Ur not wrong however only blue UV ink is invisible green red yellow orange all have the pigments and can be used in any tattoo with colour to look the same and then under black light it glows
My life goal is now to walk into Kirk's shop like, "I want something geometric with stippling, and then a banner across the middle with some nice script." Just to watch his face 😂
Kirk, love that you are jaded enough to tell us the unvarnished truth about so many aspects of tattooing. It has really helped me to make more informed choices about future tattoos I watch your content because you tell it how it is
Got my first tattoo at 16. Classic three dot Mi vida loco. Got my next at 18 back in 89. Now, I’ve got a ton of crappy old tattoos, and many good ones. Each has a story, and every one an interesting time in my 52 years on this planet.
Lol the sleeve cover up thing was a solid joke. Oh and I think Treacle Tatts (who i think would be considered a UK tattoo influncer at this point) did a pretty good anti magic ink video. Shes pretty anti bangbang and gimick tattoos so it was pretty inevitable.
$200 for a Medusa? The shop around the corner from me has a $200 minimum. I went to see if they could touch up a small old tattoo. I didn’t use them because i thought it was a bit much for a 10 minute touch up. But i would run if an artist said a detailed tattoo like that Medusa would only cost $200
I have an 8 year old finger tattoo that healed better than that ankle tatty.... WILD... I think it is very much like what you said, some people's skin just does NOT age ink well.
@@btwings27to a certain extent, probably, but looking at that girl's skin, it looks like skin I've seen on girls I grew up with. Some people just have it, and it sucks, but it is hard to explain with words-the best way to describe it is just tight, like it has less give or something. It even feels different to the touch.
The way I do it for tattoos I think of getting is making a list of them first. After 3 months I look at the list again and everything that doesn't speak to is thrown off of the list. Repeat after another 3 months (for as long as you want basically) and so far I haven't regret anything. Got my first tattoo 11 years ago :)
ive been working on my own sleeves for years. every new technique i learn i add to it. so far i havent regretted a single one. hoping to be an artist someday🙏
I tattoo mostly fine line black and gray ductwork floral stuff. But I also do a lot of custom illustrative work in that style as well. I went to art school and shit, I can definitely draw better than most. Luckily that style is popular right now and I am booked out until November December of this year. I say that I charge $200 an hour, but I have a hard time actually sticking to that for the full tattoo. I’m also mostly tattooing repeat clients, so I feel some type of loyalty to them. And still with being booked up and charging that much I’m probably averaging $2000 a week and on a really good week I’ll do $2500. That’s not including cash tips. I also give the shop 35% of what I make. So after the shop takes their cut, I am making about 2K a week and I’m working four days a week tattooing but drawing custom pieces on two of my off days. I probably put in 50 hours a week. I’ve been tattooing 10 years, early 40s and I’m a single dad. It’s hard work, I’ve got some early tendinitis signs but I fucking love what I do and I put 110% into it. And when you consistently do that, clients notice, they appreciate it, and they come back. That’s what it’s all about. There’s no secret recipe besides hard work and putting in 100 fucking percent into every fucking Tattoo.
I feel really lucky to have had such an easy time with my tattoos. I've never had one that hurt, never got an infection or had any weird healing issues, and I don't have any bad ones or any that I regret (although I did have one small one that I covered up because it was a bad idea). It just makes me want to get more.
I found out I SCAR EASILY. it sucks. The stats look ok when over but when it’s healed every time it looks scarred. I kinda knew this going in but geez it sucks.
Tattoos, like most everything else, require research, meeting the artist, and discussing what you want done. Additionally, and most importantly, be prepared to pay. Good work costs money. Disclaimer: I have sleeves (and am planning a back piece) and regret NONE of my ink. ✊🏻🤘🏻
I had UV tatts on my face when I was 16, i was dumb af then though 😂 Thankfully it's gone now, but my ex was a tattoo apprentice and I was basically his Guinea pig...
