Some Tattoo Advice For Newbies
Getting a tattoo is a big decision, if you don’t like the design you chose after it has been done then your only options are expensive and painful removal procedures or trying to cover it up somehow. A good artist will be able to cover over your tattoo if you don’t like it, but that is a difficult process and you may not like the result of that either so it is much easier to just choose right the first time.
Below are 3 tips to help you avoid some common tattoo mistakes that people make:
Make sure you choose the best person for the job: At the start of the page we discussed choosing the right tattoo, but it is also crucial that you pick the right person to do the work on you as well. In most countries then there isn’t any sort of regulation so anybody of any skill can start a tattoo business, this means the skill level between artists can vary a significant amount.
That is why my ritual now when I want a new tattoo is to buy some magazines on them and have a look through at the artists they talk about in there. The interviews they do and awards they give allow you to highlight which artists are skillful and passionate and which are just out to make some fast money, then you can choose from there. Yes that may mean you need to travel because the chance of an artist near you being featured is slim, but it will be well worth it in the end. Also it hurts less when you have a professional doing it as they don’t go too deep, which is important if you are having it done on a really painful place, like having feet tattoos for instance.
Avoid words in the design at all costs or triple check they are correct: This is one of the most common problems that I see with people who have had tattoos done, and one that is easily avoided. The most common cause of this has to be that someone decides they want a phrase inked on themselves and then they just ask the tattoo artist for it with no planning. Instead if you take the time to write it out in Microsoft Word and actually print it out (so there aren’t any issues with them not being able to read your handwriting) then it will spell check it for you and after triple checking it is all ok you can print it out and take it along with you.
Plan ahead: This is something I wish somebody had told me years ago. You might not think you are going to get any more tattoos after the first one, but you probably will so spend some time thinking about the future. Take some time to think about how easy it will be to add other tattoos around the one you chose, or maybe how to expand the one you chose, space on your body is only finite and you need to plan carefully. You will probably end up getting at least two or three more tattoos, if not a lot more, and if they are all individual designs which don’t mesh in any way then that can look strange, so instead follow a theme or get multiple tattoos in one area which join up nicely to form a much larger piece.
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