Tattoo artist recommendations

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Robert Litcan, Dark Raptor Kilkenny

Summer wind

Hi everyone. Does anyone have an opinion on Living Art in Limerick? I want a small design done near my wrist and my friend has recommended them. Heard good things about Allstar and Bullmans too though. I'd love some advice. Thanks.

Baddaze1

raze_them_all_ wrote: »

Robert Litcan, Dark Raptor Kilkenny

Thank you 😊😊

CaptainKrunch

Hi everyone!

Looking to get my knees tatted, but want some sick roses to go on them.

I already have a good few tats and am looking for someone who can do some really nice neo tradish or traditional rose tats. I'm sick of looking for artists myself and am hoping someone knows of an artist who is as good as Kirk Jones etc.
all the best

Umpalumpa

Anyone have any work done in modern primitives in Fairview Dublin?
Looking to get a full arm Maori sleeve

Lady is a tramp

Got my first tattoo yesterday ... there's a photo in the ISYM thread, to be honest I guess I've no idea if it's good quality or not, but I love love love it!

Eimear Kearney did it ... I'd highly recommend her for tattoo virgins like myself! I only had a very vague idea of what I wanted, but she was really confident about transferring my wishy-washy description into a lovely design, I felt totally safe in her hands!

She told me afterwards that she has a reputation for having a very gentle touch, that people often fall asleep while she's tattooing them. I can see how, I very nearly did a few times! The pain was nowhere near as bad as I expected. It took over three hours, it only started getting painful in the last half hour, I guess because the whole area was tender at that stage. But still definitely bearable pain!

Level 5 Vegan

Nobody is as good as Kirk Jones.

gregers85

Summer wind wrote: »

Hi everyone. Does anyone have an opinion on Living Art in Limerick? I want a small design done near my wrist and my friend has recommended them. Heard good things about Allstar and Bullmans too though. I'd love some advice. Thanks.

Don't have any experience with Living Art tbh but you wont go wrong going to All Star, both Ross and Paul are excellent artists

gregers85

Check out Ross Nagle in All Star tattoo Limerick/ Love Hate tattoo Cork, splits his week between the two shops

Boardz Fiend

Can anyone tell me the best tattoo artists in Europe? I have read most of this thread and recommendations seem to be Irish based. I'm prepared to sit on a waiting list, I'm prepared to travel and im prepared to save ever euro i can and pay for the right artist. Basically I'm looking for the best. Anyone got any first hand experience ?

Vojera

I'm thinking of getting a pet portrait tattoo, most likely b&w. I've had a look around and I think I might go with Pawel in Skin City. What do ye reckon?

Lady is a tramp

Boardz Fiend wrote: »

Can anyone tell me the best tattoo artists in Europe? I have read most of this thread and recommendations seem to be Irish based. I'm prepared to sit on a waiting list, I'm prepared to travel and im prepared to save ever euro i can and pay for the right artist. Basically I'm looking for the best. Anyone got any first hand experience ?

I reckon you'd probably need to post some pics/links of the style you're going for to get suggestions! I'm sure there are tonnes of tattoo artists in Europe who are "best" at their particular style.

Star Lord

Vojera wrote: »

I'm thinking of getting a pet portrait tattoo, most likely b&w. I've had a look around and I think I might go with Pawel in Skin City. What do ye reckon?

Pawel is brilliant. Denise in Snakebite has been doing some great animal portraits the last few years too.

kelbal

Hi guys. Im looking to get my 2nd tattoo and don't want to have to travel to the city. I'm near Balbriggan and ideally don't want to travel further than swords. Have my own drawings for what I'd like done. Any recommendations on experienced\established tattooists in the area??

Thanks

joey100

Any reason you don't want to travel? It's going to be on you for ever, a train journey into Dublin isn't going to break the bank or take that much time.

kelbal

joey100 wrote: »

Any reason you don't want to travel? It's going to be on you for ever, a train journey into Dublin isn't going to break the bank or take that much time.

Of course I'll go into Dublin, but if there's a good spot closer to home which people recommend that'd be even better

joey100

What sort of style tattoo you looking for? Different artists would specialise in different style, the more information you can give about the design the better really.

Vojera

Star Lord wrote: »

Pawel is brilliant. Denise in Snakebite has been doing some great animal portraits the last few years too.

