Aint No Right

I just found out that guy Tommy's shop is in my town.
About 3 miles from my house

What a small world

i don't particularly like the the show, but it's interesting to know what experienced tattoo artists look for in a good tattoo. there were a few tattoos i thought were good until they pointed out what was wrong with them. so it's great to get an insight from real artists.

the whole competition is silly to me. $100,000 seems like a small prize to me, if you were a good enough artist to win, you are probably already making that much a year.

and dave seems so unnatural on the show. he seems stiff and scripted, where the other guys seems like they are giving real opinions.

sonny wrote: $100,000 seems like a small prize to me, if you were a good enough artist to win, you are probably already making that much a year.

and dave seems so unnatural on the show. he seems stiff and scripted, where the other guys seems like they are giving real opinions.

i agree with that.

i do like the show more than i thought i would. i think it's for the learning aspect too.

the judge, oliver peck, with the toothpick in his mouth annoys me. not him, but that toothpick!

Artemis wrote:
the judge, oliver peck, with the toothpick in his mouth annoys me. not him, but that toothpick!

Exactly, i can only stare at that thing when he is talking.

Yeah, Dave does come along a bit strange. Totally different from when you hear him talking on DM.. It also appears that a lot of stuff has been cut out.

The tattoo critique is indeed interesting and i checked mine after the show a bit more in detail ..lol.. I wonder what the tattooed people think after they heart the critiques.

Artemis wrote:

sonny wrote: $100,000 seems like a small prize to me, if you were a good enough artist to win, you are probably already making that much a year.

and dave seems so unnatural on the show. he seems stiff and scripted, where the other guys seems like they are giving real opinions.

i agree with that.

i do like the show more than i thought i would. i think it's for the learning aspect too.

the judge, oliver peck, with the toothpick in his mouth annoys me. not him, but that toothpick!

it's not about the 100K it's about all the business you will now get from being on the show. i bet the final few guys will make double whet they were making.

creep wrote:

Artemis wrote:

sonny wrote: $100,000 seems like a small prize to me, if you were a good enough artist to win, you are probably already making that much a year.

and dave seems so unnatural on the show. he seems stiff and scripted, where the other guys seems like they are giving real opinions.

i agree with that.

i do like the show more than i thought i would. i think it's for the learning aspect too.

the judge, oliver peck, with the toothpick in his mouth annoys me. not him, but that toothpick!

it's not about the 100K it's about all the business you will now get from being on the show. i bet the final few guys will make double whet they were making.

Yep, the smart ones will.

creep wrote:

Artemis wrote:

sonny wrote: $100,000 seems like a small prize to me, if you were a good enough artist to win, you are probably already making that much a year.

and dave seems so unnatural on the show. he seems stiff and scripted, where the other guys seems like they are giving real opinions.

i agree with that.

i do like the show more than i thought i would. i think it's for the learning aspect too.

the judge, oliver peck, with the toothpick in his mouth annoys me. not him, but that toothpick!

it's not about the 100K it's about all the business you will now get from being on the show. i bet the final few guys will make double whet they were making.

that's true. of course if yr the guy putting his time of birth in everyone's clock, you may lose some.

creep wrote:

Artemis wrote:

sonny wrote: $100,000 seems like a small prize to me, if you were a good enough artist to win, you are probably already making that much a year.

and dave seems so unnatural on the show. he seems stiff and scripted, where the other guys seems like they are giving real opinions.

i agree with that.

i do like the show more than i thought i would. i think it's for the learning aspect too.

the judge, oliver peck, with the toothpick in his mouth annoys me. not him, but that toothpick!

it's not about the 100K it's about all the business you will now get from being on the show. i bet the final few guys will make double whet they were making.

yes, that's an excellent point.i'm sure they could never pay a PR firm to give them the kind of publicity they are getting now for free.

It's fucking Top Chef with Dave as Padma.

Well I saw that guy Tommy already charges $200 an hour. My tattoo artist who is equally taleńted charges $100 an hour.
So how much more could this guy Tommy charge from the exposure from the show??

Romeo wrote:Well I saw that guy Tommy already charges $200 an hour. My tattoo artist who is equally taleńted charges $100 an hour.
So how much more could this guy Tommy charge from the exposure from the show??

He won't charge more, he will just have a longer line of people.

Right now, if he's a great artist, he probably has his calendar full a month out. With the exposure from the show, he might have the next 6 months booked.

Adurentibus Spina wrote:It's fucking Top Chef with Dave as Padma.

brilliantly observant.

Romeo wrote:Well I saw that guy Tommy already charges $200 an hour. My tattoo artist who is equally taleńted charges $100 an hour.
So how much more could this guy Tommy charge from the exposure from the show??

he wont charge more per hour, he'll just have something like a 1500 dollar minimum with a 500 dollar deposit. like these dudes, most of whom are WAYYYY better than anyone on that show.

http://www.lowridertattoostudios.com/?page_id=24
just look at Jose for example.

keep in mind every tat on the show has been time based and rushed

kv wrote:keep in mind every tat on the show has been time based and rushed

part of being an "ink master" (god that sounds so stupid) is knowing what you can do in a certain amount of time.

Just like a top chef.

Adurentibus Spina wrote:Just like a top chef.

wally wrote:

kv wrote:keep in mind every tat on the show has been time based and rushed

part of being an "ink master" (god that sounds so stupid) is knowing what you can do in a certain amount of time.

my point was i doubt you are seeing anyones best work to compare to others outside of the show

i think shane deserved the win. i didn't really like tommy's 12hr tattoo but his other one looked good. overall this was a pretty good show. i'm shocked i liked it.

ya just watched it shane was best start to finish did think tommy might have pulled it out last minute though...good show i have zero ink but it was interesting

Yeah it was interesting to see from start to finish but I thought that the last tattoos that Shane and Tommy were definitely the best they killed it. That all said there are lots of talented tattoo artists out there.

I so hoped Tommy would make it. He really nailed it with the last tattoos. That back piece was amazing. But Shane deserves it too based on his whole work. Tough decision.

i finally watched the finale last night. Glad Shane got it. He was the one who deserved it the most. He's got the most skill. Tommy was right there with him, but there were a few things that made him slightly less impressive.

And James.... I don't understand that guy. He alternates between AMAZING work and just B-tat level shite.

kv wrote:

wally wrote:

kv wrote:keep in mind every tat on the show has been time based and rushed

part of being an "ink master" (god that sounds so stupid) is knowing what you can do in a certain amount of time.

my point was i doubt you are seeing anyones best work to compare to others outside of the show

why shouldn't it be? because of the time constraint? how do you think a regular tattooer makes appointments? they have an idea of how long a given tattoo will take them. Shane has been tattooing for 14 years, you don't think he knows what he can get done in a given period of time? also, 4 hours is a pretty long session. I think one could make ann argument for the pressure of the show affecting the quality of their work, but not really the time constraint.

what I didn't get was booking to 6 hour sessions back to back. That'll fuck up a tattoo. Why do you think a large piece that takes more than one sitting is booked a few weeks apart?
To allow the skin that was just damaged to heal.
Other wise the ink will end up bleeding