I saw that thread just before I posted this thread. I saw that you mentioned that the artist would draw it for me. I didn’t want to ask my artist to draw out the tattoo on paper in case I go with a different artist. I’m still in the early stages of getting a tattoo. I got a quote from one artist which was £180 for 3 hours of work. From what

I’ve heard that’s a pretty good price for a tattoo of that magnitude.
I tried getting some of my friends who take art in college but none of them do this kind of drawing. My only hope is finding someone online (don’t want to give a artist hope that ill choose him and then go with someone else).

I don’t think I will go with the guy i found before. £180 seemed a bit cheap for the tattoo i wanted. Friends who have gotten tattoos before said it was cheap, and im not looking for cheap I’m looking for quality since i have to live with this tattoo.
I just looked at a recommendation a friend made and the people he suggested look great. I’ve just been looking through their portfolio on Facebook and their work looks superb and just right for the tat i want.
Within the next month i am hoping to go talk to the artists and get to know them first since he/she will be in charge of something that i have to live with.

I have also tried to contact some artists who have used this tattoo before.

At the moment I’m still getting information from people about tattoos. When i said “still a few months away” that’s when I’ll go to the artist that i decided on and sort things out with him.
What i said might have been misleading since the way i wrote my post.

I would love to go to Rob Richardson. Only problem with going to him is the distance. I looked up the distance and its around 307 miles which is roughly 5 hours give or take. I’m sure he has a tight tight schedule and the waiting would probably be awhile which i wouldn’t mind waiting. I’m also worried about price which is a dumb thing to worry about since i want quality over cheap. But being in college without a job which probably isn’t the best time to get a tattoo.
I found a artist who’s only a 40 min drive away who had done some really nice work – https://www.facebook.com/jakub.golebiewski1/photos

But I’m still in my beginning stages so I’m still searching for the “right” artist who i can trust enough to tattoo me.

If i owned a car i wouldn’t mind driving 300 miles. If i had a type of transportation i would go there in a heartbeat and meet the artist.
If i haven’t decided on a artist by the time summer comes ill probably make a trip up there(its north) and meeting him.
Once i get enough money where i feel secure in the amount ill probably take a train up there but for the time being its not a high chance that i can get to the location.
This might all seem like excuses but when you have £20 to your name its all you can think of.

Its not that i don’t have a job i just spent all my money. I’m on a 0 hour contract so any hours that come my way i take. I usually only walk away with £100-200 a month in disposable income.
Yeah i agree with you, i need to grow up a bit, some people i know told me it might just be a phase or something that I’m going through and told me to wait a few years until I’m sure that i want a tattoo.
By the time i actually get around to getting the tattoo ill probably be in the late hundreds, early thousands. To get that it would probably take me roughly 7 months or so to save up that much which isn’t too bad because in a few months(around may) ill set up the appointments and consultation and put down the deposit, get a date on when i can get tattooed which will probably be a few more months which isn’t so bad.
So it would take me upto a year or so depending on the appointment date.
Thats how i see the general layout of things.

So i guess it wouldn’t be so bad to go up and see rob. I would have had enough money saved up (theoretically) to take a trip up there. An off-peak ticket is pretty cheap considering the distance. The anytime return is pretty steep though. £124ish for the non peak times and £380 for anytime return.
So i can go up to see rob in a few months. probably in the summer. I will talk to other artists instead of relying on one and see who i feel right about. Just because someone is a amazing artist doesn’t mean they’re “the” artists for me.