no no guys you don’t get it i made this fucking post in 2018. as a joke. i was like hah could you imagine it being 2023? could never be me! and then completely forgot until right now when someone reblogged it and i was forced to face the horror that it is, in fact, the year 2023 right now.
I’ve been asked many times what someone should look for when trying to find a good artist. The best way you can do this is to look at their portfolio, whether it’s in a book at their shop or online. If they don’t have good work in their portfolio, they’re probably not good artists.
The shop may be clean, the people there might be nice, and the design they draw up for you might be exactly what you want, but if your artist doesn’t stand up to the points listed above, then you’re going to get a bad tattoo.
It’s okay to walk into a shop, talk with an artist for a while, and decide you don’t want a tattoo from them. Even if the artist has a bad attitude about it or tries to convince you to just let them do it, remember this is going to be on your body for the rest of your life.
This is fucking fantastic thank you!!
Okay but “you can’t teach someone to draw straight lines” - fuck you, yes you can, drawabox.com taught ME and believe me, I do not have any kind of Magical Innate Talent for art.
If what you really mean is “if you haven’t already learned basic art skills like drawing straight clean lines, I’m not taking you on as an apprentice tattooist”, say that.
we really need to re-introduce the term “publicity stunt” back into our vocabulary. too many people are getting continually duped by blatant marketing ploys bc fundamentally they don’t see celebrities as….greedy millionaires cashing in on media trends to make money
hmmm i see what u mean, but entertain this idea with me….the misuse of the term ‘publicity stunt’ could potentially put an end to tiktok’s popularity because the kids on that app would start to see themselves as 'posers’ the way teens did in the '00s
NO UR ACTUALLY COMPLETELY AND OBJECTIVELY CORRECT MB