I was getting a tattoo the other day, and the old dude who was putting needle to skin

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was complaining about how many clients he had and how tough it was to find younger artists who could take up the slack. He said even if he could bring in another artist, most of his clients want him to do the work and the rest of the artists in the shop have their own clientele and are just as busy. It seems lots of people were willing to have their names placed on waiting lists and make appointments weeks in advance just to have the honor of a tattoo from this particular artist or one of the other artists renting a chair in his shop.

Looks like things are picking up out there.

[tledford]

1. See post 87.

Sorry, couldn't resist!

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2. This shop had FIFTY artists.

Can you imagine? FIFTY artists!

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3. ...

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4. See post 91.

[JaneyVee]

5. I have many friends who are tattoo artists, tattoo shops don't even do 50 tattoos a day.

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6. It's HARD WORK, too.

Most people couldn't handle the strain on the wrist holding the gun while inking somebody. It takes years of practice and hard work to get to the point where you can handle doing good work for a few hours four or five days a week.

And these people are ARTISTS in every sense of the word.

I've more respect for a good tattoo artists than I do for most painters.

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8. See post 87. eom

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[leftstreet]

10. He posted pics the other day. He got a big snake on his

arm

True story

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11. You should see the massive Tribal on the other arm.

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