slayer9019

Agreed, as I am not a parent I cannot fully understand the whole argument. Also know scratchers comes with living in crappy neighborhoods. They are a dime a dozen here! I think it goes along the lines of "cool" and "easy money"....plus in lower income areas people cannot afford good tattooers. I just feel lucky I never got convinced to go under the needle of one of these hacks.

I was quite good at hiding stuff when I was a kid. My parents both worked a lot so they weren't around to keep a constant eye on me. I assume the whole setup she had was easily just enough stuff for a suitcase if that. I know of a scratcher and his setup was very small (Hell if you reuse needles and only have 1 size needle!). All of his stuff fit very easily into a backpack. I am assuming she had no autoclave, no green soap, 1 tube, 1 machine (article does say plural so maybe 2), a very small power supply, and maybe 4 needles. I do agree she was stupid and her parents should have caught on at least! I think sometimes parents see signs that something fishy is going on but don't want to pry or piss off their kids so they don't intervene until it's too late. Also like stated in the article it was done while her parents were at work so, I will say it is hard to catch your kid doing something if you are not there!

Oh then that's not that bad.

(sorry ursula had to snip out some) I agree with what Ursula said a lot. While I have not worked a non-office job in quite a while, I still have worked jobs in a similar role in the past. While pay can be a big factor to some people (the only reason I switched to a stuffy desk job), most just need to feel they are being compensated justly. On that note people need to make at least enough money to stick around. I worked at an auto shop being the basic equivalent of a shop helper (estimates, phones, some basic jobs like oil changes) but they paid me jack shit and treated me like a shop bitch/slave. Let's just say I never stuck around and even while I was there I did just enough to skim by and collect my shit pay. To Ursula, I would have left that job quickly, regardless of how much you liked the shop if I was being treated like that (cleaning up personal messes?). While, I do admit sometimes you have to do what you have to do in a job, I have quit jobs before when pushed past my threshold, even one that paid way more than I should have been getting. Then again it could just be shit luck with a string of crappy people flowing through the shop. This happens in all industries. I once managed a group of people that had one position that seemed like a stream-o-shit just ran through the seat, until we eventually got someone that was a good fit. I like to think that everything happens for a reason.

I would say if you keep going though shop assistants this fast and many, I would possibly look to see if you are doing something to cause this. Maybe you are not paying enough, or hired people that just are not up to snuff on what you want them to do. Just my $0.02

I could see this working out if both the tattooer and the client knew each other or if offered a tattoo, the other tattooer would have to be known well.

I do say I found it is hard to find anyone tattooed that doesn't have at least one bad tattoo. Unless you're lucky like @Iwar I think that people like shitty cheap tattoos better most of the time due to either two things. 1. They don't know better. I was in this boat at one point. Cheap, crappy tattoos are way more previlant than good tattoos. 2. People are cheap and/or are doing for a fashion statement. In their mind its like picking up a pair of (insert brand) jeans for cheap. These are the same people that usually question why do I buy a 10 dollar bottle of chimay instead of a "thirty pack of natty ice".

I am interested in seeing these rough tattoos

The way I approach a consultation is only after I have decided. I know dealing with Regino that he does not really do anything until a week before you are going to get tattooed (personally I think this makes sense). The only reason I could see an artist making an outline of your arm is if they were going to tattoo you for sure. I have never seen or experienced having something drawn for me or anyone else unless a deposit was down and you were close to your time to get tattooed as well. Any time a person I have seen been tattooed has gotten the drawing done the day of that tattoo or maybe a day before. Also both are amazing artists and do a great job so you can't go wrong with either.

While I agree that the demographic of college students (and graduates under the burden of loans) are the biggest spenders, I think this petition, if passed would cause some serious issues. One issues that would arise if passes would be, who would pay the loans? If you are like me, you didn't have the ability to use only government loans, so the private banks would have to eat the coast of those loans as well? Another issue would be, what about current students? Would this make college free for all students? If you eradicated all previous student debt, essentially I attended school for free. A big force against this would be the people (usually parents) that paid for there children to go to school in cash. In their eyes they paid their children's tuition in full, but millions of others who racked up debt suddenly get to be alleviate of financial burden. In the attempt to understand any complex issue such as this you must place yourself in the shoes of every party affected by the situation. While I personally would love for my large dept to go away (my sister is also paying a four-figure a month loan payment), I think it would never pass simply due to every situation being different.

Yea Williamsburg is no longer true hipster central anymore. Moved more along the lines of East Williamsburg/Bushwick. This is probably due to rent being in the stratosphere.

Epic.

I hve been eyeing up the bloodwork series but the cost is killing me. Is it worth it?

Yes I do agree with this 100%. In America it's worse to see anything sexual but blood/gore/death is 100% ok. I know my German friends said it was weird that nobody can drink outside, yet we are a country of heavy drinkers. They also commented that we use "wagons" while shopping, and usually stock up considerable more. I think it really depends on which part of the USA that you talk about because areas vary a lot when you talk NYC-Metro vs Mid-West vs West-Coast etc etc

slightly off topic but cockney is its own language

Yea taking a long trip to the city today for moving related stuff. I will be swining by Saved and hopefully get a deposit down.

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For sure. They say that the "golden ration" and certain levels of symmetry are pleasing to the human eye. When comparing work like Jondix and Hooper put out compared against the "normal" tribal stuff you can feel a big difference in the mood or idea behind it.

Thanks gouge, didn't even know he existed! Will check it out

Yea for sure. I guess I am lucky to be living within an hour (so to be 3 blocks) from Saved Tattoo.

So it looks like I have finially decided what to finish my right calf off with. Geometric pattern style stuff. I have been lurking through some Thomas Hooper stuff and similar (propbably going with Hooper). So anyone have any good stuff to post or also what do you guys think for the space I am working with. http://kristiandmaggie.com/k/100_2291.JPG http://kristiandmaggie.com/k/100_2292.JPG please don't mind the werewolf hair or razor cuts (not very experienced at shaving my legs)

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