Matching couple tattoo: This dude and his gf made a copy of their hands, shrinked them and each got the other ones hand tattooed. This I considered a nice idea. Couple tattoos are some of the last ones I would get, but these were still the best ones I saw. After a breakup, nobody else will know what the hand means, so that's okay. Better than a name or date. But I myself would know, so....
my opinion i got my first tattoo when i turned 27 and i saved up for it and did my research on good artists and put money into it the guy who did my tattoo has 10+ years experience and does realism and im happy i waited
What am I missing in this clip at 10:20? I see the top half of a woman's head, and then a picture of the Medusa tattoo she wanted. WHAT? OH, OK, the rest of the video gets out of sync and resolves AFTERWARDS, during the next video
I went to a Friday the 13th flash tattoo event. Never had done it before thought it would be fun . I got a super cute Snoopy holding a balloon with the number 13 on the balloon. I loved it so much I decided to go back and have Woodstock added with a balloon that has the number 7 on it …. While he is tattoo he gets a black light out and says “ cool it works “ I said “ what works ?” He had put UV color on the balloon and I had no idea ! So when he did the next balloon he asked what color I wanted and I said blue and he says ok but it doesn’t glow in the dark …. WTF would you do UV and not ask ? And then start to color one that isn’t UV? I have never just popped in for a tattoo before and probably won’t again !! It’s a great tattoo but I don’t like the not telling me or asking me about the color .
Ha ha ha I’m 65 & my husband is 70 just got an infinity fit our anniversary so when one of us dies we’re not separated. We’re having a splash of watercolour done for my birthday and my shoulder hummingbird (just on 40 years and really not looking bad). Still defined and got reasonable colour but like a funky abstract update. 😁
Having just gotten over an infection that resulted in some nasty blisters (got a new tattoo started and then went camping for 3 days for a wedding like a fuckin idiot), it didn't actually hurt that badly. More of a mental anguish sort of thing than physical, in my case. Luckily the tattoo itself is healing just fine and should be ready for shading soon.
I agree with a lot of what he says but I also thinks it's hilarious that he's SO hateful towards SO many tattoo themes and trends yet is covered in the most stereotypical American Traditional motifs that you see in literally every artists flashbook and on nearly every semi-heavily tattooed person.
A friend of mine got one of the skeletal hand tattoos about 10 years ago. I thought it looked kind of cool at the time and I don't think I've seen anyone else with one in person aside from her. The flaming forearm tattoo seems to be a much more common piece in the Baltimore area. My wife always talks about matching tattoos, but our tattoo taste doesn't really align well. As for the magic ink folks, do the people that get them have to keep a pocket UV light on you to show them off? I don't get it.
when it comes to tattoo prices it depends on your connections my shop i go to i get them really cheap and they are dope people always ask my shop and i tell them and they are like oh but they are really expensive lol I'm like maybe for you but thats also because I've been going there for years now and so has my wife almost every single one of mine and hers were done there so we get the good prices last time i was there someone literally was like why his tat that size with more detail cost less than mine lol my tat artist who was already annoyed with the that dude was like because I like him lol but I've brought in multiple people for them off recommendations
I tried looking this up cuz I recent finished my sleeve. Does anyone’s whites turn like brownish/yellow after the healing process?? The rest of the tattoo looks great but some of the whites are like a brownish tint type of color?!!
You have to consider that once your tattoo is healed you look at the ink through like a layer of your skin.. So whatever color your skin is will slightly "" tint" the white.. At least that's what I think :)
I never had a tattoo get infected, I took good care of my tats. I got my entire chest done and that shit hurt so bad. By the end of the 5 hour session I was fucking dying.
Fax about young people getting tatted out with cheap designs. Remember you have a whole life in front of you. Treat yourself with a tattoo maybe every 1-2 years. Bonus is that that method will mark different periods in your life, where you were at.
