Hi from Surrey, BC

[Retta75]

Hey Everyone!

My name is Retta and I never thought I wanted a tattoo because a) I hate needles and b) I had a nasty reaction to some green colored pills I had to take which made me break out in BAD hives so I was convinced I did not want any ink on my skin at all. BUT then all my friends started getting tattoos as a way of expressing themselves and so it got me to reconsider. I have a good friend who's a professional tattoo artist and if I'm going to get a tatt for the first time, it'll be from him. He's even going to design me one.

Anyway, so my head is full of ideas for future ink I want to get. At the rate I'm going, my whole body will be covered :P Not a bad thing really haha. Anyway, I'm hoping to make some new friends here and learn more about tattoos and artwork. I used to love to draw so maybe this will kickstart me into coming up with my own designs :)

[TaeTae]

Welcome! What is the name of the shop your friend works at?

Cheers!

[Retta75]

He WAS at WestCoast Piercing part-time for awhile last year but now he's back to working privately. He works out of his house and it's a pretty decent set up.

[TaeTae]

You won't get much love for people working out of their houses. That is not professional, please do not get tattooed from someone working out of a house, there are plenty of good studios where you can get a safe and good piece of work.

Please don't take this the wrong way either, just trying to help you.

[Retta75]

I appreciate it, but he's been my friend since we were little kids and he does AMAZING work. I have NO reservations about getting it done by him, or future tattoos.

[TaeTae]

Can you show us some examples of his work?

[Retta75]

Yeah I definitely will :)

[TaeTae]

Ok post up some pics in this thread.

Thanks

[smiling.politely]

even better, post up examples of his sterilization set up and supply of varying disinfectants... far more important than what the tattoos look like.