heyyy give a real tattoo artist some extra business in the future when he gets a COVER UP…….rolls eyes..even if it DONT stretch, at 16 your into things that once your older, you will wonder why in the hell you ever thought it was cool…theres alot of mental difference in 16 to 18 and even from 18 to 21 and from 21 till older….your life is going to change, your thoughts are as well…im in my early 30’s and ive gotten the bulk of my tattoos with in the past couple of years bc i KNEW that life was going to be different…jobs that allow things, life experiences…ect..if you cant wait till 21 at LEAST wait till 18…get something pierced instead…. at least that you can take out….

i dont understand how your going to stretch it out that much….and unless your walking around shirtless all the time your not going to have the whole thing showing and you know every one is going to want to see it…. are you goi4ng to have a friend fallow you around with 70’s porn music so they can hit the play button everytime someone wants to see the tattoo and you have to once again strip to show them?

if it had been the next day you could have gone into the ocean….dang near screwed up one of mine completely pulling out the ink when i was younger……

navarro should have stuck to doing something like rock star super nova type stuff…i liked that….but a tattoo compitition? little disappointed that nunez sold out to be a judge on this… if i wanted a lame tattoo show id netflix some old LA ink shows….ill stick to NY ink thanks…something about the sexy bald firecracker ami just does it..lol

see this is MY thing…(btw im new here, hi I’m Star..lol ) im not a tattoo artist….yet….however i am an artist and have been for as long as i can remember….it p*sses me off when i see paintings done by an ELEPHANT sell for THOUSANDS, while there are “starving artists” out there just trying to make a living doing what they love….if ANYTHING to me tattooing is more of an art form, then much of anything that some people consider “art” today… and the collectors are more dedicated then ANYONE… i mean look at it like this, you buy a Salvador Dali, or an Andy Warhol and eventually you get tired of it, or you want to sell it for what ever the going rate is…and then its gone..someone getting a tattoo is saying i love your stuff SO much, i want to DIE with it..i want to carry it WITH me..i dont want it as something to put on the wall for a select few to see, i want it for everyone to see, or for those that get them more hidden, its something THEY want to see every day, for the rest of their lives…though, as mentioned before, i dont tattoo yet, ive drawn MANY pieces for people and sat there and watched as they got MY artwork put on their body. its aww inspiring. as well as the fact that the tattoo MEANS something to the person getting it done. it represents something to them, its not only art, but a story, and the artist that does it has a journey, YEARS and YEARS of a journey, theyre always changing always evolving and theyre working in a medium that, as stated before, is centuries upon centuries old…i mean heck even the machines that many of them use are beautiful pieces of art, custom made for them..i have seen some of the most awsome machines in the hands of artists that are just as amazing as the tattoos they create. tattooing is not only an art form, but an ELITE art form, one that takes more dedication than many other art forms…and its not easy to get into the actual world of apprenticeship..not only do you have to find an artist that is true to the art ( ive had 2 that were simply glorified scratchers, and one that was litterally doing lines and drinking with in the first hour of my meeting him and him trying to teach me things…riiiiight)…..but you also have to convince the artist to teach you something that they themselves busted their BALLS to get (and the females has to even grow a pair before they were able to get busted..lol) so yea..in short, i gueeeeess you could consider it an art form..lololol