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Originally Posted by SJRabbit
Im with Johnny "The Tattoo Hunter" the collector guy is also Intresting but also shows you how not to ever get a tattoo, I was Freaking out when i seen the african lady cutting him then rubbing the pigment in with her un covered hands in the land of AIDS
These Shows are getting outta hand Thank god Bond man has turned them down, and I hope Many Others.
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I agree, I Cringe usually at least once an episode, but the cool thing is learning the history behind each cultures tattoos, why they get them, and what rights of passage have to be gone through in order to earn them.
It kinda always puts me in my place. I can drive up the block from my house any day of the week and pay someone at a shop to put any tattoo I want on me for any damn reason, in a clean and sterile enviornment. and the only thing I had to do for it was sit for the length of the tattoo and shell out a few bucks.
and then watching this show I really feel bad about that. I mean, it's great for me because it's how I make my living, but these people really go through some s&!t before they can get tattooed. I Never wanna have to lift weights hanging from my Prince Albert or let someone slice into me with a sharpened stone just to get my artwork. It really makes me thankful I live in this culture.
I do wish there was a disclaimer on the show that NOONE should ever be try it at home, or let their idiot friends try it either, and there actually may be and I just never pay attention. I also agree that there are way to many of them. Hell, I remember when I was leaving Las Vegas tattoo, they had just started filming the show Tattoo Underground for UPN and WB there. It's alot of the reason I left. Thank god I only appeared in one episode and it was me making funny faces while getting tattooed. But I mean really its recockulous how many of these shows are popping up.
not to say I don't respect the people on them most of the time. I know what it's like for the guys who are still green.its hard being a new artist who's still learning by putting flash on friends and a few of the walk ins and then having a Camera hang over your shoulder the entire time makes it even more stressful cause you never know whats gonna make it to air. In the end, I'm glad I mostly ended up on the cutting room floor, but my phone still rings every time they run a re-run of the one episode I'm still in.
And I'm rambling, can you tell I'm bored. Good news is, I've got an interview at a shop tomorrow, so Hopefully I get it. Cause even if its slow, I'll at least feel like I'm working again just from having to get up and go somewhere in order to sit around and wait to tattoo people.