# Tattoo artists - do they ever say no? **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [January 26, 2011, 5:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tattoo-artists-do-they-ever-say-no/569026 "2011-01-26T05:57:36Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2011, 3:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tattoo-artists-do-they-ever-say-no/569026/61 "2011-01-30T03:02:45Z")
> [@vertizontal](#): > > This guy’s mother must be so proud: > > [http://animalnewyork.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/06/rouslan-toumaniantz-tattoo.jpg](http://animalnewyork.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/06/rouslan-toumaniantz-tattoo.jpg) Amateur. [![](https://i176.photobucket.com/albums/w197/runnerpat/Boards/normal-human.jpg) ](https://i176.photobucket.com/albums/w197/runnerpat/Boards/normal-human.jpg) 😃 ---
**Author:** ![dhkendall](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a9adbd/32.png) [@dhkendall](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dhkendall)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2011, 5:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tattoo-artists-do-they-ever-say-no/569026/62 "2011-01-30T05:01:24Z")
> [@runner pat](#): > > > [@vertizontal](#): > > > > This guy’s mother must be so proud: > > > > [http://animalnewyork.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/06/rouslan-toumaniantz-tattoo.jpg](http://animalnewyork.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/06/rouslan-toumaniantz-tattoo.jpg) > > Amateur. > > [http://i176.photobucket.com/albums/w197/runnerpat/Boards/normal-human.jpg](http://i176.photobucket.com/albums/w197/runnerpat/Boards/normal-human.jpg) > > 😃 Actually, the first guy still wins for WTF tattoo - the second … individual … could better be described as “caught in a jewelry store explosion” - ie it’s the rings you notice on them (can’t even tell their gender clearly!) than the tattoos. While the first guy does indeed have some interesting adornments on him, he also has some very clear, and funky, tattoos. ---
**Author:** ![Leo\_Bloom](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/leo_bloom/32/10377_2.png) [@Leo\_Bloom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leo_Bloom)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2011, 6:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tattoo-artists-do-they-ever-say-no/569026/63 "2011-01-30T06:17:51Z")
> [@Projammer](#): > > Just make sure they’re all named Henry. Whoosh?🙂 ---
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2011, 6:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tattoo-artists-do-they-ever-say-no/569026/64 "2011-01-30T06:25:29Z")
> [@Leo\_Bloom](#): > > Whoosh?🙂 [Henry The Eighth, I Am.](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TsCeVdCDqjE) ---
**Author:** ![GoodOmens](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/d26b3c/32.png) [@GoodOmens](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GoodOmens)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2011, 12:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tattoo-artists-do-they-ever-say-no/569026/65 "2011-01-30T12:47:34Z")
> [@Tom\_Tildrum](#): > > The artist who tattooed the ice cream cone on Gucci Mane’s face has announced that he will no longer do facial tattoos. An excellent decision…just a bit too late. ---
**Author:** ![River\_Hippie](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/river_hippie/32/26_2.png) [@River\_Hippie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/River_Hippie)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2011, 4:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tattoo-artists-do-they-ever-say-no/569026/66 "2011-01-30T16:02:59Z")
> [@GoodOmens](#): > > An excellent decision…just a bit too late. Manes already had a bunch of ink on his face/neck, it’s not like the artist disfigured a pristine landscape.🙂 ---
**Author:** ![ralph124c](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/8797f3/32.png) [@ralph124c](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ralph124c)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2011, 4:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tattoo-artists-do-they-ever-say-no/569026/67 "2011-01-30T16:53:32Z")
Are the “Catwoman” and the “Lizardman” still completeing their body transformations? The Lizard guy has got to have green scales all over his body by now! ---
**Author:** ![SuperNelson](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/7feea3/32.png) [@SuperNelson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SuperNelson)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2011, 1:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tattoo-artists-do-they-ever-say-no/569026/68 "2011-02-02T01:28:01Z")
This reminds me. I saw this the other day on Jalopnik: [Man Gets His Penis Tattooed for a Free Mini Cooper](http://jalopnik.com/#!5746118/man-gets-his-penis-tattooed-for-a-free-mini-cooper) ---
**Author:** ![mcott](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f6c823/32.png) [@mcott](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mcott)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2011, 2:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tattoo-artists-do-they-ever-say-no/569026/69 "2011-02-02T02:31:30Z")
Well, the place I go to has a prominent sign stating that they won’t do neck or face. No exceptions. Also, they seem to have a pricing policy to weed out first timers doing it on a lark. My first tat was initials and dates on my arm (three lines of small print text), cost was $270.00 . Second was adding two more lines with more commemorative dates, same font, cost $60.00 . Once one has established themselves as a client who isn’t going to have regrets, all bets are off. Although I have to warn people that red ink can be bad - check out the CDC website for “red reaction”. My “don’t walk” ampelman still needs to be pumiced two years later. Gonna make the Welsh Dragon a potential problem 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Washoe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/ecae2f/32.png) [@Washoe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Washoe)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2011, 3:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tattoo-artists-do-they-ever-say-no/569026/70 "2011-02-02T03:30:43Z")
> [@SuperNelson](#): > > This reminds me. I saw this the other day on Jalopnik: [Man Gets His Penis Tattooed for a Free Mini Cooper](http://jalopnik.com/#!5746118/man-gets-his-penis-tattooed-for-a-free-mini-cooper) Serious question: if you want your schlong tatted, is it hard to find an artist who’s willing to handle another guy’s junk? ---