18:09 "Magic ink is activated when UV light hits the ink" You know what else produces UV light? The sun. This product would only be useful for people that literally never go outside. You might activate the ink to the intensity your want, but by the time you walk back to your car, it'll be even darker. Good luck living indoors for the rest of your life 👍
EDIT: Also, as someone with multiple engineering degrees, "smart materials" are ALWAYS underwhelming in person. Any material that reacts to its environment in a unique way is considered a "smart material", and they are notorious for breaking. (Tatooing aside) you get thermal inks and pigments that break if they spend too long outside of their confortable range, which is usually around -10 to 40 degrees C for most inks, meaning that a the ink will "lock" if they go outside of that range. Same goes for UV reactive pigments, but with UV intensity. It's the same with "glow in the dark" (phosphorescent materials) and how too much time without light, or light that's too bright will completely kill the effect. TLDR: DON'T TATOO YOURSELF WITH SMART MATERIALS. Fluorescent materials are fine, because they aren't actually smart materials. They are just reflecting UV wave lengths. A lot of proteins in nature do the same thing and don't degrade over time. Scorpions, for example, glow REALLY brightly under blacklights. Take one with you if you go to the desert...
The only reason I would want disappearing ink is so that I could goto Japan and enter temples where tattoos aren’t allowed. Probably gives you cancer too though so.. pick your battles
We love your videos Can you tell us more about tattooing with peoples ashes? What was it about it that you didnt like? Like, does it clog the machine or something? BTW, funniest video, yet I was rotfl
i knew what i wanted in my 20s, 20 yrs later i got it. so yeah, id say no regrets here. i did not rush but i sure waited until i was sure lol. everyone would tell me, you always say you want it but dont do it. well, things like these are better accepted within one’s self when you let it sink in.
I dont like tattoos but i dont have a problem with them, but it always bugs me when people get new tattoos like they're buying a new t-shirt. They dont respect the permanency of them and end up getting something unbelievably stupid on a whim.
Prolly looks fire. This guy has no room to talk about cheesey tattoos , bro has a dragon /snake in the middle of his forearm.bro talks and awful lot of smack for having one of the ugliest tattoos/ placement I've seen Ina while.
I'd get a UV tattoo if it could be like totally invisible normally and turn into a felted UV poster under a blacklight, and also if the UV ink doesn't go away.
Dude, I'm just a long-time traditional artist trying to learn digital and to learn tattooing, so I have no expertise about tattoos yet, I've made some. ... Choices when younger of doing myself but only 3 and were small. For my important tattoos I absolutely want them perfect coz they mean something to me. I am not young, but am only now starting to get those I've planned for 15yrs +, I totally got off the point. That one line drawing reminded me of when I found some of my older sketchbooks, and showed my Mom a similar thing I drew, meant to be someone hugging dogs, she started laughing and said "it looks like someone bent over and the other about to put their hand in the person's ass." And I laughed. Coz she was so very right.
I wanted a certain tattoo that I got from instagram and took it to a tattoo artist near me and dude told me he wasn’t gonna rip off another guys tattoo and told me to leave
I hate, hate , hate that grown humans think because I have a tattoo on my hand they have the right to grab me to look at it. I really don't care about another person's body....unless. you know.
Just curious but why does it seem like EVERY tattoo artist HATES their job? I mean I've known and know people who work dead end jobs into their 60s who bitch and moan about their work less than EVERY tattoo artist does and their jobs are just as stressful if not more so lol So why the stick up yalls asses? Lol
That used to mean you’ve caught a body or took a life. Had to fight to wear that hand tat. Somehow it managed to be so mainstream, there’s not enough gangsters to even crash out about it 😂💀
I have a satanic ritual on my calf with baphonet growing out of a cauldron with smoke and satanic name symbols. The eyes of baphomet and the goats preforming the ritual all half glow in the dark ink made by the native American artist himself from flowers and beetles. This was done 25 years ago, all ink made from scratch and with flowers/insects/ashes and the whole thing is vibrant still, the glow is still there, the blacklist lights up my leg still after 2 decades. It's a full calf tattoo and was my first tattoo, took 12 hours, had no stencil, and I rebuilt his truck to pay for the work. Just sharing an experience with glowing ink that was positive. On the flipside tho, I have friends who have black light ink and it's trash, either bled itself out or never worked to begin with. Indigenous people have the secret. Lol
In general, I rarely have actual opinions about people. I don’t actually feel anything about bang bang or ganga or any other big person in the space. But I don’t like what they do a lot of the times and that’s what i try to speak about.
