Coucou les witches. J'ai envie de me faire un tatoo. Avez-vous des conseils pour choisir un tatoueur ou meme en général pour son premier tatoo ? svp merci (boostez si vous voulez !!!)

@KingArmand ouais!! (ça serai très longue, donc désolée)

@guerrillarain you can speak in English btw (and it's all fine, the more details the better :)) Thanks!!!

@KingArmand oh thank god, I have NO idea of this topic in French. Do you have an idea of what kind of tattoo you want? (Either content or style, i.e. pin up, american traditional, photo realism, water color, heavy detail, Japanese style, geometric, etc.)

I recommend googling tattoo parlors in your area. Most parlors have many tattoo artists who cover a range of styles, so at a general shop, you'd find 2-3 who claim to do photo realism for example.

@KingArmand All tattoo artists will have a collection of their art on the website. If they don't, don't trust them. You should be able to see what exactly their tattoos look like. I shopped around at maybe 2 or 3 parlors until I found an artist whose work I LOVED enough to trust them with my idea. If you don't feel 100% sold on what they can do, don't go there.

From there, reach out for a consultation. They will talk about pricing and designing the tattoo.

@KingArmand I'm not sure exactly how much tattoos cost where you are, but larger tattoos (i.e. spanning a forearm) will cost about $150+ minus tip. I always tip 20% but that's on you and your budget. You might be able to find cheaper, this is all based on what I've found.

I like my tattoos to be collaborative. I give them the idea and I like for them to design it the way THEY feel most comfortable. They should always show you a stencil/sketch before they start working. You shouldn't feel pressured into saying yes.

@guerrillarain @KingArmand I might add for the price, it depends on the style, artist etc
here, mimum price is 80 euros and that's for small lettering stuff
when i went to glasgow with my bf, it looked like the prices there were the same as in france (he asked for his project and they answered the same range of price ~400/500 euros)

my first tattoo will be 500 euros for upper arm /shoulder only (but as i said, depends on the style. my bf wants one much bigger and it's the same price... i just have expensive tastes)

@Sapphaos @KingArmand Oh wow. My first tattoo was lettering on my hip for a whopping 20 USD. My forearm was 150 without tip and my entire thigh was about 300 including tip.

But I've also seen places try to charge $400+ for something the same size, so it really varies.

@guerrillarain @KingArmand wow 20 is really nothing O_o and even 300 for a thigh is nothing! lucky :p
maybe the material and ink is cheaper in the us? or they have less taxes?