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Abstract:
Dr. John grabs a scalpel and begins cutting into the arm of a Phi Gamma Delta Syracuse University student.
He leaves the Greek letters as an open wound without stitches, throwing the bloody pieces of skin he chiseled off into the trashcan.
After the cuts heal, Dr....
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ryan
posted 10/13/08 @ 5:23 PM EST
My ex girlfriend got a tattoo Scarab and her friend did too the same day. Both came out blurry and the placement didnt make sense. The spot on Erie does decent work (dont go to M Street) Ive only seen crap work come out of electric circus. Think of the tattoo shops in Syracuse like the area News Stations, low production value.
If you want a tattoo check out the convention that comes to Liverpool each year. There are great artists there who know what they are doing. Look at past work (from that particular artist, not just the shop) for crisp lines and decent detail. If you dont know, take a friend from VPA and have them look at the composition.
Also pay attention to placement. Have the curves of the art fit the curves of your body.
If you want a tattoo check out the convention that comes to Liverpool each year. There are great artists there who know what they are doing. Look at past work (from that particular artist, not just the shop) for crisp lines and decent detail. If you dont know, take a friend from VPA and have them look at the composition.
Also pay attention to placement. Have the curves of the art fit the curves of your body.
gobigpelf
posted 10/13/08 @ 9:14 PM EST
Originally posted byryan
My ex girlfriend got a tattoo Scarab and her friend did too the same day. Both came out blurry and the placement didnt make sense. The spot on Erie does decent work (dont go to M Street) Ive only seen crap work come out of electric circus. Think of the tattoo shops in Syracuse like the area News Stations, low production value.
If you want a tattoo check out the convention that comes to Liverpool each year. There are great artists there who know what they are doing. Look at past work (from that particular artist, not just the shop) for crisp lines and decent detail. If you dont know, take a friend from VPA and have them look at the composition.
Also pay attention to placement. Have the curves of the art fit the curves of your body.
Your comment leaves much to be desired, Ryan. Scarab doesn't have shops on Erie and Marshall St. - HALO does. If that was a typing error on your part, no problem... but please get your facts straight. I have seen quite a few tattoos and piercings from Halo come out wonky, including my crooked septum piercing and a friend's backwards eighth-note tattoo. Their shop rotates artists around - each location has the same tendency for error.
I agree with you that many Syracuse shops do terrible work - it's a college town and kids will get what they pay for. But I trust John Joyce with every piece of my body and have quite a lot of work that's been done by him; I don't think anyone would put him in the category of terrible work unless they have a personal grudge against him.
Lastly, regarding your "body placement" issue - I'd put my money on it rarely being the fault of the artist. Most of the time, people go in to the shop knowing WHAT they want on them and WHERE they want it. The artist does not sit down and immediately start inking them; instead, sketches are drawn, stencils are made and transferred onto the body. The recipient of the tattoo has plenty of opportunities to say "No, I don't like this placement." If they choose not to speak up, it's their problem.
(Also, unless the entire tattoo is done with a shading needle, the chances of it coming out blurry are little to none. A blurry tattoo is typically the result of the recipient's choice of aftercare - too little/much moisture, direct sunlight, scrubbing, picking off scabs... these are all things that will render a tattoo blurry. Perhaps the word you were going for was "shaky" lines?)
SkinBright
posted 6/29/09 @ 3:52 PM EST
No formal training is required to be a body artist - and New York State has no regulations on tattoo or scarification parlors. Despite the absence of laws, self-ruling is important to the body art business
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gobigpelf
posted 10/13/08 @ 10:12 AM EST
Also, that commentary from D.J. Rose is just one of the many reasons I'll never go into Halo. Talk about pretentious...