Kirk, you got the best tattoo channel on yt. Im curious to hear your thoughts on difficult placements like foot soles. Is there a chance for such content or have i missed a vid on it ? :) cheers
Just found your channel dude and been binging your videos. You remind me of my artist that has done most of my work. The nicest, coolest guy but a total dick...i love it. Subscribed
Why would you leave your purse/wallet ANYWHERE with a stranger? You can’t leave stuff like that with a lot of ppl you Know. That being said… I am a horrible pen thief. If you leave a cool pen, yeah, I will more than likely end up with it. I’m working on not being a horrible pen thief… 😔
"Oh, you want to see my tattoo? hang on, let me get the blacklight out of my backpack..."
☠️☠️☠️
"Oops, looks like I forgot it... Does anyone have a blacklight?..."
😂
Ur not wrong however only blue UV ink is invisible green red yellow orange all have the pigments and can be used in any tattoo with colour to look the same and then under black light it glows
Lmaoooo nah fr tho
My life goal is now to walk into Kirk's shop like, "I want something geometric with stippling, and then a banner across the middle with some nice script." Just to watch his face 😂
Don’t forget the uv ink
@@Jok3r00 with a portrait
@@deathbypingpongball and a huge infinity symbol
He's gonna spend 4hrs talking when I only need 3 sentences 😂
That's fine as long as you are expecting a garbage tattoo of any kind.😂
Kirk, love that you are jaded enough to tell us the unvarnished truth about so many aspects of tattooing. It has really helped me to make more informed choices about future tattoos
I watch your content because you tell it how it is
that "magic ink" stuff is exactly like 80's-90's gimmicks with action figures
Hypercolor! Like the shirts
Out of curiosity, have you ever effed up a tattoo so bad, that the client started crying /freaking/yelling at you ?
This dude definitely gives that “I’m too good for this tattoo” vibe😂😂
Yeah hes an arrogant pos
While having bad tattoos 😂
Every tattoo artist on TH-cam when they see other artists work, "I hate it!" While covered in tattoos that look like 💩 @@unathisejam7995
Got my first tattoo at 16. Classic three dot Mi vida loco. Got my next at 18 back in 89. Now, I’ve got a ton of crappy old tattoos, and many good ones. Each has a story, and every one an interesting time in my 52 years on this planet.
No one cares about your stories. I promise you. Nothing interesting about you because you have tattoos.
Blasting tattoos with UV light to make it appear. When UV light exposure break down the ink of tattoos. Nice
Lol the sleeve cover up thing was a solid joke. Oh and I think Treacle Tatts (who i think would be considered a UK tattoo influncer at this point) did a pretty good anti magic ink video. Shes pretty anti bangbang and gimick tattoos so it was pretty inevitable.
I don't have any tattoos, and I doubt I will ever get one, but it is instructive to listen to your aesthetic.
I thought i was the only person with no tattoos on this planet 🤣 stay strong mate 👌🏻🇬🇧
your "snobbery" is refreshing lmao
We need a little purism nowadays
That tattoo flash on the upper left corner of your wall looks like Squidward and I'm struggling to pay attention to what you're saying
I think it’s Americana Squidward 😅
Great video! But the Felix The Cat flash behind you is driving me crazy with the eyes overlapping the wrong direction LOL
I mean you did my knuckles and the lettering wasn't bad at all hahaha
$200 for a Medusa? The shop around the corner from me has a $200 minimum. I went to see if they could touch up a small old tattoo. I didn’t use them because i thought it was a bit much for a 10 minute touch up. But i would run if an artist said a detailed tattoo like that Medusa would only cost $200
I have an 8 year old finger tattoo that healed better than that ankle tatty.... WILD... I think it is very much like what you said, some people's skin just does NOT age ink well.
