Tattoo Parlor Tryst - The Collection

I was doing my MBA at the time and I started realising that people really liked my work and by word of mouth, it got really popular and I decided to stick to it. My first tattoo, an ambigram, was one I did myself. Lokesh, who was also one of the first people to start tattooing in India, is a self-trained artist and has been fascinated with sketching as far back as he can remember.

I try and look up the actual words and correct them. He found out three years later. Some of the tattoo artists he lists as his first influences include Bob Tyrrell and Paul Booth, while an Indian artist he really looks up to would be New York-based Anil Gupta. It was only during the course of running my factory, where we used to manufacture machines and dyes, that I came in contact with a few tattoo artists who needed supplies to be made.

One day, caught in the middle of an argument regarding a logo that stretched on for half an hour, Vivek decided to pick up a pencil and sketch the different designs being discussed. Eventually, I started picking up how to tattoo just from watching at learning. And once I picked up the machine, designing was something that took the backseat, as tattooing took the first.

Vivek recalls that his friends laughed, while his family was left spellbound at his new career choice, not knowing to justify it. They expected that in a few years, I would return to my old position. Now that it has been nine years, and they have seen the progression of my work they have finally accepted it; and even my mother has expressed interest in her first tattoo!

And as far as the clients are concerned, due to all of the media exposure in recent years they are more open to realistic tattoos, and personal thoughts and feelings being made into designs. No one was open to anything more complex. At the time the artist who experimented with realistic tattoos ruined them - even the portraits looked like tribal designs!

That was one of the reasons I decided to tattoo, because I knew that I could do better! The toughest part is that, we are not supposed to make mistakes, and sometimes when the clients have unrealistic expectations and want a design to be copied exactly, it can be difficult to manage those expectations, because every artist has a slightly different signature style; we are not copy machines, each tattoo will look slightly different.

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There is a transition happening here, more people are opening their minds and perception. To which, a classmate, this girl, replied that she knew how to make one. The next thing I knew we had decided that she would demonstrate this knowledge of tattoo making on me. It was to be done with the graphite rod of a battery, finely powdered with the help of a razor blade and mixed into some hair oil to make it resemble some sort of ink.

So I drew this barbed wire onto my right arm, with my left hand holding the ball point pen. She then simply traced over my freehand crooked little sketch of a barbed wire onto my arm by first dipping the needle into the ink and then piercing my skin with it. Thus began my headfirst ride into the world of tattooing. Alex Shimray definitely had an interesting introduction to tattooing. After freelancing as a tattoo artist for four years in Koregaon Park, he came to Delhi and eventually joined Devilz Tattooz. Alex specialises in colour tattoos at present, and has been inspired and fascinated by tattoos since childhood, as the traditional culture of the Naga tribe itself has a very significant tattoo history.

He wants to be known more as a contemporary Naga tattoo Artist, with expertise in a fusion of trendy and traditional tattoos. Instead you get hugs and appreciation. People let you into their deepest secrets, sorrow, pain, happiness, and dreams, and let you take all of these and translate these into an artwork on their bodies.

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Permanent artwork that they take with them everywhere. It travels the world with them. And becomes a part of them. What could possibly be more exciting? But a few do stand out. I was hesitant to even start the tattoo but relented at the request of the owner of said studio. The guy kept squirming and swearing and grumbling through the tattoo and eventually passed out cold on the chair. I am a patient man.

That day however, I put my machine down, left the half done tattoo and the stupid drunk angry man walked out of the studio and went back home with an unfinished tattoo which he never came back for again.

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Jeff Gogue, Alex De Pase, Guy Aitchison are a few of the tattoo artist he really looks up, who remain constant favourites. In , I opened my first studio in Versova, Mumbai. Now, the company has 16 employees, and runs studios in Mumbai and in Delhi. There is something called job satisfaction…this satisfaction was always a driving force, that fuelled me to pursue tattooing as my full-time profession.

This is all what I love about my passion — tattooing! But we know how to convert these horror stories into happy stories whew!! Once a boy came in for a tattoo accompanied by his mother. His mother was telling me to convince her son to not get the tattoo… at the end of the day, both mother and son left the tattoo studio inked. There are many stories about the mission and passion of BodyCanvas. Kind of the only way to know that stuff is to have been around. The person at any given shop doesn't have to be tattooing that long, but the fact that they're working with, or hopefully apprenticed with someone who's been tattooing a long time, can give you a bit more to go on.

Most shops — the good ones, anyway — have a website that lists their artists and a little bit about them. And don't be afraid to straight up ask an artist you're thinking of working with, either! While walk-in's are almost always welcome, you should still enter a shop with some knowledge. Even if you wake up one morning with the intense need to run out and get tattooed, sit for a minute and do some research online or ask your tattooed friends who the best person is to go to. If you can't find the shop's website or there doesn't seem to be any helpful information on it, that's a bad sign.

But don't just read reviews, either. Look for reviews that also show images of work that the particular artist has done. The first thing a good tattoo parlor will ask you other than what you want done is who you'd like to tattoo you. Every artist has a different style, so make sure you have the answer to that question.

Don't be afraid to go bigger

Having been an icon in the industry for decades, Mahoney insists that the best way to spot a good or bad tattoo shop is to listen. Popularity on Instagram doesn't really mean a person is a great tattooer. Word of mouth is always the best way. If you're wandering around and you walk into the first tattoo shop you spot — and you've never heard of it before — don't commit yourself to that shop right away.

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Additionally, if you spot someone with tattoos you like, ask them where they went! When you walk into a shop, take a minute to look around and admire the walls. Most professional shops will have sketches or other artwork by their tattooers displayed on the walls. If you don't like what you see, that place might not be the right one for you. You should also always take the time to sit down and thumb through each artist's book. Typically, a tattoo parlor will have a stack of books on a coffee table that showcases each artist's previous work.

If you're not liking those pieces, you probably won't like the one you might get from them. Also try to parse out what an artist's strong suit is, and also, whether they have a weak spot in their skill set. Be sure to recognize what style of tattoo you're going for and whether a particular shop can pull it off.

A person might not be a bad artist, they may just be bad at the particular style you want. Another good way to judge the quality of a tattoo parlor is to know who else has gotten tattooed there. While not every shop has A-list clients like Lady Gaga see her David Bowie tattoo as done by Mark Mahoney , you can still get a sense of a parlor's level of expertise by seeing what other work they've done on other clients.

Hang around the shop a minute and ask the other customers there if they've gotten tattooed at this specific shop before. If they have, take a look. Even if you strike up a conversation with someone who hasn't gotten tattooed there yet, they may have a friend who has, and recommended this shop. Pricing really can help you gauge what kind of a shop you're in. Great tattoos come with hefty price tags. You pay for what you get.