Tattoos, Piercings and other body modifications

I want to get my double nostril piercing soooon i've waited too long. lol

I'm a tattooist who just opened up shop. No piercing yet, but I'm thinking about knuckle studs.

I've been wanting to have my own piercing/tattoo studio by the time I'm 25. But it probably won't happen anytime soon, lol.
I would hire tattoo artists to work for me though because I can't draw for shit and I'd pierce, and have a few other piercer's on board with me.

It must depend on the area you are residing in.

I'm in Vancouver, and there is at least 2 piercers and 2 tattoo artist working at a time in most of the shops you go to here. It's always really busy. Usually a 14 hour operation. Maybe longer some days.


Plus for the first timers, I'd like to be professional, and educate them on how we run our place, the sanitation we do [aka autoclaving] and how to take care of the piercing and answering all their questions they have instead of just taking their money and piercing them and sending them on their way.
So many shops don't give a shit about their clients. I want people to come back and have a good reputation.

I'm just glad I don't give a damn about piercing.... Hell half of what I know about tattoo is cleanliness, without cleanliness you have nothing.

lol, you think 16 year olds will read a pamphlet?
At least verbally explaining to them about piercing aftercare will get them somewhere.
And at least they took the info in before you pierced them.
If they don't want to do it after, then that's their fault if it ends up infected. lol

Chemclaves, autoclaves, distillers, all that crap should not be in the main shop area, only thing I've got in there is my chair (old dentist's chair payed 50$ for it, such a steal) and guns and ink (under lock and key of course) caught someone last week trying to get at my gun closet, easiest 60 bucks I made, it was his deposit, but I'm sure he knew he wasn't getting it back... Anyways, about tattoos, whats every-bodies preferred style? I tattoo, in bio-mech, heida, traditional tribal, and I do some tadu. again, sharks-teeth are not found in the prairies on accident, so you best have the dollars.

lol obviously it would not be in the main shop area lol.
I guess I'm not really being understood in what I am trying to say. Oh well. lol
Anyway;

I would love to be able to tattoo but I honestly don't have the artistry for it. I'd like to learn someday though.
My favorite styles are Probably the original old school tattoos.
Nautical Stars, swallow and sparrows, pin up, etc.
I was drawn to that certain style ever since I was a child

I'd love for you guys to post some of your work in these forums.

I'm going to load up my tat pics on my profile here shortly.

I can't, all my pieces are originals, and wont be replicated in good faith to my customers.

I don't copy peoples work and I wont let people copy mine.
I will however in time, upload the work I've had done.

yay i am getting pierced today after so long

I missed that high so much when getting a piercing it had been so long and it turned out great! I will post pics soon, I will be busy this week so I won't be able to right away.

ahhh i got to take all my metal out when I get my mri done.
it's going to be so weird looking at myself with no piercings.

fuck i dont even know what would happen haha woud it get sucked out of my skin or would i just go flying and hit the roof?
I'm scared about the plates in my leg too I don't think the new doc knows about it. I better tell them beforehand.

i have 2 tats and cant wait to get number 3!Sooooo addicting!

haha that was fun.

my husband wont let me get more than 4 tats so i have to choose my last 2 carefully:-(

I am so excited! I am going to be getting my monroe done on both sides aka angel bites. :D

I just pierced my nose about 4 months ago. The nose ring looks pretty cool.

lol.., well thanks. =)

realllly wanting to get some new piercings but these constant MRI's are getting in my way! =/

I pierced my own nose about a year ago. I've gotten a lot of positive compliments on it.

Part of me wishes a different logo had been chosen to represent the group. I hate nautical stars unless it's attached to a nautical theme. Sigh.