Recommend me a tattoo artist - South East

[Colin_147]

I am looking for a good, reputable tattoo artist, preferably close to Chelmsford. I have done some research myself and found a few but cant find any recommendations. This is my first tattoo so being something of a novice I would prefer it to be a good experience!

Ta!

[singlecoil]

Sve the money, don't do it, be the one among your friends that is the real individual!

[spikeyhead]

What do you want to be tattoo'd on you?

There are some that specialize in "that tribal ste"

There are some that like flowers

There are some that like lots of skulls and blood.

There are probably some that are nice and gentle, will make your first experience pleasurable but are crap at art.

So give us a clue.

[Acehood]

London Ink

[Colin_147]

spikeyhead said:

What do you want to be tattoo'd on you?

There are some that specialize in "that tribal ste"

There are some that like flowers

There are some that like lots of skulls and blood.

There are probably some that are nice and gentle, will make your first experience pleasurable but are crap at art.

So give us a clue.

Tribal tattoo. Towards top of back between shoulders. I have a design I like, just searching for a decent shop

[Neil H]

Colin_147 said:

Tribal tattoo. Towards top of back between shoulders.

Don't do it man.

[Shaw Tarse]

It may be worth travelling to get a good shop, ask Nolar Dog, Gretchen, Jonny for advice.

[stevethegreek]

Colin_147 said:

I am looking for a good, reputable tattoo artist, preferably close to Chelmsford. I have done some research myself and found a few but cant find any recommendations. This is my first tattoo so being something of a novice I would prefer it to be a good experience!

Ta!

Immortal Ink in Chelmsford have a good rep, particularly Jason if you're after any portrait type stuff. Take a look at the gallery here

eta - didn't see your subsequent post about tribal , would be worth popping in to immortal anyway and have a look at previous work.

Edited by stevethegreek on Wednesday 13th October 17:45

[scannellski]

A friend has an amazing back peice that's beautiful. I'll get the name of the bloke. In West Kent I think.

[pc.iow]

If it's tribal and on your back, it won’t matter who does it.
You won’t be able to see it, and if you could, you would wish you had something else in a few years time.
I have plenty that were done many years ago, if i could start again would.
Choose carefully.

[DJFish]

There used to be a fella called Spudgun based in Colchester who was into cars and on the GTR forum, believe he was quite reputable.

[Nuisance_Value]

Dan Stone at Electric Buddha in Ramsgate

http://www.electricbuddha.co.uk/index.html

[Dai Capp]

Hayley Hayes at Self Preservation in Amersham is a top Japanese style artist http://www.japanesetattooing.co.uk/index.php , London Ink have a great rep as do Immortal Ink and Electric Buddha.

You could do worse than getting a copy of Total Tattoo and looking through there to see who's doing good stuff right now - there are tons of galleries in there that will give you some great pointers.

If you are willing to travel, Lifetime in Derby do my stuff - I have work done by J Fallows but they have a good mix of artists who cover most styles and they are all excellent artists. www.lifetimetattoo.co.uk and http://www.myspace.com/jimmytwosnakes

Cheers

DC

[Pesty]

stevethegreek said:

Immortal Ink in Chelmsford have a good rep, particularly Jason if you're after any portrait type stuff. Take a look at the gallery here

wow some really good work there

[scannellski]

Stu Pagdin at Skin illustrations in Whitstable. Did my friend's tat. Apparently he's amazing and can read your mind, so gets the drawing right. http://www.seewhitstable.com/Skin-Illustrations-Wh...
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[cal72]

Try here.

http://www.tattoo.tv/

[Dai Capp]

cal72 said:

Try here.

http://www.tattoo.tv/

Good point - I've only just joined up but it seems to be a great resource. If you join look me up, user name is always the same for me...

[cal72]

Dai Capp said:

cal72 said:

Try here.

http://www.tattoo.tv/

Good point - I've only just joined up but it seems to be a great resource. If you join look me up, user name is always the same for me...

I am the same there as here.

[Colin_147]

Thx for all the suggestions chaps. Will take a look at the links and post once I have decided (maybe even a pic when/if its done!)

[gilla]

http://www.thefamilybusinesstattoo.com/index.php

Mo Copoletta is extremely good - but booked for months in advance - central London. Did my bio-mechanical one freehand and was streets ahead of anyone I'd used (just need to get around to having it finished now!!)