If you decide to go with tribal, make sure to get tattooed by someone who specializes in it. It’s actually a difficult task to apply large areas of solid black evenly, and a lot of tattooers find tribal boring. Do your research and find that artist that would actually enjoy making your tattoo, then everybody wins:)

fancy script

Works great as album cover, but no so much as a tattoo. It would have to be pretty huge for the tiny details to hold over time. Always think 10 yrs.

I try to be discreet and do a quick glance. If it looks like a solid piece it then turns to a stare. Then if it’s super nice, I ask who made the tattoo. I try not to stare at the ladies though.
I think people generally like to show off their tattoos so I don’t feel that creepy for staring. If you have lots of tattoos and you don’t want people…[Read more]

Hello all! I am new here as well. No worries, I’m not sniffing for tattoo tips and tricks (not here anyway, even though I am constantly looking for tips, but I think I know the time and place for such).
Anyway, I’m from San Diego, CA, I make tattoos and also collect them.
Cheers!

There’s always those that will never get the difference between good and bad tattoos. It’s that tattoo collector crowd that just want quantity instead of quality. The same crowd that goes for the best deal$ instead of the best portfolios.
Every city will have the killer, top-notch, showcase tattoo shop, and also the horrible $20-40 minimum hack…[Read more]