It's application
@@btwings27to a certain extent, probably, but looking at that girl's skin, it looks like skin I've seen on girls I grew up with. Some people just have it, and it sucks, but it is hard to explain with words-the best way to describe it is just tight, like it has less give or something. It even feels different to the touch.
“UV is like white ink but extra stupid” lol that cracked me up
I wish I had the confidence of a Tiktok/IG reels tatfluencer
I got a Magic Ink ad and all my artist friends and I laughed. It looks like a stencil that wouldn’t come off 😂
The way I do it for tattoos I think of getting is making a list of them first. After 3 months I look at the list again and everything that doesn't speak to is thrown off of the list. Repeat after another 3 months (for as long as you want basically) and so far I haven't regret anything. Got my first tattoo 11 years ago :)
the "what i got" skeleton tat makes him look like damn spider man
ive been working on my own sleeves for years. every new technique i learn i add to it. so far i havent regretted a single one. hoping to be an artist someday🙏
If you’re getting a tattoo because it’s a trend, you shouldn’t have tattoos at all.
I love your honesty
I tattoo mostly fine line black and gray ductwork floral stuff. But I also do a lot of custom illustrative work in that style as well. I went to art school and shit, I can definitely draw better than most. Luckily that style is popular right now and I am booked out until November December of this year. I say that I charge $200 an hour, but I have a hard time actually sticking to that for the full tattoo. I’m also mostly tattooing repeat clients, so I feel some type of loyalty to them. And still with being booked up and charging that much I’m probably averaging $2000 a week and on a really good week I’ll do $2500. That’s not including cash tips. I also give the shop 35% of what I make. So after the shop takes their cut, I am making about 2K a week and I’m working four days a week tattooing but drawing custom pieces on two of my off days. I probably put in 50 hours a week. I’ve been tattooing 10 years, early 40s and I’m a single dad. It’s hard work, I’ve got some early tendinitis signs but I fucking love what I do and I put 110% into it. And when you consistently do that, clients notice, they appreciate it, and they come back. That’s what it’s all about. There’s no secret recipe besides hard work and putting in 100 fucking percent into every fucking Tattoo.
I feel really lucky to have had such an easy time with my tattoos. I've never had one that hurt, never got an infection or had any weird healing issues, and I don't have any bad ones or any that I regret (although I did have one small one that I covered up because it was a bad idea). It just makes me want to get more.
I found out I SCAR EASILY. it sucks. The stats look ok when over but when it’s healed every time it looks scarred. I kinda knew this going in but geez it sucks.
Keloid?
@@Jumalanoma idk. I just scarred easy all my life. Even as a lil kid. If that’s what it’s called I guess.
I saw bang bang in the thumbnail and I can't wait for you to roast him
Tattoos, like most everything else, require research, meeting the artist, and discussing what you want done. Additionally, and most importantly, be prepared to pay. Good work costs money. Disclaimer: I have sleeves (and am planning a back piece) and regret NONE of my ink. ✊🏻🤘🏻
Don't rush into getting a tattoo. It takes research. Like a good hairdresser...tattoos are forever!!
14:42 I had a bad reaction to UV ink I’ll never get it again or use it in my tattoos
I had UV tatts on my face when I was 16, i was dumb af then though 😂
Thankfully it's gone now, but my ex was a tattoo apprentice and I was basically his Guinea pig...
You remember that scene in the Sandlot when Benny asked Smalls if he had a fireplace?
Bahaha 💀
Just wanted to say love the content. Definitely the kind of dude I’d wanna come get ink’d by-just not lettering or words 😂
Matching couple tattoo:
This dude and his gf made a copy of their hands, shrinked them and each got the other ones hand tattooed.
This I considered a nice idea. Couple tattoos are some of the last ones I would get, but these were still the best ones I saw.
After a breakup, nobody else will know what the hand means, so that's okay. Better than a name or date. But I myself would know, so....
my opinion i got my first tattoo when i turned 27 and i saved up for it and did my research on good artists and put money into it the guy who did my tattoo has 10+ years experience and does realism and im happy i waited
What am I missing in this clip at 10:20? I see the top half of a woman's head, and then a picture of the Medusa tattoo she wanted. WHAT?
