I'm getting ready to go get my tattoos touched up. The guy thats going to do it tattooed 2 of them that im getting touched up ( 3 in. stars on wrists) and will be also touching up a dragon tattoo that he didnt do, but said he'd touch it up for me ( 7 x 4 in dragon on my left lower back). All ink is grey and black, no color. I was planing on tipping him. My thought was around $100-150... ish? is that acceptable? I dont want to feel like a jerk and not give him enough for his time.
2007-12-11 18:35:54 · 3 answers · asked by Sam H 3 in Beauty & Style ➔ Skin & Body ➔ Tattoos
yes, the touch ups are free up to a year after the tattoo is done. and ive gotten all 6 of mine in within a year! So i for sure didnt NOT want to pay him for the work hes going to do. Especially since one tattoo isnt his work.
2007-12-12 06:38:05 · update #1
As an artist and studio owner I can tell you that seems to be a generous tip. My artists get about 15-20% and sometimes higher on paid work - I am assuming this is free? As the studio owner I rarely get tipped.
Edit notes: That sounds crazy - six touch ups in a year? At most, we need to touch up once on occasion after the initial tattooing, then not until many years down the road from sun abuse.
2007-12-11 22:05:41 · answer #1 · answered by tatt_bratt 7 · 2⤊ 1⤋
Tip 15-20% of what it would cost to get the tattoos originally.
2007-12-13 17:34:08 · answer #2 · answered by Deacon Dan 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
i always tip really good because of the time and effort they have to put in. Plus it never hurts to be on good terms with the person who's doing perminant ink on yeah.
2007-12-12 05:27:47 · answer #3 · answered by johnni_louise 1 · 2⤊ 1⤋