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HOW TO GET A PROFESSIONAL TATTOO:
STEP 1: COME UP WITH AN IDEA OF WHAT YOU WANT, IT CAN BE MEANINGFUL, A NICE PIECE OF ART, OR JUST SOMETHING THAT YOU THINK WILL MAKE YOU LOOK COOLER...

STEP 2: RESEARCH AS MANY ARTISTS AS POSSIBLE UNTIL YOU FIND ONE WHOS WORK YOU THINK WILL FIT THE STYLE OF WHAT YOU WANT... LOOK FOR THINGS LIKE LINE QUALITY, COLOR SATURATION AND BLENDS... SMOOTHNESS OF BLACK AND GREY... BLACKNESS OF BLACK ETC.

STEP 3:CALL THE ARTIST... DONT BE SCARRED, THEY ARE PEOPLE TOO... IF THEY ARE INTIMIDATING THEY DONT DESERVE YOUR BUSINESS... SET UP A TIME WHEN YOU CAN MEET WITH THEM.. BE PREPARED TO BRING A DEPOSIT... USUALY BETWEEN $20 AND $100 DEPENDING ON THE ARTIST.

STEP 4: MEET WITH THEM TELL THEM YOUR IDEAS, AND TRY TO NOTICE IF THEY SEEM EXCITED ABOUT YOUR IDEAS... LISTEN TO THIER INPUT, THEY DO THIS EVERY DAY.... NOT EVERYTHING WILL MAKE A GOOD TATTOO..

STEP 5: BE PATIENT... IT TAKES TIME TO MAKE GOOD ARTWORK... FEEL FREE TO STOP IN AND CHECK THE PROGRESS... BUT DONT GET BUMMED IF THEY HAVENT STARTED IT YET... IM OFTEN 10 OR MORE DRAWINGS BEHIND...

STEP 6: WHEN THE ARTIST IS READY WITH THE DRAWING, GO IN AND TAKE A LOOK... IF YOU WANT CHANGES NOW IS THE TIME TO MAKE THEM...IF YOU TRY TO MAKE THEM RIGHT BEFORE THE TATTOO IS BEING STARTED, IT WILL BE MUCH MORE OF A HASSLE

STEP 7: DO NOT LOWBALL A TATTOO ARTIST... THEY WORK VERY HARD TO GET WHERE THEY ARE AND GET VERY INSULTED BY PEOPLE NOT WILLING TO PAY FOR QUALITY WORK... MOST ARTIST WILL CHARGE BETWEEN $100-$150 PER HOUR... AND MORE IN THE CASE OF SOME BETTER KNOW ARTISTS... NO THIS IS NOT A HIGH PRICE, THIS IS THE PRICE THAT MAKES THE BUSINESS PROFITABLE ENOUGH TO RUN AND PAY THE BILLS....

STEP 8 : WHEN YOUR TATTOO SESSION IS FINISHED, AND YOU ARE SATISFIED, GIVE A GOOD TIP... A GOOD TIP WILL INSURE MORE GOOD SERVICE IN THE FUTURE. TATTOO ARTIST DO NOT MAKE MUCH MONEY WITHOUT TIPS...

STEP9: FOLLOW THIER INSTRUCTIONS FOR AFTERCARE...