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Do artists like a client to come in with the idea exactly how they want it, or do they like to have a basic idea and have the artist decide the final touches and technical bits?

Originally Posted by doctorD

I watch LA Ink and want to know how you get as good as Kat Von D? She has amazing talent. Can that be taught? Or do you need to have it?

she has as much talent as she does ass.

Originally Posted by greenyield

not touch a machine for a year, what about practicing on fake skin? im from the uk so things will be a little different over here. getting information or experience on this stuff over here is difficult and yeah, there are always the ones asking for ££.

Yeah i used the fake skin stuff, its junk, nothing at all like real skin. it does help you get used to holding a machine.....pig skin works better.

apprenticeships are hard to come by, no matter where you are.

best bet is to get tattooed by the artist a few times, get to know him and then broach the subject. get ready for alot of rejection. at the last shop i was at we would get at least 10 people a week asking.

Originally Posted by PadawanBater

Do artists like a client to come in with the idea exactly how they want it, or do they like to have a basic idea and have the artist decide the final touches and technical bits?

depends on the artist. some will ONLY do custom work. Some arent capable of drawing at all and are only flash artists.

Most will be OK if you bring in artwork, just be prepared for them to make necessary changes to make the design more workable as a tattoo.

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Originally Posted by That 5hit

i have two questions

1 is there a fake skin the new artist pratice on


2 in a multple sitting tattooing do i pay for it all at once or do i pay as i go

i just covered the fake skin deal.

I usually have the customer pay by the sitting, i dont like holding $ for work I havent done yet. That seems to be pretty much the standard.

does that product work thats being advertised, wrecking balm that will remove tattoos?

I havent used it personally but i have heard its crap.

I have yet to see anything that removes tattoos besides laser treatments, and even then the results can differ from person to person.

i didn't believe it i know the mineral pigmentation goes deep into the layers of skin, in some outlines and blackening in