With Russ Abbott! hes been at the top of my list for a while now. I remember a thread (on this forum) about someone talking about getting work from him and me wishing them luck , cause I’ve heard he isn’t easy to get booked with. I thought to myself why not put the rumor to the test. Apparently it isn’t that hard. LOL.
October 17th booked in for a full day, even though he’s only going to be doing my left ditch above the Barrett work.
Also giving him creative control. All I know is it’s going to be ornamental.
Just goes to show you that no matter how big the name , it never hurts to reach out and ask.
I am beyond excited.
Maybe just e-mail him or contact him in some way and say that this is your budget for now, and if there is work left to do it another time? 🙂
Most artists I know are fine with that, and at least prefer it to a nervous client worrying about cost!
He seems fast so you should be fine, but just in case in doesn’t hurt to let him know 🙂
I called and asked about saniderm and the guy said russ doesnt use it but ifbi bring it in he will.
Ive never used it but ive heard great things. Since its on my ditch im really worried about infection and ink spread.
My.other arms outline got really thick right where it bends.
Should i go ahead and buy some and use it or just heal it the same way ive been doing for years?
Granted this will be my most expensive tattoo (per hour) to date. I just want a really clean heal.
At my appointment last week the artist was telling me about his experiences using saniderm. He had a couple of clients bring it in and they had really good heals. So he tried using it on a client that comes in regularly, who always heals well, and it didn’t go well at all. Tried it again on the same guy and he healed rough again. Needed touch ups both times. So if a client brings it, especially if they have used it previously with good results, he will put it on. But based on his little experiment he thinks that it might not work well for everyone.
By the way, he was the highest per hour that I have paid but in the end the tattoo came in under budget and cost less than others that I have of the same size and style because he was super fast. And OMG the detail. I didn’t know a tattoo could even have this much detail! (Got a friend to take a picture of it, but it is such a shitty picture that I can’t post it. I’ll try again after it peels.)
Good luck with Russ. Can’t wait to see it. And if you use saniderm then let us know how well it works.
I meant to use it once, totally forgot to bring it to the appointment and tried to put it on myself later….
Yeah that did not work out 😛 But I’ve heard both great things and bad things! But considering my Torres piece needs a touch up and I did what he said, I’m a big fan of “whatever you know works” now :p Like if you heal rough already, try it out, but if you heal perfectly, I wouldn’t bother myself.
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