tattoo info needed......?

Question

i want to know well everything, where can i find some really good tat info on cost styles pain factor ya know everything

Answer 1

Don't use cost as your primary qualification for selecting an artist. Make sure the place is clean and uses all of the latest hygienic techniques and certifications are in order. I had one that was designed just for me after consultation. I got it in put onto my lower back and it used the colors teal,yellow,white,red,black. The first thing to occur is that the outlining of the design is done. Then it is bolded. After this the color is added and then another layer of bolding in select areas. The initial cut hurts and is a sort of shock. Just try to breathe out and exhale alot while he is tatting you. Don't tense up it makes it worse. Once the tattooing begins just resolve yourself that you will complete it. Once the coloring begins there is a lil relief almost like getting an itch scratched. However as you I hit the last 10 mins. of ink it was excruciating. I got a rather large tattoo for my first one about the size of a persons hand with lots of embellishments that go out on either side complimenting the curve of my hips. I was tender from the shoulders to the hips for a couple of days. Put alot of thought into what you get and if you even really want to get it. I have never regretted it but I was in my late 20's when I did it.

Answer 2

OK, here's the low-down.

Cost all depends on the tattoo artist, and where they're doing the tats. If they're in a shop, you'll have to pay more because the shop gets a percentage of the prices.

Make sure the place is sterile - you'll see lots of rubber surgical gloves, tin foil on every surface and plastic wrap and green soap. If you find an artist that works out of his home, the same rules apply: lots of surgical gloves, plastic wrap and green soap. For God's sake, don't fall for the piano wire or guitar string in an toy car engine; no jailhouse tattoos ever! Nothing worse than an infected tattoo. Make sure the artist has a gun and new needles and tubes that they take out of sterile plastic packages.

Simple little symbols and such should be around $80; huge tattoos that cover your whole back could be thousands. Kat Von D, probably one of the best out there, charges $200 an hour for basic work, and $500 an hour for portrait work. You can find her profile on myspace and it will tell you.

Pain... wellllll.... jabbing a needle over and over into your skin can be painful. We're not talking root canal pain or broken bone pain. It also depends on the artist and where the tattoo is. If you're doing Polynesian tattoos, where there's a needle fastened into a stick, and the artist bangs on the stick, it's especially painful. If the artist uses a gun, the needle moves so fast you hardly notice it. If you're getting the tat on your ribs, knuckles or feet (anywhere that skin is directly over bone) the pain is exquisite, especially over the ribs. If you're getting it over muscle or fat, like on your shoulder or arm, it feels more irritating than painful, like a plastic fork with one of the tines broken off being dragged against your skin.

When you're getting the tat, take a Game Boy or something with you to keep your mind off the needle, and it will go much easier. Don't work yourself into a dither before hand, make the decision to do it, and go for it without making yourself crazy. It really isn't that big of a deal.

Also, don't drink alcohol before any tattoo! Alcohol thins your blood and you'll bleed more, and the ink won't take as well in your skin.

More than anything, make sure you know what you want and be sure. Don't jump into anything. Nothing worse than a tattoo that you regret later, or have to cover up with more tattoos later.

Good luck!

Answer 3

First of all there are a lot of tattoo designers out there, make sure that who ever you decide to go to that they are very clean and use new needles. Also make sure that they don't pure the the unused ink back into the bottles this can spread diseases from one tatt to the next. My whole family does tatts. It really depends on what and where your tatt is going to be as to the pain.(and the Price) you can email me if you need more info i will be happy to walk you thru the process.

Answer 4

Cost.... every place is different- some artists charge by the piece... some by the hour... Im not sure what you mean by style... and pain factor... it hurts... it all depends on your pain tolerance and where you get the tattoo... no one can tell you what its going to feel like for you...

Answer 5

When it comes to a tattoo... you want to go to a clean... EXPENSIVE Shop.... Remember this... You get what you pay for... oh how I have learn that...

Answer 6

do yourself and your future family a favor and forget the tattoos