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To lessen the appearance of rough skin after healing, once the scab has fallen off naturally, use cocoa butter. Putting it on in the morning and at night for the next few months helps your skin stay nourished to return to normal. It was definitely overworked, but scabbing in itself is not a bad thing. Heavy scabbing has a lot to do with how you care for the tattoo in the first 24-48 hours after getting a tattoo.

I don't think anyone mentioned this yet... but when you move, the tattoo moves with you, so when you have your arms pulled forward unnaturally like that to look at it you're also pulling the tattoo... the only way to look at a tattoo on the ribs without warping it is to lift your arm 90 degrees to the side and not stretch... when you lift your arm to the front it will always stretch the tattoo... that is the nature of tattoos placed on heavy movement body parts, they will change in appearance as you move and stretch.

Art is copyrighted automatically to the creator at the point in time it is created. There is no requirement to register it with the copyright office to receive the copyright. If you do the paperwork, it's just a lot easier to defend in court. The art is what drove the person to get the tattoo, but the artist doesn't get compensated for it in some way? That's not fair. That is why a lot of tattoo designers offer the ability to buy "tattoo tokens" or digital downloads of their work, so that the person can get the tattoo done without any harm to the original artist. Just because someone is a tattooer does not mean that they are a tattoo artist. Tattoo artists generally know how to design tattoos for longevity. There are a lot of designers that are not tattoo artists, and in time, it shows in how those tattoos age. Just because someone is willing to tattoo a found design on another person doesn't mean they should. There are people out there that are "tattooers" and not "tattoo artists". Some of these people tattoo designs as they are - ignoring whether the design will hold up well over time or not. They don't care - they are just being paid to put the image in your skin, they don't care if it's a good idea or not, they don't care if it lasts. They aren't going to counsel you on how to modify the design to where it would work best as a tattoo. This goes back to OPs original question. People do this all the time. Generally, it is appropriate for you to ask the original artist's permission to use their work as a tattoo. It's polite to at least ask. People bring found designs to tattoo artists all the time. The tattoo artist should take whatever it is, and modify it to work for the body part that you want it tattooed on. This includes tweaking the layout, tweaking the colors - basically optimizing the design so that it works well as a tattoo. If someone takes a found design and does not make any suggestion or changes whatsoever, and says they can tattoo it just like that, it should be a red flag. Many tattoo artists don't explain themselves when they make changes. They just plan out how they are going to optimize the design when they study the design to make the stencil. This is why it's important to check portfolios and find an artist who's work you like overall before approaching them to get a tattoo.

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Looking for a clean, professional, full-time tattoo artist. Please have at least 1-3 years' experience with tattooing. You must have at least one successful apprenticeship under your belt. This is not an apprentice position. I am open to a young tattooer as long as a living wage is part of your career goal. I do not want any hobbyists or people who tattoo just for fun. I consider a living wage to be 70k+, so if you are willing to work towards that, I look forward to hearing from you. I am willing to help the right applicant build clientele. Portfolio is a must. We are a street shop that also does custom work with plenty of opportunity, but as you know, how you address the opportunities that come your way make or break the bank. We are primarily by appointment, but we have regular walk-in requests that will multiply if we have tattooers to help them when they ask. Having specialties is fine, though, I expect every artist that works for me to be capable to take care of anything that is fist size or smaller in any style. Anything larger is generally client's choice, or we pick the best person for the project. Applicants, please e-mail ( [email protected] ) the following: Your name Location ( driving distance from shop ) Resume ( both tattoo and non, if you have both ) Links to your socials and/or website If you don't have a website, include 5-10 of your best tattoo photos in the e-mail. We will be reaching out in 2-3 weeks to the top applicants. Please do not apply if you have not done a traditional apprenticeship.

It looks like grey wash. It will be reddish then brownish as the blood heals then it will be grey.

You should have asked your artist when the color changed It was infected. you're lucky nothing worse happened.

So, the problem with this is that the concept of small or big can be more useful than specific centimeters. Complaining about how clients describe their ideal tattoo is kind of a joke - The clients don't know any better, and the tattoo artist has no real frame of reference because the perception of wether something is small or not varies from person to person. We are used to it. Clients do it in person and they do it on-line. It's just that in person you can ask them to show you and the problem is resolved immediately. The most useful thing that potential clients can do online to give an idea of size is to take a photo of the location on their body where they want the tattoo and circle it with the edit feature on their phone. The problem with specifying specific dimensions via e-mail is that more often than not asking the client to go through the trouble of figuring out this type of specification ends in frustration because it sets up the client for disappointment.. most of the time the client wants the tattoo too small for the design they have picked out... So a circled area on a photo is more helpful... because it's highly specific and it gives you an idea of what the tattoo should cost without agreeing to something that is highly specific and could change when the customer comes to get the tattoo design sized in person. It happens a lot that clients are overly concerned with price and they believe size has something to do with it. They don't understand that certain designs can be done a large range of sizes and still be the same price. More often than not, it's clients that are cheap asking this type of question... so they aren't really the ideal clients anyway. They want house party prices... most people who ask how much a small or large tattoo is are not worth the time. They are just trying to find someone to do what they want for the cheapest price. It's cheap and ignorant, like the question "How much for a half-sleeve?". They just don't know any better. Doing things digitally is pretty frustrating... but truthfully most of us have learned to work around this issue... so if you're trying to make a program for tattoo artists and make money off of it... most of us don't really need it. We have our own websites for leads and can edit the forms if we want additional pictures, references or specifications.

I think it looks pretty and it will heal fine. Once it heals and the ink settles it will always look newer than the original, but it looks like they did a good job matching the style of the leaves. Let it heal... I don't think it would look as good if you tried to connect it now.

Bargain hunters definitely suck... what's worse is when they are friends and acquaintances who you aren't nessicarily trying to tattoo but you're trying to give honest advice to. I think that has to be the most frustrating for me. When you give real honest advice and people wrinkle their nose at it like they don't understand. I have had quite a few people ask me for tattoos... then deals knowing full well I don't think they should be talking about tattoos at all if price is a factor for them. Look at portfolios, pick the artist you want for a reason and pay them well if you're not willing to do this, you don't need a tattoo. I guess the pricing issue has a lot to do with scratchers these days... posting basic pricing on instagram and facebook making people think that it's a realistic thing to expect from an artist. What's worse though is when you get people asking for bad work on purpose... some people can't tell the difference between a child's scrawl and Rembrandt. I don't know how people's brains can function like this... but if the picture they are holding looks the same to them as the black scribble the scratcher did I guess it makes sense how they would be confused about pricing.

I'm interested in the story from both sides... I am getting acclimated to the forum, looks like not many people have been active for a while.

Is there any chance of getting a separate database to manage each month's submissions so they can be viewable all at once on a single page or in a feed? - requiring entries be entered by the 2nd day of the following month... - polling takes place between the 5th and the 10th of every month for the previous month - entries can be browsed, but not voted on or liked until the voting opens... There could be different types of submissions too... maybe close to that of conventions? Where all the sizes and subject matter are covered... and then each individual poll / contest could have it's own landing page, follow option and winner of the month.

Hi Everyone, I've been thinking about doing guest spots for a while. How do they work? What's the best experience you've had? And the worst? Do you have any advice for me, as someone who's never guest spotted before? Thanks! Monica IG@syntheticfish