Many clients are stressed out by how their tattoo looks when its brand new and fresh. The area that has been tattooed is normally a bit swollen, red and very sore to the touch. Sometimes there is even bruising as well! This is all normal. OBS:(If you have any stinging pain or strange colored liquid coming out of your tattoo thats different and might be signs of an infection. Im just describing the normal redness related directly to just having had a tattoo done. If your in doubt about your tattoo call your artist right away for some advice!) As you can see in the photo the area around the tattoo can get very red during tattooing. This is absolutely normal and only natural considering the "be
So..a lot of clients ask me this: "hey how come you have so many ink caps of black sitting out like that? Are they the same or different from each other?". Well; good question! They all look the same dont they? The thing is: they are different. We line them up to keep them organized. I keep my darkest black pigment on my right and then the further to the left I get in my setup the more diluted the pigment is. Im right handed so it makes sense for me to do it that way. How artist line their caps up depends on habit and personal preference. It also makes sense to ALWAYS do it in the same order: that way there is no thought involved when dipping the needle: every shade is where it supposed to b