OH, OK, the rest of the video gets out of sync and resolves AFTERWARDS, during the next video
I went to a Friday the 13th flash tattoo event. Never had done it before thought it would be fun . I got a super cute Snoopy holding a balloon with the number 13 on the balloon. I loved it so much I decided to go back and have Woodstock added with a balloon that has the number 7 on it …. While he is tattoo he gets a black light out and says “ cool it works “ I said “ what works ?” He had put UV color on the balloon and I had no idea ! So when he did the next balloon he asked what color I wanted and I said blue and he says ok but it doesn’t glow in the dark …. WTF would you do UV and not ask ? And then start to color one that isn’t UV?
I have never just popped in for a tattoo before and probably won’t again !! It’s a great tattoo but I don’t like the not telling me or asking me about the color .
Ha ha ha I’m 65 & my husband is 70 just got an infinity fit our anniversary so when one of us dies we’re not separated. We’re having a splash of watercolour done for my birthday and my shoulder hummingbird (just on 40 years and really not looking bad). Still defined and got reasonable colour but like a funky abstract update. 😁
Having just gotten over an infection that resulted in some nasty blisters (got a new tattoo started and then went camping for 3 days for a wedding like a fuckin idiot), it didn't actually hurt that badly. More of a mental anguish sort of thing than physical, in my case.
Luckily the tattoo itself is healing just fine and should be ready for shading soon.
Kinda new to your channel but could you do a vid covering blackouts?
I agree with a lot of what he says but I also thinks it's hilarious that he's SO hateful towards SO many tattoo themes and trends yet is covered in the most stereotypical American Traditional motifs that you see in literally every artists flashbook and on nearly every semi-heavily tattooed person.
I just realized I’m watching lil tat videos on a tat video listening to a tat guy talk about tat videos 😅😅😅😂😂😂
A long video! Yes I'm bringing the popcorn!
Quickest way to ruin a cool tat is adding words
A friend of mine got one of the skeletal hand tattoos about 10 years ago. I thought it looked kind of cool at the time and I don't think I've seen anyone else with one in person aside from her. The flaming forearm tattoo seems to be a much more common piece in the Baltimore area. My wife always talks about matching tattoos, but our tattoo taste doesn't really align well. As for the magic ink folks, do the people that get them have to keep a pocket UV light on you to show them off? I don't get it.
I got skeleton fingers as well this dude just an arrogant pos who hates online but wont say shii to ur face
20:28 can u put fecal matter in my tattoo like cmon friggin gross hahah
when it comes to tattoo prices it depends on your connections my shop i go to i get them really cheap and they are dope people always ask my shop and i tell them and they are like oh but they are really expensive lol I'm like maybe for you but thats also because I've been going there for years now and so has my wife almost every single one of mine and hers were done there so we get the good prices last time i was there someone literally was like why his tat that size with more detail cost less than mine lol my tat artist who was already annoyed with the that dude was like because I like him lol but I've brought in multiple people for them off recommendations
I tried looking this up cuz I recent finished my sleeve. Does anyone’s whites turn like brownish/yellow after the healing process?? The rest of the tattoo looks great but some of the whites are like a brownish tint type of color?!!
You have to consider that once your tattoo is healed you look at the ink through like a layer of your skin.. So whatever color your skin is will slightly "" tint" the white.. At least that's what I think :)
@@pialeittretter6286 well I am brown skinned so I guess that does make sense. Thank you!!
that payton one... im not sure its the same tattoo, where did that gap come from between the "U" at the top of the Y and the tail of the letter??? 🤔
ahh, the connecting line fell out, i see it now
I never had a tattoo get infected, I took good care of my tats. I got my entire chest done and that shit hurt so bad. By the end of the 5 hour session I was fucking dying.
Fax about young people getting tatted out with cheap designs. Remember you have a whole life in front of you. Treat yourself with a tattoo maybe every 1-2 years. Bonus is that that method will mark different periods in your life, where you were at.
