I just found your channel. Planning my next piece, I can appreciate the honesty. If this is the first video anyone is watching from this channel, go watch other videos he has done. A lot of solid information, respect! 💯

The throat and up to ur chin line was pretty painful for me but i did get it after i got my back done by 2 artist at the same time

Amazing video. Touched on exactly the right topics 👍🏻

Great explanation, I handled my side of neck better then my forearm, but I think I handle it ok as I've had chronic back issues where the pain was 10/10 which bought me tears so like you said people who've had a history of other pain might handle it better

This dude puts out the most negative videos. He seems to hate his job and his customers

12:01 omg stop this is literally me right now. The puzzle or interesting project is great but then when you work it out its a snoozefest. Im considering tattooing but honestly I'm scared to invest in it and end up hating it too because theres such a long learning curve/apprenticeship period and takes so long to get good enough to make enough cash to live on 🙃

I would like to see an Asian tattoist talking about because they seem to be the specialist in fine line and gray.Would be great if you invited one of these guys. Thank you

Great video.. Respectable and very informative. Thank you

Hi James. Are you still working as a Tattoo Artist and do you ever come to London?

What if I were to get a sleeve tattoo in my 30’s, but then decided in my 40’s to start taking TRT and gained muscle size on my arms due to high testosterone. Would this drastically affect the way the tattoo looks?

Thanks. Great video!

A grown man and woman can get silly with their tattoos too

Yea

Bro is depressed

I only have 5 tattoos so far I thought the inner arm was bad ( it was painful but very bearable until that white ink came out ) 😭 but I think the upper back was the most painful. I wanna get a rib/thigh tattoo next

When it comes to the consultation by proxy, they’re not taking into account people that might not be able to physically speak. I kind of feel sorry for any death or new clients you might get.

When it comes to the consultation by proxy, they’re not taking into account people that might not be able to physically speak. I kind of feel sorry for any death or new clients you might get.

Full torso and sleeves part back. Im skinny so it hurt worse my torso was basically ribs everywhere. Nipples god danm that sucks. Even a after full sleeves back chest plate and ribs. Doing my full torso absolutely sucks ass. I got tattood today about to take the first clean so you all know what's gonna happen 😢😋

Bro literally I'm sitting here hating my career as an animator and find you comparing the two jobs??? feels like I'm in the right place to find answers, thanks!

Wait but tattooing outside a shop is not illegal ?

I'm a color tattoo guy

Both of my tattoos were gifts from my grandmother. I was 18 when I got them. She also got tatted the same day. We came in already knowing what we wanted. I did absolutely ZERO talking, and to be honest, I think the tattoo artist liked it better that way. LOL. My grandmother was a very tough and rough old bat, who probably made the tattoo artist himself think twice about questioning her decision making 😂

Great video - thanks for the advice!

On the consultation by proxy thing, as a woman I can thin of a couple of different possibilities that you out to consider. One supports your position, one maybe is a thing you may want to be more flexible about. First, 100%, please keep making sure that nobody is getting tattooed by you who might not be totally consenting. I bet there are plenty of girls who get work that's what their man wants that they don't. That could well be anything from a weird power dynamic all the way to someone being trafficked. The second though, is that I know a lot of girls who would really love a particular tattoo, but they aren't super comfortable communicating in the tattoo shop environment. I would think that as long as the girl is there, and you can kind of ask her questions and draw her into the consultation process so you can get a read on *why* she wasn't the lead on the condo, maybe give her a little grace on being shy to begin with. Shy girls deserve good tattoos too.

you r scared like rest of u about new tattooers ...stop crying, work hard and more, improve your skills and u should be fine

Theoretically, black and grey tattoos hurt less, being that your coverage is subject only to darker areas and that they take less time since you arent saturating all or most of the image.

What about brown tattoos? Especially on olive/tan skin tones?

Favorite part was when he was like you could even get locked up and go to prison "you’re still good"😂😂

Can you do an update with new equipment. The artist doesn't have this at all.

the love handles are the most overlooked of the bad spots I’ve done. Everyone talks the butt-thigh line, ribs, hip bones, high inner thigh, but to me those love handles go overlooked.

Thanks James that was very helpful. What's your take on opaque grey sets on mid to dark skin? If you've ever work on neutral brown paper with just black and white you know the kind of effect I'm looking for on a client that is coming up. Would the opaque grey work better to make the highlighted areas pop or use only black 80, and 60%, and noteorry about highlights and use just skin tone. Thanks man, appreciate your straight forward videos

thx

8 hrs elbow, not the whole 8 hrs on the elbow but a good part, by end I was shaking and shivering like worm 🪱

Chest tat had nerves hit that made it feel like getting in a different place.

I’m a plumber and I’m sick of people asking me to fix their shower. Like everybody asks for that be original.

Seems like this guy has a longer list of things he wont/ cant do, than things he can/ will do. In the work force, that generally makes you a WEAK LINK. And theres something ive noticed about some tattoo artists, they tend to have these lists of tattoos they consider "overdone". But when you actively look around and try to spot someone with said "overdone" tattoos....they are nowhere to be found. Ultimately, it shouldnt matter if something is "overdone", if its what YOU TRULY WANT and know it will bring you joy, then you should GET IT. And when you run across closed minded, pretentious artists like this guy, FIND ANOTHER ARTIST . There are plenty of FRIENDLY and supportive artists out there, dont settle for clowns like this guy. I mean, look at HIS boring tats, and his sh*tty personality....do you really want someone like that doing your tattoos and making (potentially) THOUSANDS of dollars off you? Or who will just make the countless hours in the chair AWKWARD with his dull personality?? I didnt think so. Oh, and just FYI: he is totally wrong about LION pics. There are HUNDREDS of high quality lion images online that an artist can work with, to give you an awesome lion tattoo. If thats what you want, dont let an artist talk you out of a tattoo that you KNOW will bring you joy. Its about YOUR happiness, not theirs.

Income to ratio is what it’s called

What's the average tip amount (percentage wise)?

I'm black and I agree with this because of the knowledge of art principles in color theory which is the biggest difference.

My red flag for a tattooer, or anyone, is taking ten minutes to express two minutes of content.

I’ve got rheumatoid arthritis in my lower back, it’s incredibly painful. Imagine someone stabbing you in the hip whenever you try to move. So when I’m getting a tattoo I remember how that felt when I was unmedicated, and suddenly the tattoo isn’t so bad.

Great video bro! Forget the haters, thank you

I take a lot of pain and I got my chest done and it wasn't too bad

I have life and death tattoo on one side and devil angel on the other side of my stomach two sessions and it's actually hard to breathe

so basically you guys are azz holes because you don’t like some of the people that wants tattoos got it

2:45 ain’t no crack heads going to the tattoo shop to get a tattoo. All the money they get goes towards their habit, not body art, they can careless about their appearance. 😂😂😂😂

ARMPIT!

Thank you so much for being honest and straightforward. Really helpful ❤❤

From personal experience I'd say my wrist hurt more than my rib tattoo I'm built of skin and bone zero protection

Next time just use African American instead of saying “Black People “ That way you want get those people that will call you racist etc But great video an thank you for the information Keep up the great work