Do you have a tattoo?

[blindswelledrat]

rich1231 said:

My right arm. Artist lives a few miles from me.. but is in New Zealand at mo so popped over
As was literally a flying visit had it done in 3days back to back. Which was fun .

https://www.instagram.com/p/BGAyHNgOFa2/

Look brilliant.
Just browsing through his instagram, he is incredible.
Out of interest, how much does it cost to have a 3 day tattoo from him?
How does that compare with having it done by an ordinary tattooist.
I simply cannot work out why so many people have average tattoos done when there are such awesome tattooist out there.
Is it just down to cost? I can't afford a decent tattoo so I will settle for a second rate one?
I can't get my head around it

[Usget]

blindswelledrat said:

Look brilliant.
Just browsing through his instagram, he is incredible.
Out of interest, how much does it cost to have a 3 day tattoo from him?
How does that compare with having it done by an ordinary tattooist.
I simply cannot work out why so many people have average tattoos done when there are such awesome tattooist out there.
Is it just down to cost? I can't afford a decent tattoo so I will settle for a second rate one?
I can't get my head around it

A lot of it will be a pennywise approach to cost. Good tattooists will be >£100 per hour. So assuming he calls a 5-hour session a day, a 3-day tattoo would be £1500. Now personally, if I couldn't afford £1500 for something to last the next 40 years I'd save until I could... but some people would rather skimp on quality and go for the £300 option. The reduced cost would be attributable to much less detail in the design (meaning it takes less time) and the lower hourly rate of the less experienced (or more st) tattooist.

Another factor will be availability. A good tattooist will now be taking bookings for early 2017. A *great* tattooist will already be booked up throughout most of 2017, barring cancellations. It's a slow process, and some people would rather get it immediately.

A final factor may be the fact that a lot of people can't see beyond the end of their noses. Why look for a new restaurant when the local Harvester has good parking? Why look for somewhere new to go on holiday when you can get all-inclusive at Marbella for £300? Why look for the best tattooist in the country when there is a perfectly good tattooist down the road?

[Zoon]

rich1231 said:

My right arm. Artist lives a few miles from me.. but is in New Zealand at mo so popped over
As was literally a flying visit had it done in 3days back to back. Which was fun .

https://www.instagram.com/p/BGAyHNgOFa2/

Has someone else had exactly the same done on their arm as well?

[ben5575]

blindswelledrat said:

I simply cannot work out why so many people have average tattoos done when there are such awesome tattooist out there.
Is it just down to cost? I can't afford a decent tattoo so I will settle for a second rate one?
I can't get my head around it

Education/laziness I suspect. Lots of people buy prints from Ikea to hang on their walls which is fine. Others will buy prints from their favourite artist. Fewer still will commission their favourite artist to produce something bespoke for their house. I can't imagine hanging an ikea print on my arm, but I very much enjoy working with an artist to develop something bespoke and then committing permanently to the outcome.

Not only is rich1231's tattoo stunning, but I suspect the designing of it, the flight out to NZ, hammering it in three days straight and flying home again was as much of a 'life event' as the tattoo itself. Or you can pop round the corner to your nearest studio and pick something off the wall. Horses for courses and all that.

Re cost, I find around £80-£120/hr seems to be the going rate for an established artist at a top studio in UK/Europe.

[ben5575]

Crossed with Usget's post

[glenrobbo]

I have no tattoos on my body, but I came across this by chance and I think it's cool.



Artist is Russ Abbott.

I wonder if I could do my own version with pastry cutters and a hammer?

Edited by glenrobbo on Monday 17th October 10:23

[Usget]

Zoon said:

Has someone else had exactly the same done on their arm as well?

[S11Steve]

Never has the phrase "you get what you pay for" been more apt than for tattoo artists.

I'm close to getting my first one, after around 10 years of thought, research and idea building, and I know it's not going to be cheap. I've settled on a hyper-realistic biomechanical shoulder design, and I'm now looking at proper tattoo artists, rather than just a tattooist.

I'm not council after all.

[Zoon]

glenrobbo said:

I have no tattoos on my body, but I came across this by chance and I think it's cool.



Artist is Russ Abbott.

Edited by glenrobbo on Monday 17th October 10:23

I thought he was good in MadHouse.

[13m]

Zoon said:

glenrobbo said:

I have no tattoos on my body, but I came across this by chance and I think it's cool.



Artist is Russ Abbott.

Edited by glenrobbo on Monday 17th October 10:23

I thought he was good in MadHouse.

Nothing announces to the world quite so clearly that you're an idiot as doing that to your ears.

[Zoon]

13m said:

Zoon said:

glenrobbo said:

I have no tattoos on my body, but I came across this by chance and I think it's cool.



Artist is Russ Abbott.

Edited by glenrobbo on Monday 17th October 10:23

I thought he was good in MadHouse.

