So You Want a Tattoo?

Karen provides a guide to preparing yourself for your first tattoo. She will go over the tattoo process and provide helpful pointers on what to expect.

Specifically, Karen Covers:

1. How should you pick your tattoo based on drawings, pictures, inspirations, and designs?

2. What are the different styles of tattoos (such as tribal, Japanese, butterfly, etc)?

3. How should you choose the best location on your body for a tattoo based on your job, your culture, and size proportions?

4. Which are the locations on your body where getting tattooed hurt the most and which are the least painful body locations for tattoos?

5. How should you find and choose a tattoo artist that can do many different styles, is clean, handles color well, etc?

6. How should you choose the right tattoo shop? The tattoo shop should be sanitary, clean, and sterile. It should also have everything covered in plastic, have everyone using gloves and offer a comfortable environment.

7. What are the things you should know right before going in the tattoo shop (showering, resting, etc)?

Karen also goes over what to expect while getting the tattoo (what’s involved with prepping skin, cleaning with alcohol, stenciling, etc) and after care tips and suggestions.

I have been blessed with winning The Austin Chronicle's Best of Award for Tattoo Artist for 2005, 2006, and 2007!
Contact me at www.kali1313.com or slafter.k@sbcglobal.net!

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07/22/2008

~ alexjurek

Karen thoroughly discusses all the major points to consider when planning a tattoo-emphasis on PLANNING. A tattoo is definitely not something you want to get off a wall when drunk downtown one night...

Interesting breakdown of considerations for a t...

03/15/2008

~ matt

This video brings up several things about tattoos that I hadn't considered. Pain factor, placement issues, and the importance of giving an artist time to look at what you want well in advance so they can work on it before you come in.

There is a lot discussion of health factors in here that I never would have thought of and the attention to detail is something I really appreciated. Sometimes lessons skim over topics, but this has nice examples of what to look for for sterile technique, down to what to look for in packaging.

Usually at the end of lessons I find myself wishing certain things had been addressed in more detail. This time, I just went away feeling like I know what I need to. Thanks!

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nice vid

07/01/2008

~ plumbing

cool vid my bro got a tatoo about a month ago I want to get one but does it hurt? if it des a tiny bit I wouldnot care but if It actually hurt no way! ps like I said sweet vid

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