Cheers. I've had a look at Denise's stuff but I still think Pawel is the guy for me. Gotta save up my dolla-dollas

Star Lord

Vojera wrote: »

Cheers. I've had a look at Denise's stuff but I still think Pawel is the guy for me. Gotta save up my dolla-dollas

You won't be disappointed. He did my bio-mech heart tattoo on my chest, and it still looks amazing *counts* some 7 years later! (:eek: has it really been that long?)

D87

Hey guys,

Planning on getting a 3/4 sleeve tattoo, living in Maynooth, Co.Kildare. Looking for somewhere reliable, good creative artists that I could work with to get the design I want..

Would be open to going into Dublin, any advice that somebody could offer would be great..! Artists, tattoo shops, prices etc..!

Thanks!!

Atavan-Halen

What style of tattoo are you looking for? Tribal, Japanese, old school, new school... etc?

SlipperyPeople

Anyone any tips on contacting Artists abroad?

I've been trying to contact an artist in Warsaw who I would love to design my first piece.

Sent a couple of emails first one just asking if he was available in a certain month but then I read to include as much detail as possible on the tattoo idea so I did. (perhaps should've included sizing)

I ended up emailing a friend of his who's studio he was working as a guest artist who told me he would write to me the next day.

No response. its been over a month since I've tried to get in contact. I understand artists are extremely busy and probably get a ton of requests but is it usually a game of waiting to hear back from in demand artists?

jenizzle

hungoverbunny wrote: »

I understand artists are extremely busy and probably get a ton of requests but is it usually a game of waiting to hear back from in demand artists?

Unfortunately, yep. I've had artists reply 2-3 months after I've sent emails. I think if they really like the piece, they're more likely to respond.

I received the below auto reply from an artist which might give you an idea of what some artists expect in your email to them:

I'll try to reply to all tattoo inquiries, but it may takes me several days/weeks. Make sure you gave me enough details concerning your project (idea, size, location on the body, city you want to book for, budget, etc). If your message does not include any of these, there's a slight possibility that i won't reply. I also give priority to project I like the most and to people who wants to do some flash from my book. Be patient, it may take me a while since I travel a lot but I will get back to you.

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Hey all,

Looking for recommendations for tattooists in Dublin, I have a design for a tattoo on my forearm but I have no idea what shop to use.
Do I need to go to a shop to see if they can do they tattoo for me or is there any sites I can upload a picture to and see if they can do it ?

Hellrazer

Go to a shop.See the recommended artists thread.

Sometimes a geometric tattoo that looks great on a flat piece of paper will look **** when its on a non flat body part with muscles, fat etc.

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Hellrazer wrote: »

Go to a shop.See the recommended artists thread.

Sometimes a geometric tattoo that looks great on a flat piece of paper will look **** when its on a non flat body part with muscles, fat etc.

Will do man ! Didn't know there was a recommended thread. Thanks !

LirW

I can highly recommend Mark Anthony, he's currently in Reinkarnated and will change to Spilled Ink by the end of the month. I got lots of geometric work by him, he's a very good black- and dotwork artist.

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LirW wrote: »

I can highly recommend Mark Anthony, he's currently in Reinkarnated and will change to Spilled Ink by the end of the month. I got lots of geometric work by him, he's a very good black- and dotwork artist.

That sounds exactly like what I'm looking for, thanks man !

theLuggage

Hi just looking for an update on recommendations for Wildcat in Stephens Green. I want to get a small tattoo, symbol, so there's no style as such.

I'm looking for a place where they are nice and friendly to the newbies I can see the place has been widely recommended but nothing up to date on the artists that are there now, so just curious would people still recommend the place?

Was also looking at Snakebite but I'm a bit time poor so Wildcat is the handier option at the moment.

Malahide bodyart studio might be another option for me. I see someone was happy going there recently, any other opinions on the place?

Thanks

colea

Hi, I got a tribal tattoo in Cork a few years back, have never really loved it tbh, it is quite big on my upper arm, I am looking to get a cover up with a tribal Polynesian style, maybe 1/2 sleeve if required to loose the style of the plain tribal piece.
Wondering where is the best place in Cork to go for Polynesian style tattoos and would they have a problem doing the cover up, over someone else's work.