18:09 "Magic ink is activated when UV light hits the ink"
You know what else produces UV light? The sun. This product would only be useful for people that literally never go outside. You might activate the ink to the intensity your want, but by the time you walk back to your car, it'll be even darker. Good luck living indoors for the rest of your life 👍
EDIT: Also, as someone with multiple engineering degrees, "smart materials" are ALWAYS underwhelming in person. Any material that reacts to its environment in a unique way is considered a "smart material", and they are notorious for breaking. (Tatooing aside) you get thermal inks and pigments that break if they spend too long outside of their confortable range, which is usually around -10 to 40 degrees C for most inks, meaning that a the ink will "lock" if they go outside of that range. Same goes for UV reactive pigments, but with UV intensity. It's the same with "glow in the dark" (phosphorescent materials) and how too much time without light, or light that's too bright will completely kill the effect.
TLDR: DON'T TATOO YOURSELF WITH SMART MATERIALS. Fluorescent materials are fine, because they aren't actually smart materials. They are just reflecting UV wave lengths. A lot of proteins in nature do the same thing and don't degrade over time. Scorpions, for example, glow REALLY brightly under blacklights. Take one with you if you go to the desert...
The implications.. 😂😂😂
The only reason I would want disappearing ink is so that I could goto Japan and enter temples where tattoos aren’t allowed. Probably gives you cancer too though so.. pick your battles
We love your videos
Can you tell us more about tattooing with peoples ashes? What was it about it that you didnt like? Like, does it clog the machine or something?
BTW, funniest video, yet I was rotfl
The "one line tattoo" looks like a jellyfish with a baloon))
i knew what i wanted in my 20s, 20 yrs later i got it. so yeah, id say no regrets here. i did not rush but i sure waited until i was sure lol. everyone would tell me, you always say you want it but dont do it. well, things like these are better accepted within one’s self when you let it sink in.
That third one was definitely hit a second time. That’s not just “the way it healed”
I dont like tattoos but i dont have a problem with them, but it always bugs me when people get new tattoos like they're buying a new t-shirt. They dont respect the permanency of them and end up getting something unbelievably stupid on a whim.
15:28 for the crown and sword cover up, just add a frog under crown. Done.
😂😂😂😂 scripts was funny bro I love script tattoos ima have to subscribe
Keep ‘em coming!!!
But tattoos are so expensive. How are they not rich?
Nose beers cost a lot of money
Not 100s a piece!
I hate those skull hand tatts with a passion 😭 ppl just wanna look tatted with no personal style
Damn i have a skeleton hand tattoo ☠️ R.I.P 😂
That’s ok I do to 😂
Prolly looks fire. This guy has no room to talk about cheesey tattoos , bro has a dragon /snake in the middle of his forearm.bro talks and awful lot of smack for having one of the ugliest tattoos/ placement I've seen Ina while.
I hate the state tattooing is i jst want to be an artist not a f'n social media influncer/tictoker or video guy like i miss the old days 😂
I'd get a UV tattoo if it could be like totally invisible normally and turn into a felted UV poster under a blacklight, and also if the UV ink doesn't go away.
9:37 lol it looks like JFK 😳🤯
The caption "what i wanted vs what i got" always seems like the person isnt happy with how it turned out
… and Johnny sings I Hung My Head. 😣
Dude, I'm just a long-time traditional artist trying to learn digital and to learn tattooing, so I have no expertise about tattoos yet, I've made some. ... Choices when younger of doing myself but only 3 and were small. For my important tattoos I absolutely want them perfect coz they mean something to me. I am not young, but am only now starting to get those I've planned for 15yrs +,
I totally got off the point. That one line drawing reminded me of when I found some of my older sketchbooks, and showed my Mom a similar thing I drew, meant to be someone hugging dogs, she started laughing and said "it looks like someone bent over and the other about to put their hand in the person's ass." And I laughed. Coz she was so very right.
