Getting Tattoo!

[Chicks R Friends NOT Food]

I've got my 1 1/2 month countdown going. I'm so excited!!!!!!

 

[chickeypoo]

what are you getting? and where?

i have several tats. i love them

Sue

 

[Rillion]

As a person who ran out and got a tattoo as soon as she could after turning 18, let me offer a very important suggestion: Do your research. As much as you might be in a rush to get it, a tattoo will be on you for the rest of your life, so you want to make sure it is done by someone who is skilled, careful, and patient. Make sure you've seen other tattoos they've done-- they should have a book-- and that they're high quality. Check and see if they enjoy doing the kind of tattoo you want-- you don't want someone tattooing you who is hating what they're doing the whole time. Listen to them when they give you advice about size and placement-- they know what they're talking about. If they say the size you want is too small to accommodate the detail you want, listen. Be prepared to go a few inches bigger or choose a different design.

And of course, obey their instructions about aftercare! You don't want to get a nice tattoo and then ruin it because you decided to jump in a lake or get it dirty and infected before it could heal.

Oh, and if you like the job the artist did, and especially if you can see yourself going back to him/her....tip.

Now, after all of the precautions.....Congratulations! You are charged with the responsibility of making sure you take pictures and posting them here when you get it.

 

[flyingmonkeypoop]

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I agree. I wanted my tattoo to be a certain way but the artist suggested I do it alittle different and because of that it turned out better.

 

[Sillystunt]

I tattoo and always listen to us....

No, just kidding just some people think they can squish all this detail into a 2x2.

don't skimp on it either, get it a nice size even if you have to save up some more cash

 

[Chicks R Friends NOT Food]

Yeah. Thanks for all the advice. I have heard it many times, Trust Me! My mom's friend is a tattoo artist (most likely she will do mine) and almost everyone I know has tattoos. She does very good work and she's actually more picky on approval than my mom. Nothing neck up, or elbows down one the arm and she highly recomends that I want it for more than a year. For my first one I think I'm going to get a fancy black outline heart on my hip and tiny, pink UV hearts inside it. What I really want to get is a cute little dragon inspired by the one in Amy Brown's picture "Bottom of the Garden" behind my ear, but it qualifies under "above the neck" even though it's hidden!!

So I have to wait till I move out. Just to mention, I also want to be a tattoo artist (and math teacher). Talk about the best jobs Ever!(IMO)