you will average about 125
Dave Tedder at All or Nothing just finished my 7 session half sleeve and I know for a fact that he is never booked out more than 1 month. It is his “thing”
He is also less than $200/hour.
There are TONS of quality artists that arent booked way out. Just go to any of the reputable shops in the area and ask (or call). You wont get a bad tattoo at a GOOD, REPUTABLE shop.
This statement couldn’t be further from the truth. I think I had a somewhat lucky first expereince, in that I was a walk in at two not particularly reputable shops for my first tattoo which was about 10 hours of work. Luckily the guy who did the coloring was real good & better than the dude who did the line work. I love the way my tattoo turned out, although after research realized I certainly rushed it & could have gotten a very bad tattoo. That said I was asking about people who do stuff from their house because I have seen other peoples Tatts which were real good & cheaper. Inanycase I imagine these individuals are hard to find.
He is also less than $200/hour.
I got an appointment with Mike Mcmahon, almost two months from now. Since you said this I checked out his work & I’m considering switching. What pisses me off is the guys at the front don’t really discuss prices & say it “depends”. Ok I know it depends but if the guy tries to charge me more than $200/hr I’m probably going to cancel, & I don’t see the harm of mentioning a ballpark range .
Do any of you guys know how much Mike is ballpark range per hour?
There are TONS of quality artists that arent booked way out. Just go to any of the reputable shops in the area and ask (or call). You wont get a bad tattoo at a GOOD, REPUTABLE shop.
Which shops?
I know All or Nothing, after that it seems there is huge drop off in Available talent & a shortage of good Artists.
I know All or Nothing, after that it seems there is huge drop off in Available talent & a shortage of good Artists.
Deano Cook’s Psycho Tattoo is in Atlanta also. So is Russ Abbott’s Ink & Dagger Tattoo. And Tony Mancia’s Mancia Studio. Thirty minutes outside of Atlanta you have Vince Vallavazo. These are only the artists/shops I could think of off the cuff. The amount of talent in the Atlanta area is mind-blowing.
We would all love to see photos of these “real good” tattoos or better yet, the portfolios of the artists who did them.
i might go somewhere else if i had a fortune to spend on tattoos and i was willing to wait months and months for someone famous. they don’t do bad work.
atlanta is hone to so much talent that most tattoo artists wont step foot in this town………thats why our convention in its 14th year is so small, who in the right mind would come here to compete…….we are home to the most published studio in the world and some other serious competition,
Brandon Bond and crew at All or Nothing
Vince Villalvazo and Jace Masula Mystic Owl
Russ Abbott, Les Collier at Ink and Dagger
Phil Colvin, Jason Kelly and Gary Yoxen at Memorial Tattoo
Tony Olivas at Sacred Heart
Deno Cook abnd crew at Psycho Tattoo
Tony Mancia at his private studio
Dave Kruesman,he moves, one of the best tradtitional in country
Short and Bryan Reynolds at Empire (Bryan worked for Paul Booth at Last Rites, Short worked for Brandon Bond)
Cap Szuminski at Timeless Tattoo
Dave Antonito at Good Clean Fun
and there are more and more and more………….you would never need to go anywhere
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