Tattoo Care: You Have To Care Before Getting It Too!

We all know how important tattoo aftercare is, but what about BEFOREcare? Choose a wrong artist, have a tattoo done in unproper conditions, with unsterile pins and by a drunk artist and you will be #*cked up for life.

The only way to tell whether an artist is good or not is to see examples of his or her work. Recommendations are helpful, of course, but the recommendations should carry infinitely more weight if the recommender is proffering a tattooed example of the artist’s work. There are plenty of awesome artists out there who, though you wouldn’t deny their skills, just don’t appeal to you with the style of tats they do. So don’t take anyone else’s word for it – get a look at the artist’s work yourself. Furthermore, and don’t start thinking we’re paranoid, but it’s best to see actual examples of the work on a live person who can tell you who did the work. Anyone can put up a bunch of pictures and claim authorship.

I bet you don’t want to get one of these:

Tattoo Care: You Have To Care Before Getting It Too!

You can meet people and talk to them about their tattoos at tattoo conventions, in the tattoo studios you visit and on the street or at a club, so long as you’re not an idiot about it. People are usually proud of their tattoos, and if you seem genuinely interested a lot of people will be happy to tell you about their ink. Tattoo magazines are also a good source for information. The photo-essays they publish about various artists are likely to be well-researched and legitimate examples of the artists’ work. The key is to shop around and find someone really capable, because the quality of your tattoo depends so much on the talent of the tattoo artist.

Also remember that despite the fact that infection from tattooing in clean and modern tattoo studios employing single-use needles is rare, in amateur tattoos, however, there is an elevated risk:

Remember that it is always better to pay extra 20 bucks for quality and safe tatt rather than later on pay for the removal, being depressed about it or even have to visit a doctor and spend a fortune on treatment.

Be proud of your good tattoos, get safe new ones and take care!

Places To Visit & Things To See (For 11.17.08)

BMEzine.com: The Most Heavily Tattooed Mayor in America - an article about a mayor of a small town Campo, his life and his tattoos.

Tattoo-People.co.uk: London Tattoo Convention 2008 - The latest tattoo news from the 2008 tattoo convention.

Off Beat Ink: What Would YOU Do For a FREE Blackberry? - an article about a Blackberry-adict (probably, iPhone hating) guy and the incredible strength of his will for a new Storm… For free…

VanishingTattoo.com: The World’s 101 Hottest Women with Tattoos for 2007 - Anyone interested in celebrities’ lives will be pleased to check this one out.

Tattooblog.org: Wanna celebrate Obama’s victory with a tatt? - Can this be a beginning of a new tattoo fashion?

Tattoo Patterns: A Real 3D Tattoo!

What is a man’s imagination? That is the question… So far our readers have seen so many tattoo ideas. But could you imagine such a tattoo mod? Click the image to enlarge: