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Honestly this video should be a mandatory view before someone gets tattooed. Super comprehensive & helpful. I wish I knew some of this a couple years ago....
I just feel the need to share my tattoo story. I got my tiny little minimal shooting star in pastel colors when I was 22. A guy I was desperately in love with designed it for me. I kept it for years, always thinking this is the tattoo I want. I met the tattoo artist through mutual friends, he worked at a shop and had all his gear but he was vacationing and basically roadtripping and he needed money to fund his trip so he was offering tattoos at my friend's house. He had a very professional (although mobile) set up. He had a book with all his art and tattoos he had done. He was honest and said he had only been doing it for 3 years but he was confident and I agree, his work spoke for itself. I showed him the design my friend made me and he hated it and tried to talk me into letting him do an awesome design that would be way better than this drawing I had. When I look back, I realize it is really not that good. It is super simple and I blew it up in my head because I was so enamored with him. anyway... I loved my tattoo! Now 15 years have gone by and the pastel colors are gone, it is super faded since it is on my neck and I think any tattoo would probably be faded 15 years later. I started to hate seeing it in the mirror and daydream about having it "touched up." Just the colors added back. So I finally got the nerve to schedule an appt with a very well known sought after tattoo artist whose shop is literally a few blocks from my house. A lot of my friends have tattoos by her and I actually had to wait for 6 months to get this touch up. I didn't mind because I was in no rush at all, I didn't even really care if it didn't happen. But then the day came, March 8, International Women's Day, I did not plan that! I told her my story and she just looked at me very genuinely and said we will make you something beautiful. That is when I gave it all up to her and said it is time for a change, this badly done tattoo had been on me for 15 years and it was a sad little faded shooting star. I initially thought I would get a few colors added. She asked hey do you want some kind of unicorn glitter magical tattoo and I was like HELL YES I DO! She kind of drew around it with a marker and held up a mirror and asked do I like this? I said I trust you girl, you are the artist! I can't even believe I let myself trust another person so much. She picked out the colors, it took about 2 hours and I can't even believe I have this work of art on my body now. It is so perfect, I seriously almost cried when I looked in the mirror afterwards (cheesy I know but it's true.) It feels great to have such a beautiful well done tattoo, she even put those little white dots to make it look like glitter, so pretty! It is very personal to me, no one ever sees it because my hair hides it but I know it's there and it's lovely!
My friend put a deposit on a tattoo and was already to go and got in to an accident the day before ending up in hospital. She had her jaw wired shut and couldn't talk to the shop or the artist. Day of I went and explained the situation and showed pictures of her in hospital to the artist. The artist was so sweet she actually told me to tell her to come in to reschedule when she was better. 2 days later my friend got flowers a card and a balloon from the shop and the artist wishing her well and that they couldn't wait to see her again. Two weeks later she got her tat only it was changed from the original concept because of her accident. She now sports a beautiful pair of angel wings which sh wanted only underneath it says saved by an angel. Totally the idea of the artist to add the phrase as my friend could have died. Sometimes life throws you a curve ball and most artists understand that. My friend went back to get other tats done by the same artist and they are now good friends. She is more than willing to pay and tip because she knows that she'll come out with something amazing and unique. I love this video and have learned some awesome info I didn't know before. Thanks for such an awesome vid. ✌💜🌞🎸
Absolutely had an artist who was rude. He emailed me to cancel a few hours before the appointment and when I didn’t see the email and showed up on time excited for my appointment, he didn’t say anything abt the email and spent the whole appointment quiet, sour, and unenthusiastic. The design was a simple rose but it was my very first tattoo and I’ve been avoiding getting anything else since mostly because of how unpleasant that experience was. I was just 20 years old and really had no idea what I was doing but I really felt bad and emailed to apologize. I wish he had called me or had the shop tell me. I hate to think I made him work when there was somewhere else he needed to be.
@@LieutenantSheep But HE could have told you, right then, with words. Go get some more ink, the more experiences you have the less bright this one bad customer service incident will shine. You did everything right in this situation and there are really friendly artists out there just waiting to work with you
it's such bullshit that YT demonetized this video but still puts ads through out it. im all for ads if it benefits the content creator but this is just companies making money for themselves...
...I'm pretty sure that if it has ads on it is monetised. I.e. Qcknd will be getting a tiny cut. Perhaps you got in quick or perhaps it is just classed as largely not suitable for advertisers.
I'm pretty heavily tattooed and have only been tattooed by two people. one of which is my always now my go to artist, even though i have to now drive over 4 hrs to get to her, it doesn't matter because she is awesome and i love her work. i'm able to at this point make appointments through dm on fb and she always gives me a deal and doesn't ask for a deposit. i think that trust and confidence is crucial...this is why no mattter what i will always drive the distance to see her because she is totally worth it!
First off, love your shirt. Second off, I've watched pretty much every single TTT video. And now my 18th birthday is coming up. So I'm fast approaching the day I'll hopefully get my first tattoo. And I definitely needed a refresher. Thank you!!!
I do follow how not to get tattooed, and like a lot of their posts but I also think they bash too much people for making mistakes. Sometimes the messages from clients are really nice and they just don’t know what they can ask or not so instead of replying in a mean way and send the screenshot right to this IG account the artists maybe should just tell them what they did wrong. Because they probably just don’t know ! Well this doesn’t apply to mean messages and harassment at 1am nor weirdo pics 😂
In the UK anyway, artists often ‘open their books’ and will answer emails for appointments between certain months and then not respond to any emails once the ‘books are closed’, this may be why people aren’t getting replies. But yeah, I most definitely agree with the comment about the two types of tattooed people!!
Tattoos are art. Art is sacred, personal, and requires a lot of talent, skill, and dedication. Artists deserve to be PAID for what they do. I cannot believe how many people think that tattooing is just some simple service that they should be looking for the best bargain on. I never flinch at tattoo pricing around here (150 to 200 an hour is pretty typical for a quality artist, depending on how much business they get). I just do the math ahead of time, figure out how long it might take, and then way overestimate that for my budget (including a 20% tip). Like you said, I'm really proud to carry a beautiful piece of artwork on my body to represent my own emotions/experiences, the artist's work, and how beautiful the art of tattooing is. I'm not even a collector, but I feel really strongly about this and the lives of artists. They way so many people take artists (both tattoo and others) for granted is terrible.
Qcknd you did so great with this Tattoo Talk Tuesday. I've been around watching them from the beginning and I just love them all! Thank you so much for sticking through the negativity on TH-cam.
“This is a luxury service, so expect to pay a luxury price tag.” Yes! Finally someone said this! I know so many people who have went to the “cheap” shop in town because the shop I go to is too expensive, and in a couple years their tattoos are fading and feathering. If you want a quality tattoo, ( why wouldn’t you? It’s on you forever ) you are going to pay the price for it!
i paid a deposit with sadboykurt and then we had that horrible snowstorm the day of my appointment. he emailed me and said we should reschedule and now i can go get tattooed without worrying about dying in the snow haha. anyway i feel like tattoo artists are pretty cool about rescheduling if you give them enough notice.
girl, I feel like we've come full circle. This was A LOT of info but it was so helpful! I've been figuring it out on my own, very nervously, but I'm sure this will help people. All the info about aproaching a tattoo artist is on your channel I feel like. Love the video, thanks for your efforts as always
I just got my first tattoo today and your videos have really helped me figure out how to contact my artist and what to expect during my session. Everything went amazingly and I love it! Thank you Q!! 😘
I really liked how_to_not_get_tattooed when I first found it, but their post involving a Native American caricature tattoo was... questionable. Imo. I love this video tho, this is just the info I’ve been looking for lately. And the bangs are super cute btw!
Jessica C Yeah I like the idea of it too, and most of the posts are amusing to me. But some of them kinda make me scratch my head and question the views of the people running the account.
Lisa Kimble the "toolbox" post is not really about the drawing being bad but about the drawing not being readable/hard to understand. (And also because they only send the drawing with no other words and that confusing and rude )
The timing of this video is so crazy I literally discovered the page a few hours before because a local artist in my city tagged them in a post, also because I’m trying to get my first tattoo soon and this is perfect so thank you!!
Love this. It’s been three years since I was last tattooed but I’m still very new to it all and I massively respect the artist I’m going to. I never want to offend them
i have a question that maybe qcknd can't answer but as a person of color how are we supposed to know if a certain artist knows how to tattoo darker skin or ever has because i scroll through a lot of tattoo artists instas and there's rarely a poc person they've tattooed and it just makes me think if they are even willing to tbh
tattooing dark skin doesn't require any different tattoo techniques but it requires some drawing adjustments. Some artiste don't know how to do those adjustments (it can be pretty hard with some artstyle (or even impossible like with micro tattoo or light color). I tattoo some dark skin and one of them was a nightmare because I could see the stencils well, I couldn't see if my line was solid enough and I have to clean the extra ink all the time to see better. You also have to explain and convince the client that not everything is possible. (I mostly talk about really dark skin) But even so I really wish to tattoo more dark skin and get, maybe, use to it. But I unfortunately don't have dark skin client (I'm in France and most of dark skin people's think it won't show of look good on them) and if I don't have picture of the two rare one I tattoo is because they wanted something not in my style or taste and I didn't want to have those tattoo on my portfolio (but I put everyone on story). So yeah is a lot more complicate than what people's think... (and some are lazy/racist asshole) but don't be scare to message then, try to send them the most accurate pic of your skin and be conscious of maybe not everything is possible. You have the video of Zulu tattoo or you want. He explain most of it
Hey Qcknd! Your videos are what truly helped me make the jump into starting to get tattooed. The process can be intimidating, but you made it user friendly and helped me avoid some really stupid questions or requests. Thank you!
I also just wanted to note that there are some cultural differences within the tattoo realm as well. (The obvious being tipping culture) I live in the states and most of the knowledge I had was about how it’s like in the US but I ended up getting my first tattoo in the UK so I was still a bit lost despite the extensive research I did. BUT the points mentioned in this video is very valid across the board for the most part and should be viewed by everyone looking to get a tattoo
Ive only been getting tattooed for a year or two but Im slowly building my collection. I was very fortunate that I learned a lot of the "how-to's" from my close friend who has a full body suite and was getting tattooed before the culture blew up how it has in the last few years. Going to conventions is also a great way to learn about the culture and industry. I have made some of the mistakes that you list in the video (DMing artist) but you learn and I think that is what matters most to artists and those of the culture is that you have the willingness to learn. I think you said it best when you said to own up to the artist or the shop hand and let them know you are unfamiliar with the process. Again it shows the willingness to learn and do right. Love these videos and you, I'm constantly learning from them, keep it up!!
hey qcknd! I've recently started building a trad sleeve but have stretch marks on my inner arms and I was wondering if you could make a tattoo talk tuesday vid about how skin condition may effect tattooing? stretch marks, moles, acne scars etc? that would be super great! Cheers!
BLESS. THIS. VIDEO!! I have been following that page for quite a while as well, and it's seriously mind boggling to me the things that people will say to artists, or assume about tattooing -- this video is a blessing. Seriously. This video alone summarizes the whole purpose of your TTT series (the number of your videos that you cited for already covering a topic or doing a deep dive speaks for itself!), and why education is SO important. Some people genuinely don't know how to approach an artist about getting a tattoo, and it can be a very daunting industry to get into. I know I certainly didn't know any better when I was first starting out, and it does take time to learn the lingo and understand the correct way to go about things. Some artists are really patient with new clients, and bless them for that in this day and age where more people are getting tattoos -- but that also means there are more and more rude and ignorant people out there as well. This is seriously one of my favourite videos that you've made, and you're seriously the best tattoo educator on this platform, no doubt. Love you!
After working in as a desk girl at a tattoo shop, some of the things people do/expect are mind boggling. Although, I'm guilty of using a size reference vs actual measurements, even in face-to-face consultations. I have a tattoo that I said, "I want it about the size of my palm," which in person kind of works because they could see that and be like OK, it's this big and then make suggestions on whether it needed to be larger (it did). As for emailing your tattoo artist and wanting sketches, I understand wanting to see it and there's no harm in asking (politely!) but if they say that's not something they do, respect that and move on. I traveled to Arkansas to get tattooed by Katie McGowan, we did an email consult for a cover-up of all things...I sent her what I wanted, an image of the current tattoo with a ruler next to it, and showed up without ever seeing what she had in mind.
My biggest thing now is finding artists that have photos of their healed work. I understand that the person they tattooed will have to come back, but I just don’t want to make the mistake of having another artist blow out one of my pieces I drew for myself on me 😐. I just want to see healed work along with everything else
DashofKayyy most of the time when a tattoo artist is done, and the canvas walks out the door, that’s the last time the artist will see that tattoo unless the person tags them online or comes back in for another piece later. Very rarely do artists get to see their work healed unless it’s on their friends or regular clients
My tattoo artist asked me to send him a picture of my tattoo after it’s healed. (Ofc not mandatory) but he said it’ll be great if I could send in a picture! Not many people actually follow through with it but he posts pictures of the few that gets sent to him. Then again, that’ll have to be on the clients for them to have a healed picture to post
your conversation about "bargains" in tattoo reminds me of a passing comment my aunt made on a vacation, my aunt is a hairdresser and we passed a strip mall that had some cheap chain hair place that was offering $8 haircuts and she said "I wouldn't even pick up my sheer for $8" because she knows her value as a stylists, it's the same way with tattoo artists. They know how much their service and art is worth.
this is so helpful! i’m working on getting my first tattoo and i’ve been watching your channel for ages just trying to absorb the culture and know the vibe
Thank you so much for putting this out! I appreciate that you put this information out here and reiterating that people need to be respectful of others, and especially respectful when asking someone to do something for you. Thanks Quacknood!
Hey Qcknd! I am getting my first traditional style tattoo (and my first color tattoo) in about a week. I also struggle with tipping but I know that it will cost about 250. Is 80 a good tip? should it be higher or lower? I know I really enjoy the artist and his work, but I never know what tip is rude or too high.
15-20% is always good! Multiply the price of the tattoo (in this case you said 250) by 0.15/0.2, and that sum is how much would be recommended to tip :)
Just came here to say your videos are amazing and your new hair (dyed natural colors + bangs) is wonderful, I love the look, it fits you 💕 You’re so cool and I wish I’d run into you in Philly someday haha, I’m so grateful for your influence on the online tattoo community 🙏
You are so right about measurements - my tattoo is rather larger and somewhat 'wrappier' than my original iteration. But since it is an evolving work in progress (it is a fractal sleeve) I can measure up what I have and get the scaling right plus do some work with some marker pens as a sketch of the remaining canvas (it is currently on my outer arm and will pass through my outer elbow joint). I will actually add fiducial markings and a scale bar when I do my next round of sketches but that won't be until the end of next year.
I think this video will help a lot of people. I have a good amount of tattoos and I'm still learning each time I get tattooed! I think it's important to not feel silly when you ask questions or do something dumb as long as you're respectful c:
This video is soooo helpful! I just got into tattoos (got 3 so far) and hearing more important things about get tattoos + the artist is extremely helpful.
Just my wee additions for people looking for more advice. My artist is 3 hours away so we email for consultation the week before and she will send me a sketch for the design 2 days before the appointment. Her studio is comfortable with posting flash online so that's how she works but don't expect it, if you're worried then just ask. When it comes to tipping, I like to tip enough that it would make a difference to me if I was given it - so usually between £20 or £40. If you're worried about price, look on the shops website or shops from the same area to get a better idea, some areas have higher studio costs which will affect tattoo price. My final advice is, if you're nervous then just tell the artist and if you can, go in to the studio and talk to your artist or ask someone else who's been tattooed to help you. Don't run up to people in the streets or at their work, but a friend or join a tattoo community page (treacle tatts has a good Facebook account). Hope I can help someone.
Hi i just have a question .. What if you get a tattoo and the artist posted a pic of it and then it gets taken down? What would be a possible reason for that?
A question. What do you do, or how do you react when your artist hits on you or asks for your number? It's an awkward situation that I've experienced. At a shop that I like. I haven't been back since. Is that normal or inappropriate? Just wondering. Love your vids. :)
Amy Jons Totally inappropriate! If your artist Flirts with you, when youre not down for it, it can make the client extremely uncomfortable, especially since they are in a pretty vulnerable situation. So unless u were totally comfortable about it and didnt mind, i wouldnt go there again.
i feel like i cant wait six weeks to email him back because he canceled my appointment to reschedule and now hasnt emailed me back in a week and im just stressing and rambling. I just dont want to wait three more months to get the tattoo that i expected to have a week ago.
Thank you for making this video. I watched it once, but like all your videos, I'll be back to watch it a few times again. Very informative and helpful.
This video is great!!! super informative and very well done! I am not tattooed yet, but i want to. So in the meantime I'm doing as much research as I can. I've been following you for some time now and I always love seeing tattoo talk Tuesday in my subscription box. Thanks to you, I know what to do and not do concerning tattoos. And when i will finally get tattooed, i know that I will end up with something I will love. Love, from a French subscriber
We don't really tip in England if we do it's like a pound in a pot sort of thing but I still tip my tattoo artists just because of the luxury permanent thing that you talked about in this . Love these xxx
I once emailed an artist (I was in another country, in my defense) and I sent like 5 pics kinda like "I like aspects of all these, like the outside of these two and the center of this one, and the placement of this" type deal. I felt so annoying but I was 18 and didn't know better. He actually appreciated it cause he said I gave him something to go off of but then gave him creative freedom from there, he said he appreciated the trust and artistic Liberty.
This came at the perfect time for me. I’m getting my first big piece in a month, I.e. not a walk in small tattoo. I’m getting it by my dream artist who I know I will want to do more work on me and I don’t want to say/do the wrong thing. Thanks for this quack
On pricing, I generally ask during email consultations about how much it will be, letting the artist know I want to make sure to grab the cash. I think in 2018 when lots of people don't do cash regularly cash based businesses understand
Tamsyn Lynn I always pay in cash for tattoos. Not sure why, maybe to avoid paying cc machine fees. I can usually get a price range depending on how long the artist think it will take.
ur shirt and bangs are poppin' ❤ Also wanna say my tattoo artist is like an hour away it's ride to get there and I made a drawing consult for my next tattoo and honestly it was so unnecessary because my artist did a fantastic job on the sketch the changes were minimal but I left confident that I'll be getting an awesome tattoo.
Love this! When I first started getting tattooed I never found artist through social media, but through my mom (who had a ton of tattoos, though not the best ones). I have some decent pieces, but since finding your channel all my tattoos have been works of original art I love. I'm still not great at contacting artists I find online so this video was great. I always get scared when my artists and I post my tattoos because I'm scared someone will try and steal it. I just cross my fingers and hope.
I've also followed that Instagram account for a while and initially though, oh this will be fun while it lasts... but what amazes me is how it just keeps coming. ... My second tattoo I emailed asking for it to be "hand sized".
Hey qcknd! Love your channel so much and I had a tattoo question I don't think you've gone over before. I get these weird white bumps on my tattoos, and now that I'm almost done with my sleeve I notice them way more. I don't know what they are or how to get them to go away. Maybe some way to exfoliate? Idk, maybe others have the same problem? Thanks!
😋😋😋 Yas Queen I love this.. so informative for everyone, even those who have been tattooed but haven’t gone in a while. It’s a great refresher for me. 😄
Hi qcknd, I've wanted a tattoo for a while, but have been afraid because I have darker skin. I've thought about emailing tattoo artists to confirm that it's possible, but I'm afraid that I'll offend them, when I really don't mean to. I've just never seen any tattoo artist I follow post pictures of dark skinned clients. And even in real life, the tattoos I see on darker people don't tend to look as clean. Do you think emailing would be the best way to go? Or maybe even talking to them in person?
Oh wow, good to see this, because even though I'm getting my 4th tattoo in two weeks, but I've always had a back-and-forth through email or even WhatsApp (including sketches). It was always okay to give some (minor) adjustments to those sketches over text or email, so they could get those out of the way ahead of time. My next one will be from an artist that I've been tattooed by before, so I know this will again be the way we do it. But it's good to know that I really haven't had representative tattoo experiences! Now I know that if a next artist won't share sketches ahead of time, it's okay, really, it's normal. :)
Thank you for this. I have been thinking on getting my first for a very long time and your information is so helpful when I book my appointment I'll know exactly what to do now :) yay for the Internet Thanks :)
This was so helpful, thank you for making this! I only have 1 tattoo at the moment but I'm still unsure about how to go about getting more so this was really great.
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Gabbie Seales Same! I got ads too.
Qcknd I did get ads!
Me too.
Honestly this video should be a mandatory view before someone gets tattooed. Super comprehensive & helpful. I wish I knew some of this a couple years ago....
I just feel the need to share my tattoo story. I got my tiny little minimal shooting star in pastel colors when I was 22. A guy I was desperately in love with designed it for me. I kept it for years, always thinking this is the tattoo I want. I met the tattoo artist through mutual friends, he worked at a shop and had all his gear but he was vacationing and basically roadtripping and he needed money to fund his trip so he was offering tattoos at my friend's house. He had a very professional (although mobile) set up. He had a book with all his art and tattoos he had done. He was honest and said he had only been doing it for 3 years but he was confident and I agree, his work spoke for itself. I showed him the design my friend made me and he hated it and tried to talk me into letting him do an awesome design that would be way better than this drawing I had. When I look back, I realize it is really not that good. It is super simple and I blew it up in my head because I was so enamored with him. anyway... I loved my tattoo! Now 15 years have gone by and the pastel colors are gone, it is super faded since it is on my neck and I think any tattoo would probably be faded 15 years later. I started to hate seeing it in the mirror and daydream about having it "touched up." Just the colors added back. So I finally got the nerve to schedule an appt with a very well known sought after tattoo artist whose shop is literally a few blocks from my house. A lot of my friends have tattoos by her and I actually had to wait for 6 months to get this touch up. I didn't mind because I was in no rush at all, I didn't even really care if it didn't happen. But then the day came, March 8, International Women's Day, I did not plan that! I told her my story and she just looked at me very genuinely and said we will make you something beautiful. That is when I gave it all up to her and said it is time for a change, this badly done tattoo had been on me for 15 years and it was a sad little faded shooting star. I initially thought I would get a few colors added. She asked hey do you want some kind of unicorn glitter magical tattoo and I was like HELL YES I DO! She kind of drew around it with a marker and held up a mirror and asked do I like this? I said I trust you girl, you are the artist! I can't even believe I let myself trust another person so much. She picked out the colors, it took about 2 hours and I can't even believe I have this work of art on my body now. It is so perfect, I seriously almost cried when I looked in the mirror afterwards (cheesy I know but it's true.) It feels great to have such a beautiful well done tattoo, she even put those little white dots to make it look like glitter, so pretty! It is very personal to me, no one ever sees it because my hair hides it but I know it's there and it's lovely!
so happy it worked out wonderful for you =) I love peek a boo hidden tattoo's, they feel like a little secret
now I want to see what it looks like :o (it sounds awesome and your story is super cool btw)
sonicleaves this is so sweet and pure I loved your story!
sonicleaves Who was the artist? I'd love to see some of her work! Great story too; glad it worked out!
Wow, absolutely amazing! Do you have an Instagram so we can possibly see it as well? Thank you for sharing :)
My friend put a deposit on a tattoo and was already to go and got in to an accident the day before ending up in hospital. She had her jaw wired shut and couldn't talk to the shop or the artist. Day of I went and explained the situation and showed pictures of her in hospital to the artist. The artist was so sweet she actually told me to tell her to come in to reschedule when she was better. 2 days later my friend got flowers a card and a balloon from the shop and the artist wishing her well and that they couldn't wait to see her again. Two weeks later she got her tat only it was changed from the original concept because of her accident. She now sports a beautiful pair of angel wings which sh wanted only underneath it says saved by an angel. Totally the idea of the artist to add the phrase as my friend could have died. Sometimes life throws you a curve ball and most artists understand that. My friend went back to get other tats done by the same artist and they are now good friends. She is more than willing to pay and tip because she knows that she'll come out with something amazing and unique.
I love this video and have learned some awesome info I didn't know before. Thanks for such an awesome vid.
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Watching QuickQuack is always the highlight of my Tuesday.
Sami Wilkinson ditto!
Have you ever had a tattoo artist cross your boundaries or have been unprofessional toward you?
This is a great video idea. I hope she does a video on this 🙂
Skylar Fitzpatrick she has had a bad experience with a tattoo artist watch her old videos
Anyone else been to a “highly spoken” shop and have been super disappointed by their behavior 🙋🏼♀️
Absolutely had an artist who was rude. He emailed me to cancel a few hours before the appointment and when I didn’t see the email and showed up on time excited for my appointment, he didn’t say anything abt the email and spent the whole appointment quiet, sour, and unenthusiastic. The design was a simple rose but it was my very first tattoo and I’ve been avoiding getting anything else since mostly because of how unpleasant that experience was. I was just 20 years old and really had no idea what I was doing but I really felt bad and emailed to apologize. I wish he had called me or had the shop tell me. I hate to think I made him work when there was somewhere else he needed to be.
@@LieutenantSheep But HE could have told you, right then, with words. Go get some more ink, the more experiences you have the less bright this one bad customer service incident will shine. You did everything right in this situation and there are really friendly artists out there just waiting to work with you
it's such bullshit that YT demonetized this video but still puts ads through out it. im all for ads if it benefits the content creator but this is just companies making money for themselves...
...I'm pretty sure that if it has ads on it is monetised. I.e. Qcknd will be getting a tiny cut. Perhaps you got in quick or perhaps it is just classed as largely not suitable for advertisers.
Claudia Stocks i hope she gets at least some money!! it's well deserved
kait Me too!!
Love a long qcknd video :)
I'm pretty heavily tattooed and have only been tattooed by two people. one of which is my always now my go to artist, even though i have to now drive over 4 hrs to get to her, it doesn't matter because she is awesome and i love her work. i'm able to at this point make appointments through dm on fb and she always gives me a deal and doesn't ask for a deposit. i think that trust and confidence is crucial...this is why no mattter what i will always drive the distance to see her because she is totally worth it!
First off, love your shirt. Second off, I've watched pretty much every single TTT video. And now my 18th birthday is coming up. So I'm fast approaching the day I'll hopefully get my first tattoo. And I definitely needed a refresher. Thank you!!!
I’m gonna share this EVERYWHERE
I do follow how not to get tattooed, and like a lot of their posts but I also think they bash too much people for making mistakes. Sometimes the messages from clients are really nice and they just don’t know what they can ask or not so instead of replying in a mean way and send the screenshot right to this IG account the artists maybe should just tell them what they did wrong. Because they probably just don’t know ! Well this doesn’t apply to mean messages and harassment at 1am nor weirdo pics 😂
In the UK anyway, artists often ‘open their books’ and will answer emails for appointments between certain months and then not respond to any emails once the ‘books are closed’, this may be why people aren’t getting replies.
But yeah, I most definitely agree with the comment about the two types of tattooed people!!
Tattoos are art. Art is sacred, personal, and requires a lot of talent, skill, and dedication. Artists deserve to be PAID for what they do. I cannot believe how many people think that tattooing is just some simple service that they should be looking for the best bargain on. I never flinch at tattoo pricing around here (150 to 200 an hour is pretty typical for a quality artist, depending on how much business they get). I just do the math ahead of time, figure out how long it might take, and then way overestimate that for my budget (including a 20% tip).
Like you said, I'm really proud to carry a beautiful piece of artwork on my body to represent my own emotions/experiences, the artist's work, and how beautiful the art of tattooing is. I'm not even a collector, but I feel really strongly about this and the lives of artists. They way so many people take artists (both tattoo and others) for granted is terrible.
Qcknd you did so great with this Tattoo Talk Tuesday. I've been around watching them from the beginning and I just love them all! Thank you so much for sticking through the negativity on TH-cam.
“This is a luxury service, so expect to pay a luxury price tag.” Yes! Finally someone said this! I know so many people who have went to the “cheap” shop in town because the shop I go to is too expensive, and in a couple years their tattoos are fading and feathering. If you want a quality tattoo, ( why wouldn’t you? It’s on you forever ) you are going to pay the price for it!
i paid a deposit with sadboykurt and then we had that horrible snowstorm the day of my appointment. he emailed me and said we should reschedule and now i can go get tattooed without worrying about dying in the snow haha. anyway i feel like tattoo artists are pretty cool about rescheduling if you give them enough notice.
Carly Richel that’s definitely true; my artist is chill as long as it’s not last minute. Also sadboykurt is one of my fav artists!
Carly Richel my dream is to get tattooed by him one day 😍
It’s all about the situation! Weather is totally uncontrollable and I’d think the artist wants their client alive first and foremost lol
girl, I feel like we've come full circle. This was A LOT of info but it was so helpful! I've been figuring it out on my own, very nervously, but I'm sure this will help people. All the info about aproaching a tattoo artist is on your channel I feel like. Love the video, thanks for your efforts as always
ur fringe is making my heart VERY happy
My artist always sends me the stencil the day before. I thought that was the norm 🤔. But what you said makes total sense, people are thieves
I just got my first tattoo today and your videos have really helped me figure out how to contact my artist and what to expect during my session. Everything went amazingly and I love it! Thank you Q!! 😘
I really liked how_to_not_get_tattooed when I first found it, but their post involving a Native American caricature tattoo was... questionable. Imo. I love this video tho, this is just the info I’ve been looking for lately. And the bangs are super cute btw!
Lydia H yeah I agree, there has been some questionable content posted to that account but I like the idea behind it
Jessica C Yeah I like the idea of it too, and most of the posts are amusing to me. But some of them kinda make me scratch my head and question the views of the people running the account.
Lisa Kimble the "toolbox" post is not really about the drawing being bad but about the drawing not being readable/hard to understand. (And also because they only send the drawing with no other words and that confusing and rude )
Fuck man, same
Oh my goodness. Such consistently good content. I love it. Thank you for putting so much thought and work into your videos.
The timing of this video is so crazy I literally discovered the page a few hours before because a local artist in my city tagged them in a post, also because I’m trying to get my first tattoo soon and this is perfect so thank you!!
Love this. It’s been three years since I was last tattooed but I’m still very new to it all and I massively respect the artist I’m going to. I never want to offend them
Just finished Nibbles' podcast, time to watch QCKND video ❤
i have a question that maybe qcknd can't answer but as a person of color how are we supposed to know if a certain artist knows how to tattoo darker skin or ever has because i scroll through a lot of tattoo artists instas and there's rarely a poc person they've tattooed and it just makes me think if they are even willing to tbh
tattooing dark skin doesn't require any different tattoo techniques but it requires some drawing adjustments. Some artiste don't know how to do those adjustments (it can be pretty hard with some artstyle (or even impossible like with micro tattoo or light color). I tattoo some dark skin and one of them was a nightmare because I could see the stencils well, I couldn't see if my line was solid enough and I have to clean the extra ink all the time to see better. You also have to explain and convince the client that not everything is possible. (I mostly talk about really dark skin) But even so I really wish to tattoo more dark skin and get, maybe, use to it. But I unfortunately don't have dark skin client (I'm in France and most of dark skin people's think it won't show of look good on them) and if I don't have picture of the two rare one I tattoo is because they wanted something not in my style or taste and I didn't want to have those tattoo on my portfolio (but I put everyone on story). So yeah is a lot more complicate than what people's think... (and some are lazy/racist asshole) but don't be scare to message then, try to send them the most accurate pic of your skin and be conscious of maybe not everything is possible. You have the video of Zulu tattoo or you want. He explain most of it
Hey Qcknd! Your videos are what truly helped me make the jump into starting to get tattooed. The process can be intimidating, but you made it user friendly and helped me avoid some really stupid questions or requests. Thank you!
I also just wanted to note that there are some cultural differences within the tattoo realm as well. (The obvious being tipping culture) I live in the states and most of the knowledge I had was about how it’s like in the US but I ended up getting my first tattoo in the UK so I was still a bit lost despite the extensive research I did. BUT the points mentioned in this video is very valid across the board for the most part and should be viewed by everyone looking to get a tattoo
Ive only been getting tattooed for a year or two but Im slowly building my collection. I was very fortunate that I learned a lot of the "how-to's" from my close friend who has a full body suite and was getting tattooed before the culture blew up how it has in the last few years. Going to conventions is also a great way to learn about the culture and industry. I have made some of the mistakes that you list in the video (DMing artist) but you learn and I think that is what matters most to artists and those of the culture is that you have the willingness to learn. I think you said it best when you said to own up to the artist or the shop hand and let them know you are unfamiliar with the process. Again it shows the willingness to learn and do right. Love these videos and you, I'm constantly learning from them, keep it up!!
hey qcknd!
I've recently started building a trad sleeve but have stretch marks on my inner arms and I was wondering if you could make a tattoo talk tuesday vid about how skin condition may effect tattooing? stretch marks, moles, acne scars etc? that would be super great! Cheers!
BLESS. THIS. VIDEO!! I have been following that page for quite a while as well, and it's seriously mind boggling to me the things that people will say to artists, or assume about tattooing -- this video is a blessing. Seriously. This video alone summarizes the whole purpose of your TTT series (the number of your videos that you cited for already covering a topic or doing a deep dive speaks for itself!), and why education is SO important. Some people genuinely don't know how to approach an artist about getting a tattoo, and it can be a very daunting industry to get into. I know I certainly didn't know any better when I was first starting out, and it does take time to learn the lingo and understand the correct way to go about things. Some artists are really patient with new clients, and bless them for that in this day and age where more people are getting tattoos -- but that also means there are more and more rude and ignorant people out there as well.
This is seriously one of my favourite videos that you've made, and you're seriously the best tattoo educator on this platform, no doubt.
Love you!
After working in as a desk girl at a tattoo shop, some of the things people do/expect are mind boggling.
Although, I'm guilty of using a size reference vs actual measurements, even in face-to-face consultations. I have a tattoo that I said, "I want it about the size of my palm," which in person kind of works because they could see that and be like OK, it's this big and then make suggestions on whether it needed to be larger (it did).
As for emailing your tattoo artist and wanting sketches, I understand wanting to see it and there's no harm in asking (politely!) but if they say that's not something they do, respect that and move on. I traveled to Arkansas to get tattooed by Katie McGowan, we did an email consult for a cover-up of all things...I sent her what I wanted, an image of the current tattoo with a ruler next to it, and showed up without ever seeing what she had in mind.
My biggest thing now is finding artists that have photos of their healed work. I understand that the person they tattooed will have to come back, but I just don’t want to make the mistake of having another artist blow out one of my pieces I drew for myself on me 😐. I just want to see healed work along with everything else
DashofKayyy most of the time when a tattoo artist is done, and the canvas walks out the door, that’s the last time the artist will see that tattoo unless the person tags them online or comes back in for another piece later. Very rarely do artists get to see their work healed unless it’s on their friends or regular clients
My tattoo artist asked me to send him a picture of my tattoo after it’s healed. (Ofc not mandatory) but he said it’ll be great if I could send in a picture! Not many people actually follow through with it but he posts pictures of the few that gets sent to him. Then again, that’ll have to be on the clients for them to have a healed picture to post
your conversation about "bargains" in tattoo reminds me of a passing comment my aunt made on a vacation, my aunt is a hairdresser and we passed a strip mall that had some cheap chain hair place that was offering $8 haircuts and she said "I wouldn't even pick up my sheer for $8" because she knows her value as a stylists, it's the same way with tattoo artists. They know how much their service and art is worth.
this is so helpful! i’m working on getting my first tattoo and i’ve been watching your channel for ages just trying to absorb the culture and know the vibe
Your hair looks so cute!
Love these quality bangs!! A damn good look
I love the way you've styled your bangs in this video! I'm 100% going to try it myself.
I am LOVING the whole vibe here. For one, sis that look is amazing & I appreciate you talking about this topic!
Thank you so much for putting this out! I appreciate that you put this information out here and reiterating that people need to be respectful of others, and especially respectful when asking someone to do something for you. Thanks Quacknood!
Hey Qcknd! I am getting my first traditional style tattoo (and my first color tattoo) in about a week. I also struggle with tipping but I know that it will cost about 250. Is 80 a good tip? should it be higher or lower? I know I really enjoy the artist and his work, but I never know what tip is rude or too high.
15-20% is always good! Multiply the price of the tattoo (in this case you said 250) by 0.15/0.2, and that sum is how much would be recommended to tip :)
Just came here to say your videos are amazing and your new hair (dyed natural colors + bangs) is wonderful, I love the look, it fits you 💕 You’re so cool and I wish I’d run into you in Philly someday haha, I’m so grateful for your influence on the online tattoo community 🙏
You are so right about measurements - my tattoo is rather larger and somewhat 'wrappier' than my original iteration. But since it is an evolving work in progress (it is a fractal sleeve) I can measure up what I have and get the scaling right plus do some work with some marker pens as a sketch of the remaining canvas (it is currently on my outer arm and will pass through my outer elbow joint).
I will actually add fiducial markings and a scale bar when I do my next round of sketches but that won't be until the end of next year.
I think this video will help a lot of people. I have a good amount of tattoos and I'm still learning each time I get tattooed! I think it's important to not feel silly when you ask questions or do something dumb as long as you're respectful c:
This video is soooo helpful! I just got into tattoos (got 3 so far) and hearing more important things about get tattoos + the artist is extremely helpful.
I'm living for these bangs!
editing on point, i c u gurl 👀
My first tattoo was £450 and that’s almost $620 I paid no deposit 😱 damn. We also don’t tip here in the UK and now I feel bad he was amazing
You guided me through my first tattoo experiences, and I am so grateful for all your help!! Lovin' those bangs!!
WORTH WATCHING EVERY SECOND OF THIS
Just my wee additions for people looking for more advice. My artist is 3 hours away so we email for consultation the week before and she will send me a sketch for the design 2 days before the appointment. Her studio is comfortable with posting flash online so that's how she works but don't expect it, if you're worried then just ask. When it comes to tipping, I like to tip enough that it would make a difference to me if I was given it - so usually between £20 or £40. If you're worried about price, look on the shops website or shops from the same area to get a better idea, some areas have higher studio costs which will affect tattoo price.
My final advice is, if you're nervous then just tell the artist and if you can, go in to the studio and talk to your artist or ask someone else who's been tattooed to help you. Don't run up to people in the streets or at their work, but a friend or join a tattoo community page (treacle tatts has a good Facebook account). Hope I can help someone.
quack is every tattoo artist’s dream customer :) super helpful video! thank you!
Hi i just have a question .. What if you get a tattoo and the artist posted a pic of it and then it gets taken down? What would be a possible reason for that?
A question. What do you do, or how do you react when your artist hits on you or asks for your number? It's an awkward situation that I've experienced. At a shop that I like. I haven't been back since. Is that normal or inappropriate? Just wondering. Love your vids. :)
Amy Jons Totally inappropriate! If your artist Flirts with you, when youre not down for it, it can make the client extremely uncomfortable, especially since they are in a pretty vulnerable situation. So unless u were totally comfortable about it and didnt mind, i wouldnt go there again.
I’m living for quacks fringe evolution
Love the video esp the cat meows in the background and the xtina bangs. You’re doing amazing sweetie ❤️✨
"You don't get fucking rewarded for getting the thing you want" - - THIS!! 👏👏👏
EVERYONE WHO WANTS A TATTOO NEEDS TO WATCH THIS!!!!
This video is great! Also, I love what you had to say about tattoos being a luxury service
i feel like i cant wait six weeks to email him back because he canceled my appointment to reschedule and now hasnt emailed me back in a week and im just stressing and rambling. I just dont want to wait three more months to get the tattoo that i expected to have a week ago.
This is crazy useful, thank you for making it!
Love the little curly bangzzz!
Thank you for making this video. I watched it once, but like all your videos, I'll be back to watch it a few times again. Very informative and helpful.
This video was so helpful since I'm a complete noobie to the tattoo world. Thank you!
This video is great!!! super informative and very well done! I am not tattooed yet, but i want to. So in the meantime I'm doing as much research as I can. I've been following you for some time now and I always love seeing tattoo talk Tuesday in my subscription box.
Thanks to you, I know what to do and not do concerning tattoos. And when i will finally get tattooed, i know that I will end up with something I will love. Love, from a French subscriber
We don't really tip in England if we do it's like a pound in a pot sort of thing but I still tip my tattoo artists just because of the luxury permanent thing that you talked about in this . Love these xxx
I once emailed an artist (I was in another country, in my defense) and I sent like 5 pics kinda like "I like aspects of all these, like the outside of these two and the center of this one, and the placement of this" type deal. I felt so annoying but I was 18 and didn't know better. He actually appreciated it cause he said I gave him something to go off of but then gave him creative freedom from there, he said he appreciated the trust and artistic Liberty.
This came at the perfect time for me. I’m getting my first big piece in a month, I.e. not a walk in small tattoo. I’m getting it by my dream artist who I know I will want to do more work on me and I don’t want to say/do the wrong thing. Thanks for this quack
I never thought about email... maybe I'm old fashioned. I've always gone physically to the shop for a consolation and make a future appointment
Kakes Makes if your artist is local than there isn’t anything wrong with that. It’s mainly for artists who are farther away or traveling to your city.
The meowing in the background is one of my favorite parts of this vid
"We all hang out here, can't I feel safe?" LOUDER FOR THE PEOPLE IN BACK!!
Frick now I keep reading your name as Quacknd because of the comments
I always tip at least 20% but ALWAYS tip at least 20 dollars like if 20% winds up being less than 20 dollars ill do 20 dollars maybe more
Those bangs are CUTE!
On pricing, I generally ask during email consultations about how much it will be, letting the artist know I want to make sure to grab the cash. I think in 2018 when lots of people don't do cash regularly cash based businesses understand
Tamsyn Lynn I always pay in cash for tattoos. Not sure why, maybe to avoid paying cc machine fees. I can usually get a price range depending on how long the artist think it will take.
Universally solid information 👍 top notch quack!
ur shirt and bangs are poppin' ❤
Also wanna say my tattoo artist is like an hour away it's ride to get there and I made a drawing consult for my next tattoo and honestly it was so unnecessary because my artist did a fantastic job on the sketch the changes were minimal but I left confident that I'll be getting an awesome tattoo.
Love this! When I first started getting tattooed I never found artist through social media, but through my mom (who had a ton of tattoos, though not the best ones). I have some decent pieces, but since finding your channel all my tattoos have been works of original art I love. I'm still not great at contacting artists I find online so this video was great. I always get scared when my artists and I post my tattoos because I'm scared someone will try and steal it. I just cross my fingers and hope.
As a shop manager this is a holy grail! 🙌 same with how_to_not _get _tattooed.. it’s my glutton for punishment
I've also followed that Instagram account for a while and initially though, oh this will be fun while it lasts... but what amazes me is how it just keeps coming.
... My second tattoo I emailed asking for it to be "hand sized".
Probably one of my favorite videos you've created so far! Keep it up!
Hey qcknd! Love your channel so much and I had a tattoo question I don't think you've gone over before. I get these weird white bumps on my tattoos, and now that I'm almost done with my sleeve I notice them way more. I don't know what they are or how to get them to go away. Maybe some way to exfoliate? Idk, maybe others have the same problem? Thanks!
You are so stunning😍😍😍 watching this video thinking about how glowy you look ily😂😂❤️
Makeup on point !
agree Nikki -Q looking esp cute today =)
Bronzey bb
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Yas Queen I love this..
so informative for everyone, even those who have been tattooed but haven’t gone in a while.
It’s a great refresher for me. 😄
Love this look, love those bangs, love you!
Your makeup is super cute! 💚
Hi qcknd, I've wanted a tattoo for a while, but have been afraid because I have darker skin. I've thought about emailing tattoo artists to confirm that it's possible, but I'm afraid that I'll offend them, when I really don't mean to. I've just never seen any tattoo artist I follow post pictures of dark skinned clients. And even in real life, the tattoos I see on darker people don't tend to look as clean. Do you think emailing would be the best way to go? Or maybe even talking to them in person?
Great video! This came just at the right time because I'm planning for new tattoos and this advice was much needed
I GOT AN AD ON THIS we back in business get that dough girl
Great video, Qcknd! I will direct people here for all of their needs. Also please make a video on the different ways that you style your bangs!
Ive followed them for a while now, i consider it my sunday paper comic strip!
Love you Quacknd!
Oh wow, good to see this, because even though I'm getting my 4th tattoo in two weeks, but I've always had a back-and-forth through email or even WhatsApp (including sketches). It was always okay to give some (minor) adjustments to those sketches over text or email, so they could get those out of the way ahead of time. My next one will be from an artist that I've been tattooed by before, so I know this will again be the way we do it. But it's good to know that I really haven't had representative tattoo experiences! Now I know that if a next artist won't share sketches ahead of time, it's okay, really, it's normal. :)
Yeasssss can’t wait to sit down with a mug of hocho and watch this😍👌♥️
This was so incredibly informative, THANK YOU SO MUCH
Thank you for this. I have been thinking on getting my first for a very long time and your information is so helpful when I book my appointment I'll know exactly what to do now :) yay for the Internet Thanks :)
Always clickin on qcknd 😘
This was so helpful, thank you for making this! I only have 1 tattoo at the moment but I'm still unsure about how to go about getting more so this was really great.