**Author:** ![Tess](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/e480ec/32.png) [@Tess](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tess)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2011, 3:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tattoo-artists-do-they-ever-say-no/569026/71 "2011-02-02T03:43:53Z")
I suck at linking but just saw a news story out of Kentucky. A woman drove her truck into the front of a tattoo parlor and tried hitting the artist inside. He’d just turned her away because he felt she was too drunk to get a tattoo. Pfft. Suggesting her judgment’s impaired. That’ll show him.:rolleyes: ---
**Author:** ![Washoe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/ecae2f/32.png) [@Washoe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Washoe)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2011, 4:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tattoo-artists-do-they-ever-say-no/569026/72 "2011-02-02T04:36:01Z")
> [@Tess](#): > > I suck at linking but just saw a news story out of Kentucky. [Here ya go.](http://www.wlky.com/r/26608789/detail.html?source=htv) 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Stop\_no\_Exit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e9bcb4/32.png) [@Stop\_no\_Exit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stop_no_Exit)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2011, 5:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tattoo-artists-do-they-ever-say-no/569026/73 "2011-02-02T05:27:20Z")
I had a friend that searched for a tattoo artist for months, asking people whose tats he liked where they had gotten them done. The artist refused him because his forearm was too hairy. My friend wanted to come back with it shaved, but the man told him "When it grew back, no one would see my artwork. (And another guy did the tat.) ---
**Author:** ![SuperNelson](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/7feea3/32.png) [@SuperNelson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SuperNelson)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2011, 12:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tattoo-artists-do-they-ever-say-no/569026/74 "2011-02-02T12:24:47Z")
> [@Washoe](#): > > Serious question: if you want your schlong tatted, is it hard to find an artist who’s willing to handle another guy’s junk? A friend asked that question when I got my first tattoo. The guy said he did do genital work, but he charged more. Then he called it a holding fee, so who knows if he was serious. ---
**Author:** ![NineToTheSky](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/b5a626/32.png) [@NineToTheSky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NineToTheSky)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2011, 12:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tattoo-artists-do-they-ever-say-no/569026/75 "2011-02-02T12:54:24Z")
One thing that has always puzzled me is that a tattoo isn’t just for Christmas; it’s for life. If you’re getting a tattoo, how can you be sure it’s something you’ll still want and like in one year, ten, twenty years time? Do people bitterly regret having one, or are people generally satisfied all their lives? Why do people want tattoos? Is it a fashion statement? If so, I’d imagine that, as fashions change, that would be a risky reason to have one. ---
**Author:** ![ralph124c](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/8797f3/32.png) [@ralph124c](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ralph124c)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2011, 2:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tattoo-artists-do-they-ever-say-no/569026/76 "2011-02-02T14:38:30Z")
What does a sunburst around one’s navel signify? A few male models seem to have these. ---
**Author:** ![beartato](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/9d8465/32.png) [@beartato](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/beartato)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2011, 4:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tattoo-artists-do-they-ever-say-no/569026/77 "2011-02-02T16:18:51Z")
> [@NineToTheSky](#): > > Do people bitterly regret having one, Yes. And > [@](#): > > or are people generally satisfied all their lives? Yes. > [@](#): > > Why do people want tattoos? Is it a fashion statement? If so, I’d imagine that, as fashions change, that would be a risky reason to have one. All sorts of people want all sorts of tattoos for all sorts of reasons. Some people just like decorating their bodies. Sometimes people get a memorial tattoo, for a person or even a pet that’s died. Sometimes people gets their spouse or child’s name, in case their mind goes blank while writing a birthday card. Sometimes, five years later, they think it’s the dumbest decision they’ve ever made, just like when you look back at what you were wearing in high school. Sometimes, they are very happy with the tattoo, and are pretty much okay with it for the rest of their life. If you always wear really trendy clothes, you’ll probably be more likely to look back at photos of yourself and go, “What was I thinking?!” If you get a trendy tattoo, or don’t put too much thought into it, you might end up doing the same thing. Lady-with-a-giant-Twilight-tattoo-on-her-back, I’m thinking of you. ---
**Author:** ![Misnomer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/misnomer/32/14897_2.png) [@Misnomer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Misnomer)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2011, 5:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tattoo-artists-do-they-ever-say-no/569026/78 "2011-02-02T17:57:01Z")
Excellent post, **beartato**! Personally, **NineToTheSky** , for my tattoos I chose themes that I knew would be constants through my life: music (G-clef when I was 23) and wolves (howling wolf when I was 27). ---
**Author:** ![NineToTheSky](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/b5a626/32.png) [@NineToTheSky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NineToTheSky)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2011, 6:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tattoo-artists-do-they-ever-say-no/569026/79 "2011-02-02T18:23:04Z")
My problem is that I am not confident enough to commit to a decoration that lasts a lifetime. What if I change my mind? (I usually do.) It must be nice to be so certain of yourself. ---
**Author:** ![filling\_pages](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/b9bd4f/32.png) [@filling\_pages](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/filling_pages)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2011, 6:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tattoo-artists-do-they-ever-say-no/569026/80 "2011-02-02T18:38:00Z")
To be honest, once they heal and I have gotten used to seeing them out of the corner of my eye once in a while, I barely even think about my tattoos. They’re just part of my skin, like moles. I enjoy having the decorations, but I don’t sit around considering them and their implications. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tattoo-artists-do-they-ever-say-no/569026.md?page=3) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tattoo-artists-do-they-ever-say-no/569026.md?page=5)