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Choosing Your Tattoos – Client Version

Choosing Your Tattoos – Client Version

There is a plethora of articles about how clients should go about choosing their tattoo. These ideas plod along in small blurbs, which are mostly tripe. It’s the Teen-Vogue-esq ego massage most artists enjoy and is very artists-centric. Having read through a couple of them as they popped into my news feed this morning, I thought I should take a stab at it and give you, gentle reader, the real…

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What’s missing in our industry and a little about me.

What’s missing in our industry and a little about me.

Customer Service – That title eh? Yes, I know. I am always beating that dead horse. In most of the articles I have posted so far, I have tried to impress upon any person taking the time to read them that the idea of “customer service”is an idea that is being missed inside the industry. To preface this shorter (I hope) article about the importance of understanding customer service and what it…

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Carbon Black - Pigment Chemistry

Carbon Black – Pigment Chemistry

The role of Carbon Black in tattoo pigments

Black pigment is the most used pigment in tattooing – a claim I make without any data but a ton of intuition. Tattooers use black for everything – from outlines to realism – and the ubiquitousness of this amazing product is overshadowed by the fact that w know very little of its health effects when injected into the skin.

The color black, as we know it,…

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Tattoo Pigment Safety - Pigment Types and Additives

Tattoo Pigment Safety – Pigment Types and Additives

This is part 5 of the pigment safety article. We will look at the sources of pigments and what we mix them with to make the commercially available solutions we use currently.

Part 1 of the Pigment Safety Article is here.

Part 2 of the Pigment Safety Article is here.

Part 3 of the Pigment Safety Article is here.

Part 4 of the Pigment Safety Article is here.

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Media Literacy and Social Followings

Media Literacy and Social Followings

This is a supplement to the Tattoo Shop Becoming God article. While it mostly focuses on how we view and elect to believe the information proposed by social media and search engines it does touch on a few aspects of manipulation by the tattoo industry.

How the Tattoo Shop Became God Part 1 – can be found here.

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Social Media and the Global Search Engine

How much…

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Tattoo Pigment Safety - Regulations

Tattoo Pigment Safety – Regulations

Part 4 of the Pigment Safety Article. We look at regulations and tactics being taken by distributors to sway public opinion.

Part 1 of the article can be found here.

Part 2 of the article can be found here.

Part 3 of the article can be found here.

Photo by Pixabay on Pexels.com Reactions to Regulations of Tattoo Pigments

While writing this up, I drafted a tactical road map in the back of…

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Tattoo Pigment Safety - The Fight Against Regulations

Tattoo Pigment Safety – The Fight Against Regulations

For part 3 of the Pigment Safety Article, we look at the current state of the tattoo industry and how artists make decisions about the products the use.

Part 1 of the Pigment Safety Article is Here.

Part 2 of the Pigment Safety Article is Here.

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The Tattoo Industry Currently 

According to online sources, the tattoo industry is currently valued at nearly…

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How The Tattoo Shop Became God - Part 1

How The Tattoo Shop Became God – Part 1

In this 2 part article we examine aspects of media literacy and how companies are abusing the ignorance of populations globally to increase sales and gain trust of products that do not deserve such respect.

Part 2 can be found here<>

Brands, Value and the History of Media

Most times, or at least throughout the past 50 years in the west, the shop, an inanimate entity, is the master of the people…

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Tattoo Pigment Safety - Demand and Industry Domination

Tattoo Pigment Safety – Demand and Industry Domination

In Part 2 of the Pigment Article we take a brief critique of distributors efforts to conquer the marketplace and lead into Part 3 where we discuss efforts being taken to fight regulation.

Part 1 can be found by clicking here.

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How Industry Demand Influences Labels

With scientific innovation at the forefront of product development most tattooists are blessed with…

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Tattoo Pigments Safety - Industry Critique

Tattoo Pigments Safety – Industry Critique

Intro:

From the beginning, this article seemed like a simple way to introduce an argument about safety and fair practices. In reality, the companies that sell tattoo pigments, the industry that produces the raw ingredients, and the artists in industry combined, led me to formulate a critique that became a monster, much larger than I anticipated. This article grew to around 10,000 words and is…

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Simulation Theory - A Working Article

Simulation Theory – A Working Article

During this week’s reading I kept looking around and thinking, “…what if…?”.  I find the idea of a system that offers consciousness just fascinating. I do not know if that comes from a lifetime of reading science fiction or if it comes from watching movies like The Matrix. Sadly, I feel less than equipped to think about why or what these possible systems may look like if we were able to…

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What Are Jobstopper Tattoos?

What Are Jobstopper Tattoos?

Jobstopper tattoos are classified as any visible tattoos which is located in an area hard to cover in social settings – i.e. hands, face, neck.

Photo Credit – http://pexels.com (not a face tattoo but a person who would make a great babysitter)

The contrevoursey arises from the judgemental nature of others, as well as the subject matter some people have chosen to get tattooed. While some people…

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Podcast episode 1

Hello and welcome to the introduction about why we are doing this. You can choose to contact us to be a part of the show.

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Should You Tip Your Tattoo Artist?

Should You Tip Your Tattoo Artist?

Tipping is customary in most places within the United States and most tattoo artists world wide love the extra cheddar after a day of hard work. You, the client who is overwrought with joy and a new piece of art that will last a lifetime may be asking yourself, “should I tip or should I go?”

The answer is, always tip your artist if it fits into your budget, you were happy with the work and you…

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Warning Signs That a Tattoo Shop May Not Be Clean.

Warning Signs That a Tattoo Shop May Not Be Clean.

Warning Signs That a Tattoo Shop May Not Be Clean.

Most people venturing out for a new tattoo are focused on the process of getting a tattoo, not how clean the tattoo shop is. The pain, the possible bad mood of the artist, how much to tip… it can be a crisis for some people. On top of that, you are permanently marking your body and in doing so, opening yourself up to possible infectious agents…

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Tattoo Aftercare - Products

Tattoo Aftercare – Products

I have spent some time rolling around the great vastness of the internet looking up different articles on how to take care of your tattoo. There are a variety of protocols that have been put forth by artists and regulators but none of the methods I had found were focused on the individual. For the most part, all aftercare solutions have been rolled into a single process – Don’t pick it and keep…

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Managing your business – Tech Integrations

Managing your business – Tech Integrations

Hey there and welcome to this week’s posting! This is a multi -part article (yes I have a lot of those) focusing on how to manage your business and save yourself some time. Today, we will be coving what you need to do to get your shit in order, become a front desk helper-person and make the whole business of being a tattooer work for you. 

To start, time is money and with so much on…

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