Nothing announces to the world quite so clearly that you're an idiot as doing that to your ears.

Apart from a massive tattoo on the side of your head.

[13m]

Zoon said:

13m said:

Zoon said:

glenrobbo said:

I have no tattoos on my body, but I came across this by chance and I think it's cool.



Artist is Russ Abbott.

Edited by glenrobbo on Monday 17th October 10:23

I thought he was good in MadHouse.

Nothing announces to the world quite so clearly that you're an idiot as doing that to your ears.

Apart from a massive tattoo on the side of your head.

I suppose you can grow your hair, you can't refill an inch of ear lobe. I am struggling to think of one person I've met with that sort of ear piecing who hasn't been an inadequate, attention-seeking prick. Unfortunately I do get to meet quite a lot of them too.

[pidsy]

13m said:

I suppose you can grow your hair, you can't refill an inch of ear lobe. I am struggling to think of one person I've met with that sort of ear piecing who hasn't been an inadequate, attention-seeking prick. Unfortunately I do get to meet quite a lot of them too.

remind me not to say hello to you at a Sunday service.

[13m]

pidsy said:

13m said:

I suppose you can grow your hair, you can't refill an inch of ear lobe. I am struggling to think of one person I've met with that sort of ear piecing who hasn't been an inadequate, attention-seeking prick. Unfortunately I do get to meet quite a lot of them too.

remind me not to say hello to you at a Sunday service.

If you've got ears like that you won't have the opportunity.

[glenrobbo]

13m said:

Nothing announces to the world quite so clearly that you're an idiot as doing that to your ears.

Yes, I've wondered what they were used for.
I guess it's handy for mountain rescue teams to lash a casualty to the stretcher if he has those rope eyelets in his lugholes.

[pidsy]

13m said:

pidsy said:

13m said:

I suppose you can grow your hair, you can't refill an inch of ear lobe. I am struggling to think of one person I've met with that sort of ear piecing who hasn't been an inadequate, attention-seeking prick. Unfortunately I do get to meet quite a lot of them too.

remind me not to say hello to you at a Sunday service.

If you've got ears like that you won't have the opportunity.

only one of them is. does that make me less or more...

never mind.

[13m]

pidsy said:

13m said:

pidsy said:

13m said:

I suppose you can grow your hair, you can't refill an inch of ear lobe. I am struggling to think of one person I've met with that sort of ear piecing who hasn't been an inadequate, attention-seeking prick. Unfortunately I do get to meet quite a lot of them too.

remind me not to say hello to you at a Sunday service.

If you've got ears like that you won't have the opportunity.

only one of them is. does that make me less or more...

never mind.

If you were going to say lopsided then yes.

[pidsy]

13m said:

pidsy said:

13m said:

pidsy said:

13m said:

I suppose you can grow your hair, you can't refill an inch of ear lobe. I am struggling to think of one person I've met with that sort of ear piecing who hasn't been an inadequate, attention-seeking prick. Unfortunately I do get to meet quite a lot of them too.

remind me not to say hello to you at a Sunday service.

If you've got ears like that you won't have the opportunity.

only one of them is. does that make me less or more...

never mind.

If you were going to say lopsided then yes.

[rich1231]

blindswelledrat said:

Look brilliant.
Just browsing through his instagram, he is incredible.
Out of interest, how much does it cost to have a 3 day tattoo from him?
How does that compare with having it done by an ordinary tattooist.
I simply cannot work out why so many people have average tattoos done when there are such awesome tattooist out there.
Is it just down to cost? I can't afford a decent tattoo so I will settle for a second rate one?
I can't get my head around it

He is at the top end cost wise. He is from east London but travelling at the moment and I managed to convince him I wasnt a lunatic travelling all that way. I am gping back for a piece on my back in December

I really enjoyed the whole experience. The Tattoist Duane was a great laugh and the studio he is working from was full of tallented people and interesting stories.

[Gretchen]

pidsy said:

13m said:

pidsy said:

13m said:

I suppose you can grow your hair, you can't refill an inch of ear lobe. I am struggling to think of one person I've met with that sort of ear piecing who hasn't been an inadequate, attention-seeking prick. Unfortunately I do get to meet quite a lot of them too.

remind me not to say hello to you at a Sunday service.

If you've got ears like that you won't have the opportunity.

only one of them is. does that make me less or more...

never mind.

I started stretching mine several years back because I didn't want my then teenage son to do it. He took his out once I started. Then I grew to quite like them so kept them for a few years, wearing various tunnels inc these favourite alloys.



They were at 16mm a month ago. I took them out and lost one. Left them out and they've since closed right back up. So much so I wore a dainty pair of earrings out Saturday night.

(I've posted the photo because I'm an attention seeking prick)

Edited by Gretchen on Monday 17th October 21:13