Tattoos?

[Turtleheadfred]

If you can - take a picture of the drawing to show us! (Nosey little thing aren't I?)

[heather6773]

hehehe 2 minds think alike because thats exactly what I was going to do....I want to make sure its what I want and an extra opinion never hurts

[heather6773]

ok I saw my drawing and this girl is awesome...there is one problem...I can't justify spending $700 on a tattoo...thats how much she was going to charge. It was about 5-6 inches long and about 2 inches wide. I planned a couple hundred but not a mortgage and car payment....So I am going to see if she will downsize it or I will have to have something else. And THF she would let me have a copy because she said it was her's...

[Turtleheadfred]

WTF?!? Who does she think she is? Kat von D?!?! Ari from Miami Ink?!?!?
I mean HONESTLY!!!! That's NUTS!!!!

Can you sketch at all? HEre's what I'm thinking... could you do just a rendering of it for someone else... then get them to do THEIR version of it!

Or - here's a thought - what about an ART SCHOOL??? There are TONS of talented people in schools - maybe someone from one of them could draw something for you - then you could take THAT sketch to an artist for the tattoo?

Just trying to think of SOMETHING to save you some money... CRAP! Now I'm wondering what the little stuff I was thinking about might cost! Good GRIEF!!!

[heather6773]

I talked it over with a few girls from work and they said that is high way robbery!!! All she did was copy real flowers from the internet...I will look for them...and traced them then combined then in a diagonal line of 4 flowers and will trace them onto me....

[Turtleheadfred]

Uh YEAH! I agree if it wasn't even HER original design!

If you found the flowers before - you can find them again and like you said - recreate something yourself. Any reputable tattoo artist can take your rendition and make something from it that you'll like.

"YES" artists like to create - but you've already got a pretty clear sense of what you WANT - and that's the name of the game... making something beautiful the "customer" wants forever!

Good for you Heather!

[rdy2rac with]

Have you ever priced out tattoos before? Any reputable establishment will do a relatively simple tattoo starting around $75. Mine was $150 but it should have been more (somewhere around $300 from what the artist said) but they had already quoted me $125 based on the initial idea meeting with the receoptionist.

The pricing is based on several factors: amount of colors used, size and detail required (to name a few).

True there are many people that can draw a good sketch, however, there are a lot fewer people who can turn that sketch into permanent art on your back.

My suggestion: see if you can do it in stages as the money is available. Maybe say a flower & vine at a time.

[heather6773]

~Katy~
I have a tattoo on my ankle that cost $85...I am uploading it to my computer now...I would go back to the same guy but I had heard this girl was amazing and cheap.... my mistake....I am searching around....

[rdy2rac with]

I got my second tat done the other night. Here is a pic from the next day:

http://i119.photobucket.com/albums/o...g?t=1218326329

This is the tat I am getting with my sister. She was going to get hers done the same night but we ran out of time. So she will get hers when she comes back home from texas.

It is a sun and moon. Inside is the astronomical equivalent to our zodiac signs. In the orange is the symbol for Saturn (representing capricorn/her), the other symbol is for a star (representing gemini/me).

As usual, it looks even better today as the extra ink bleeds away & the colors start to settle & pop.

[heather6773]

that looks awesome!!! again I have spotted another tattoo I want. This one I saw on Shear Genius on Glenn. Here is a picture....

[jessica]

I would be curious to see the artist's portfolio because if she could really make 4 flowers look realistic with the amount of color/detail they deserve then I could see $700 ... but if they are cartoonish and not shaded worth a crap or look like flash, then that is ridiculously high. I would also think something more like $300 would be more suitable given what you've described. But if it is like Kat Von D quality then yeah I could see $700 lol! I think Kat Von D is $1000 just to sit in her chair and get a very small portrait done.

You could rough sketch / paste together images in the way you want them and take it to several places to get prices to get an idea of really what the right price for something like that in your area is. It is such a regional thing!

My eyeliner was RIDICULOUS ... but well worth every $1 for something around my eyes. I went to the Kat Von D of cosmetic tatoo artists, she has done lots of celebrities and is the regular CNN/newsnetwork artist ... but I don't regret what I spent one bit after I've seen the crap eyeliner jobs people get at salons.

[heather6773]

I still haven't gotten my tattoo yet. I am using it as a reward for weight loss. I won't get it until I lose my goal amount. I still love the one I posted with the butterflies. I also love the 3 stars...maybe the 3 stars will be my mini reward....

[Turtleheadfred]

Hey... I wonder if you could do 3 little butterflies? That would be cute and cool!!!

[heather6773]

Yes that would be awesome. They could represent my DH and 2 son's