Why You’re Tattoo Didn’t Come Out The Way You Planned

Tattooing is like any art form. There are days when no matter what you do, after following your training and procedures to the letter, the tattoo comes out perfect, and days when no matter what you do, you will follow your training and procedures to the letter, and the tattoo is not perfect.

Part of getting a tattoo, is understanding that tattoo artists are not machines. That no matter how much training and experience they have, there will be times when the tattoo, although just so, is not what your minds-eye had pictured as the result.

Another part of getting a tattoo, the part that most people don’t even bother doing, is the research part. Would you let a plastic surgeon you didn’t know, and whose work you had never seen or been referred to, cut into your body in any way? For that matter, most people take more time picking out a pair of jeans than deciding which tattoo artist and studio will meet their expectations and needs.

Before you sit down in that chair, make absolutely certain that you have examined the work of the artists; that you have at least ONE dependable reference from someone you personally know, and who has a tattoo that you have seen and admired from the artist; make sure that the artist’s style and technique are a perfect fit for the work you are asking them to do; and don’t bargain shop for your tattoo – pay the right price for the work you want done, and you will be very happy with your results.

Many people, because they are in a hurry, or because they think one tattoo artist is pretty much like any other, will ask an artist to do work that is not their specialty. While it is generally up to each artist to decide and inform their clientele when a piece of artwork is not something they are comfortable getting perfect, the burden for this decision unfortunately still falls squarely on the shoulders of the client.

If you don’t see the kind of work you want done in a particular artist’s portfolio, chances are they are not going to give you the results you want – keep looking, and find a tattoo artist whose skill and expertise are aligned with the artwork you want to put on your body. Don’t be the foolish angry customer who lets anyone give them a tattoo because the price is right and they happen to be the only artist available. Do your research before inking your skin – it’s permanent after all - and you only have yourself to blame if you don’t.

What Inspired Your Tattoo?

My Grandmother's Tattoo

In May of 2009 my family and I decided that we wanted to do something to join us all together, even though we now lived all over the world in places like Amsterdam, London, Washington, and RI and MA too. So my sisters and our mother decided a tattoo was something we could all have, that would be a kind of joining of our family.

My sister designed an anchor, and although you might consider that we are all originally from Newport RI and the anchor is a symbol of The Ocean State, to us it meant much more than that. It was the weight of the anchor that spoke to us; the symbol of being held in one place together that came through the tattoo.

We each chose a different part of our body and Grandma sat that round out. She came from a time when girls wore gloves to school and didn't dare even wear make-up, so a tattoo was not on her list. When she saw the attention and time that the Inflicting Ink Tattoo artists took in making sure that the design was what we wanted, and that each tattoo was perfect, and how the anchor looked on all of us together, she decided that she wanted one too.

At first we didn't believe her. She's 80 after all, and we thought she was joking. Then she took out a gold necklace that my grandfather had given her, and it was of an anchor. Her's is a little bit different than ours because it is modeled after the necklace. The meaning is still the same though. It wasn't getting the tattoo that was important, it was the meaning behind it that we are, always have been, and always will be, a family.


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