It seems like he doesn't want to be a tattoo artist anymore
As an introvert, I'm glad my skelly hand tattoo works as intended. The more people that want to stay away from me, the better!
I wanted a certain tattoo that I got from instagram and took it to a tattoo artist near me and dude told me he wasn’t gonna rip off another guys tattoo and told me to leave
I hate, hate , hate that grown humans think because I have a tattoo on my hand they have the right to grab me to look at it. I really don't care about another person's body....unless. you know.
I love learning the idea of longevity thank you aging oh god yes it happens even to your face ..Hey paul newman cheers
Love the content. Keep it up!!!
I'm young and getting my first tattoo and I'm INVESTING cause this is for life
Always get your tattoo work where you can cover them for different occasion that requires
"To turn off the ink, you then shine a white light on it." Oh yeah, like the light that's just about everywhere at all times? Great.
guys head with a tumor growing out of it!!! that cracked me up!!
Just curious but why does it seem like EVERY tattoo artist HATES their job? I mean I've known and know people who work dead end jobs into their 60s who bitch and moan about their work less than EVERY tattoo artist does and their jobs are just as stressful if not more so lol So why the stick up yalls asses? Lol
Love your channel and vibe brother, If I'm ever in the area I have to get something done by ya
Did you paint all that flash behind you?
This is why I never got a tattoo, and never will.
Tatfluencers? Not inkfluencers?
Damn Kirk I got skeleton fingers on both hands only the fingers made me a little salty 😂
It’s okay hahah we still homies!
That used to mean you’ve caught a body or took a life.
Had to fight to wear that hand tat.
Somehow it managed to be so mainstream, there’s not enough gangsters to even crash out about it 😂💀
@@Gold-yf6rj Yeah very common now
Same.
I have a satanic ritual on my calf with baphonet growing out of a cauldron with smoke and satanic name symbols. The eyes of baphomet and the goats preforming the ritual all half glow in the dark ink made by the native American artist himself from flowers and beetles. This was done 25 years ago, all ink made from scratch and with flowers/insects/ashes and the whole thing is vibrant still, the glow is still there, the blacklist lights up my leg still after 2 decades. It's a full calf tattoo and was my first tattoo, took 12 hours, had no stencil, and I rebuilt his truck to pay for the work. Just sharing an experience with glowing ink that was positive. On the flipside tho, I have friends who have black light ink and it's trash, either bled itself out or never worked to begin with. Indigenous people have the secret. Lol
Magic ink, from the D-Bag Bang Bang. Just a guess, but thinking Kirk hates Bang Bang.
In general, I rarely have actual opinions about people. I don’t actually feel anything about bang bang or ganga or any other big person in the space. But I don’t like what they do a lot of the times and that’s what i try to speak about.
@@kirkfagantattoo after a few days of watching all your work, I now know and appreciate that about you.
I want to get some Chicano art on my forearm but I want to design it myself since i know how to draw, will that be good or no
Can you review Peggy gous tattoos please
Why do tattoos blister?? |It becomes infected after getting it done?
yes or alergic reaction
Kirk, you got the best tattoo channel on yt. Im curious to hear your thoughts on difficult placements like foot soles. Is there a chance for such content or have i missed a vid on it ? :) cheers
13:32 Kirk hating uv tattoos like everyone should
Just found your channel dude and been binging your videos. You remind me of my artist that has done most of my work. The nicest, coolest guy but a total dick...i love it. Subscribed
The spider web on the elbow was cringy af 15 yrs ago
Hey - if you do multiple passes on a line or ‘sculpt’ a line , does it cause the line to spread out more overtime ?
i think a uv tat would be awesome if you go raving frequently and stuff
They're just messing around. That's def a laser right?.......Right!?!?
The next tattoo lol for real it's a real thing sometimes. Trees around the wrist lol
Why would you leave your purse/wallet ANYWHERE with a stranger? You can’t leave stuff like that with a lot of ppl you Know.
That being said…
I am a horrible pen thief. If you leave a cool pen, yeah, I will more than likely end up with it.
I’m working on not being a horrible pen thief…
😔