Damn, your way ahead of me two weeks in to my apprenticeship. The question is how they look when there healed. But your well on your way, ill have to look you up next time I’m in north west new York. :eek::eek:

Really dude? Really?

I don’t mind shows like LA, Ny, and Miami ink, but to make people think if you pay someone enough you can become a tattoo artist. It angers me considering all I had to do during my apprenticeship. There’s a lot more than pushing ink into skin to be a true tattoo artist, you have to be a good artist first. Sorry, but you can’t teach talent. TLC should stick to shows about midgets and house wifes with too much time on there hands.
Down with tattoo school!

After 2 1/2 years? What’s wrong with it?

Just remember that anything with a perfumey smell is not to be used. The soaps and lotions with a scent to them have alcohol in them, this is not good for a healing tattoo. I’be found in a pinch vasaline is good for the first couple of days, use it sparingly like a dime(coin) size dab 2-3 times a day. Then after that I use baby lotion. A rule of thumb, if its good for a newborn, its ok for a tattoo, just don’t over saturate. You will make the stabbing worse and lose ink.