"The Amateur Tattooist" via Reddit

[Kev]

[Shannon Shirley]

Oh yeah....that's what im talkin bout....another star is born. We've got oil embargos , howzabout tattoo kit embargos. You ever look at "Lucky Supply's'' tattoo kits? ya gotta love it.

[Kev]

My first exposure to people my age being tattooed was early 90's high school. Some punk rock skater friends of mine had gotten machines somehow (pre-internet) and started tattooing themselves and others with tribal and skate logos. They were usually on ankles or places they could be hidden from parents, unless those parents read the yearbook, because there was a whole article in it about tattooing as a trend. The quality of those 'tatz' turned me off to tattooing and I don't think I saw a good tattoo until I moved into Houston ten years later.

Ironically, I got into getting tattooed myself when I went with a friend to have his high school scratcher tattoo covered at a real shop :)

[Shannon Shirley]

we all started somewhere. I love scott's interviews, if you pay attention ,they all start with the embarassing question. Scott has Aaron C's first tattoo on his chest, well he used to.

[irezumi]

My first exposure to people my age being tattooed was early 90's high school. Some punk rock skater friends of mine had gotten machines somehow (pre-internet)

Spaulding would sell to anyone with an address, professional or not. My roommate got a 'starter kit' back in 92, not knowing any better than the rest of us at that point, and went to our friend Tux about letting him tattoo himself there at the shop under his supervision. Tux looked at the 'pumas' he got and snorted & said "what is this, a necklace or a hood ornament?" hahahaha

[Lochlan]

Skateboard magazines used to have adds in them selling tattoo kits. Shit even some skateboard suppliers sold them side by side decks, trucks, and wheels...

[Kev]

Yeah, I never really thought too much about it, but a lot of people I know who skated back then got into tattoos. Chad Koeplinger even mentions the tattoo issue of Thrasher in his interview. Funny how that all works out.

[wrazz]

This man will renovate the game

[CultExciter]

A few friends of mine are starting to do this to themselves and friends. I always shake my head and tell them it's a bad idea. I usually also let them know their tattoos look like shit. Oh well, what can you do?

[truejew]

Murals are for walls. People are dumb.

[PhilB]

But wait, there's more!

The Amateur Tattoo Artist is at it again. : WTF

[Anisya]

Have you seen this?

I Heart Chaos — Is this man the worst professional tattoo artist ever?

[Anisya]

And this anonymous claims to be tattooing for over two years....

[NickelRad]

I would hate to have the eyes of a dumbass.... In what world do those tattoos, or even when they were drawings on paper, look good.... It's really just mind boggling to me... People who are cheap in tattoos are just idiots.

[Gregor]

I'm at the stage where who am I to judge ? I dont like the thought of disease being spread and unhygenic practices , but those tattoos are punk as fuck . lol .

[IanBurkhart]

You got a contact number for this guy? I'm trying to save money I might hit him up.

[durtyxsanchezz]

wow, that is shitty hahah

[Colored Guy]

I would hate to have the eyes of a dumbass.... In what world do those tattoos, or even when they were drawings on paper, look good.... It's really just mind boggling to me... People who are cheap in tattoos are just idiots.

I doubt they were drawn on paper first... sad, like 4-year olds who find scissors laying around give themselves or each other haircuts. Except those grow out or can be buzzed off.

Rob

[JackJukatt]

"The Eyes of a Dumbass" sounds like the title to a John Steinbeck novel or something.

[durtyxsanchezz]

You got a contact number for this guy? I'm trying to save money I might hit him up.

'If ya gotta ask, you cant afford it! ;)

[Eskimette]

...*facepalm*... my first tattoo(that i did) was on my own foot (putting needle to skin i just..didnt want to subject anyone else, i knew how they should feel..gave me a good judge of pressure and now im fairly gentle handed)..it was script..and its still totally legible with smooth lines, spacing, etc..... I do not understand how someone can screw up that badly., it makes absolutely no sense to me..

yes i had professional help etc..but regardless..eeeeeeeeeeeven if you were to YOUTUBE proper machine set up???it should go better than THAT.... sigh...not that i condone that either..but there is enough info on the internet at this point to make that crap completely completely inexcusable..

natural. selection.

[Gnawa]

I found this sign hanging on a telephone pole in the Bronx, around the corner from the high school where I teach. I figured it'd make the average LSTer laugh or cry.

[ClintonStitch]

I found this sign hanging on a telephone pole in the Bronx, around the corner from the high school where I teach. I figured it'd make the average LSTer laugh or cry.

You think he'd travel to the UK?, after all he does say "Your house or mines".

[Diehardonvhs]

Words tattoos 25 to the power of. Damn good deal.

[Johannes]

so he tattoos in mines? what kind of mines? coalmines? maybe a goldmine?? can he grab some gold for me?

could he please enter ink master? it's about time that show got a cool, good tattooer!