I’m a tattoo artist and I’ve had a few people drift off lately. As a professional, I actually take it as a compliment because it means they’re relaxed, but I’m curious, do people think we hate it? Ask me anything about the shop ‘green flags’ or ‘red flags’ you’ve been too afraid to ask your artist!

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    1 day ago

    I just received a 9.5 hour session this week. Read, chatted, DJ’ed, and occasionally dozed off. Artist didn’t mind. I’d wager it depends moderately on whatever vibe you’ve already set with the artist, chill vs antagonistic etc.

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        4 hours ago

        Full sleeve now complete. :-) Started with the inner forearm, my original concept = Rod of Asclepius (aka the medical snake staff) but with a music note as the staff. Except my concept was a shitty 5-second line art and I found an artist and asked her to make it look actually good. :-D Then the gradual expansion to the rest of the arm was b/c I loved it and wanted it to look even cooler. :-P