2012-02-18

My Tattoo Artist Sucks.


If you can't be bothered reading that tiny print, basically it's my (ex!!) tattoo artist posting on fb that she will no longer do tattoos of people's names (partners, loved ones etc.) because she thinks if you want to remember someone you should think "bigger than their name." she's done tattooing "dead people's initials."
well one such "dead person's initial" is my dead brother's, tattooed on my ankle by aforementioned lady and frankly, I feel kinda betrayed by someone who I thought had made a nice experience for me and my mum (we got it matching.) Look, I get the whole good tattoo/bad tattoo thing, I know some people have "bad" name tattoos or whatever but there's so much...arrogance or something in her post that makes me feel completely belittled as someone who not only has a tattoo of a "dead person's inital" but one done by her. I mean who is she to decide how someone remembers or commemorates their loved ones? Maybe some people only want two little letters to glance at and have a private rush of love, maybe they don't want an enormous black and white portrait or a racing car or a huge wheel of cheese because that was their dad's favourite. As for me I just wanted that little something on my skin, just the one letter with some pretty vines. I didn't want anything huge because then you have to share it (and probably the story) with so many others (it will show a lot more.)
Sometimes, I think people can just f u c k o f f with all their opinions.
She shouldn't have made a public post like that on fb, that people she has already tattooed will read, she could just explain to people that ask for it. Not everyone's going to read that anyway.
I want to comment on it something like "great, so now everytime I look at the R on my ankle for my dead brother I will think about how you resented tattooing on me - but did it anyway." but I probably won't. I just sure sending any more business her way, or singing her praises. Instead when people praise the peony on my shoulder I will be honest and say "yes the flower is beautiful but the tattoo artist convinced me to add these leaves that turned out awful so I need to get them fixed." Should have been honest all along, I know.

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