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@injek

Definitely talk with your tattoo artist about the best place to position the tattoo in relation to the size it is going to be.

Ribs or shoulder would be a good place.

In my mind I could see it on the calf and carrying the circle and splatter designs to wrap around the calf

My biggest pet peeve is when a client tries to talk over you and act like they know everything there is about a tattoo and the tattooing process because they watched x amount of seasons of tattoo oriented shows. That and Clients that insist that their tattoo is upside down or faces the wrong way for the position on the body.

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Sometimes you just want to look at a client, cock your head and repeatedly shake the tattoo sense into them.

Recent conversation.

Me - hi there, what can we do for you?

Customer - look at this shit tattoo *shows some wobbly writing on her wrist obviously scratched on* isn't it rubbish? Look how crap it is.

Me - we'll, it's pretty bad, yeah.

Customer - that was done by **** at ****'s tattoos. It's rubbish, I hate it.

Me - ok. Well, I can promise you we're a bit better than that, at least.

Customer - so how much would it cost to get just a little name on my other wrist?

Me - if it's just small it'd probably be our minimum charge, which is £25.

Customer - £25? Fuck off. **** at ****'s tattoos (same place she'd just been complaining about) will do it for a fiver. I'll go there.

Me - .....

You get the tattoo you deserve.

Van Biard at Clean Slate Tattoo in Centennial CO tattooed a feather on the back of my neck. We did this tattoo on me as part of our tattoo benefit for Claire Davis, after the Arapahoe HS shooting. The feather is one of the symbols for Arapahoe HS. Being so close to so many people at the school and having gone there myself I decided to get one of the tattoos aswell.

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http://denver.cbslocal.com/2013/12/30/arapahoe-high-students-faculty-get-tattoos-to-remember-claire-davis/

Thank you Ambra!

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24 year old Tattooer from Denver CO, currently making tattoos at Clean Slate Tattoo in Centennial CO.