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Lizzie

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  1. We had a Hallowe'en special this year but actually had a low turnout rate because of Hallowe'en's eve falling on a Saturday night. Almost all our regular participants in fun flash days were hung over, too tired, or still our partying! Hahahah! We never do special prices. I just don't htink it's right and has never really sat well with me, although I understand that everyone's shop runs under different mantras... But we do try to make sure all the flash can be done near our minimuym price and try to sell a few $200-$400 pieces in there too, as there's usually a taker!

  2. heres mine.....

    duane mcinerney

    todd mcinerney

    biker mike

    ben weiss

    gloria sepulveda

    pj miller

    glen botwright

    eric timmons

    neil foster

    karlton gregory

    jack rudy

    seth cifferi

    gregory christian

    dave wulff

    matt simmons

    cole crawford

    josh stupnicki

    pat schraeder

    amanda toy

    rudy fritsh

    gabe smith

    cindy burmeister

    eric thrice

    mike wilson

    ryan tanton

    scott bryant

    scott sylvia

    dan higgs

    ed hardy

    horitaka

    horitomo

    chris odonnell

    tim lehi

    theo jak

    bert krak

    eli quinters

    steve boltz

    daniel santoro

    jessica jared

    wrath

    matt knopp

    billy bennett

    dirk reuter

    marco hernandez

    curtis james

    pinky yun

    derrick metal machine

    some guy in gibraltar

    jane laver

    bugsy

    george dilla

    dante di massa

    little javi

    javi chong

    tony sylvester

    rob hostetter

    thomas hooper

    rebecca koeplinger

    ben dorley

    johnny hirn

    jeremy hirn

    me

    brian fites

    theo mindell

    stewart robson

    craig burton

    stiefano cera

    beth olmacher

    melissa schraeder

    grime

    nick colella

    erik von bartholomaus

    bob roberts

    rj hitchcock

    alex reinke

    jenny bostrom

    diamond dave

    jessica bennette

    george dilla

    beanhead

    duncan x

    doktor lakra

    and a guy and a girl that are pieces of shit' date=' so i wont say their names.[/quote']

    Lol. Chad way to have another impressive list

  3. Holy cow dudes. It's so rad to see these impressive lists:

    Rob Smith - Windsor On

    Rob Coutts - Toronto x 4

    Eric Newstead (total secret treasure of Toronto) x2

    Stuart Archibald

    Cheryl Volling

    Dave Cummings

    BJ Johnson aka Soba

    mr Chino

    jay Decator

    Adam sage

    Jimé Litwalk x 4

    Daniel Innes x3

    Shane Faulkner

    bill Baker - many times

    Bryan j turnbull

    Los Ocegueda

    deno

    Nikki balls

    Tyson ward

    Chad Koeplinger

    Todd noble x2

    Steven burlton

    Adrian menzies (my apprentice)

    Myself

    Jeez... Not that long I need more!

  4. There are lots of tattooers out there that I think do amazing work.Unfortunately' date=' after meeting some of them-- I as a customer wouldn't consider wearing their work.

    The ability to do really good work and not make a person feel like an idiot paying for it-- that's a start.

    My mentor was the epitome of humility, generosity of time and knowledge were his strengths.

    Always remember where you came from.[/quote']

    Totally: I agree.

    And Mario- it is the best job... I'm not too good for anything because I'm just honored to be where I am. Not many people cant wait to get into work, even after 7 years doing it.

  5. CHAD! LOL Hahahahah... I think good tattooers are their core are just as obsessed with meeting people they are inspired by and want to be tattooed by/learn from as they are obsessed with their tattooing back at home. I also think that the one quality that can make for a terrible tattooer is someone who gets too comfortable bitching about clientele and "stupid" tattoos before their time. Yes, some stupid shit comes in and it's annoying but you shut your mouth and you do it, and you thank your lucky stars that in an industry beginning to overflow, you have a job and are about to make $80 from that Japanese character...

  6. Mario: I like what you said. It seems to me that the tattooers who, in the past few years, have most greatly influence my work ethic and what kind of professional I'd like to be are those who truly make tattooing #1. It's an easy thing to say, but not so hard to actually apply.

    Julio: I 'm not too sure about that man, I know a lot of pretty amazing vegan tattooers. Although some people woudl still call that food, "bad."

  7. I was at a very anti social shop for way too long that wasn't the most relaxed with letting tattooers travel so most of my getting out in the world and learning has been this year which - at 6 years of professionally tattooing - feels unfortunate and a loss, but... Better late than never!

    New tribe tattoo - Toronto

    Passage tattoo - Toronto

    Speakeasy tattoo - Toronto

    La main Bleue - Mons, Belgium

    Pure Body Art - brooklyn NY

    Black cobra tattoo - Salisbury Maryland

    Sid's tattoo - orange county CA

    Various apartments in London

    Various apartments in Amsterdam

    Various apartments in Montreal

    Montreal tattoo con

    Calgary tattoo con

    Paris tattoo con

    Brigton tattoo con x2

    And being that the list above is so shit, how about the artists who have worked in my shop in our first year of business as a home base for myself, jen and Adrian, but also a sabbatical for pro tattooers:

    Dan sinnes

    Jon gray

    Adam sage

    Josh egnew

    Jason lambert

    Nikki balls

    Los Ocegueda

    Eric Wilcox

    Tim pausing

    +lots more who have confirmed for future dates!

  8. Hi Nick.

    Chad and I discuss this too when I'm at wit's end and furiously texting him about how it's just a cluster fuck, this job of tattooing.

    Obviusly you will know this but the ease that my career took on after hiring a dedicated manager who handles every contact that comes through the shop. It's my opinion that to fully relax and avoid the tipping-point stress levels is to absolutely restrict interaction with clients to as little as possible.

    I also have started changing my hours drastically, wherein I now will draw and work on extraneous art projects and machine tinkering around 7 am - 12. Shop opens at noon, I tattoo til 7 or 8 and then I do my best to sign off for the evening and stay out till the next morning.

    It might be a great goal to make quotas for yourself. As in the maximum amount of work you'd like to do daily/weekly/monthly for each particular field. Ie- "I only fix up 3 machines at max per day and if I finish that, then I'm not to do more and simply go home." or "I only participate in one art show per month at the most and decline the rest"

    I think that as tattooers we are naturally hustlers and it's in our blood to GOGOGOGO all the time. I'm sure that with conscious effort you'll be able to make things slowly come together.

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