If you have never tattooed before, then you need to learn how to communicate with a tattoo artist. Both communication methods and professional knowledge, you must know something.

1. Price

Confirm the pattern and size first then make consultation. If you really want to get a tattoo, you should find a image and determine the size you want so that the tattooist can give you a price range, it is really easy to be suspicious about the price as a beginner, because every shop charges differently. Besides, due to the skills and experience of the tattooist, the price is bound to be various.

2. Respect

Don't criticize the work that the tattooist shows you. When customers come to tattoo shop, the tattooist usually displays the pictures of his/her works, which reveals his/her style and strength. Even though their works don’t really “touch” you, please show your respect to tattooists.

3. Deposit

Pay the deposit for the design. It takes a lot of time and energy to create a good design. If you pay the deposit in advance, even if you change your mind after the design is finished, it won’t be a waste of time for the tattooist. What’s more, this is a protection for the tattooist in case of the customer takes the sketch to another tattoo shop.

Before meeting a right tattooist, you may try a tattoo sticker. I cooperate with inktells currently, they are selling tattoo stickers, which have temporary tattoo stickers and semi-permanent tattoo stickers. They work with over hundreds artists, to transfer their works into tattoo stickers. These stickers take you less than 30 seconds to apply them on your body. Temporary tattoos last for 2-4 days on average, and semi-permanent tattoos last for about 15 days. It's best not to compromise with a bad tattooist just because you are “dying” to get a tattoo, you can keep using tattoo stickers until you meet the right one.

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Before getting a tattoo, you need to know which positions are easy to fade, and finally decide where you are to tattoo on.

The 4 Body Parts Where a Tattoo Is Likely to Fade

We all know that a good tattoo is composed of 2 major points: one is to choose an excellent experienced tattoo artist who has a fine art foundation; the other is the aftercare. In fact, an appropriate part has a lot to do with it. According to my experience and practice over the years, some parts of the body are best not to be tattooed:

1. The palm of the hand includingthe side of the finger

Even if areas like these can be tattooed at that time, they will become a mess after the recovery. And they will fade seriously always with touching up for many times.

2. Elbow

Tattoos on these parts also fade likely. I generally do not recommend my guests to tatt there. The effects they give usually don’t meet the anticipated demand.

3. The back of the neck, hipbone and the back of the waist

These parts, with which we use frequently in daily exercise, are also the first choice for many people. While it is difficult to take care of them well during the recovery. Although with a good aftercare, they could be out of shape or uneven distributed with changing body figures.

4. Ankle

This is the area where the skills of the tattooists are fully tested. Lines tattooed here are easily become blurry. Furthermore, it takes 15 to 20 days for wounds on ankles to heal, just almost double the length of that on other parts.

It’s not what it shows us after finishing sticking that depends whether it is a good tattoo, and a good tattoo artist will never forget to consider how it would change with healing. Anyway, if you want to reduce the risk of tattoo fading or bad tattoos getting, it’s essential to find an excellent experienced tattooist. And before you get to do that, you may try a tattoo sticker. I cooperate with inktells currently. They are selling tattoo stickers, which have temporary tattoo stickers and semi-permanent tattoo stickers. They work with over hundreds artists, to transfer their works into tattoo stickers. These stickers take you less than 30 seconds to apply them to your body. Temporary tattoos last for 2-4 days on average, and semi-permanent tattoos last for about 15 days. It's best not to compromise with a bad tattooist just because you are “dying” to get a tattoo, you can keep using tattoo stickers until you meet the right one.