Tattoo costs

Discussion in 'Fashion and Crafts' started by FreakyJoeMan, May 25, 2004.

  1. FreakyJoeMan

    FreakyJoeMan 100% Batshit Insane

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    I was thinkin that, when I gets older, I's gonna get a Sublime tat on my back, like Brad's. What would be a reasonable price for a tat like dat? :)
     
  2. scarlettchasingroses

    scarlettchasingroses strawberry tart

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    you are too young to be getting a tattoo!.....hehe....
     
  3. Alomiakoda

    Alomiakoda Boniface McSporran

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    I want one....but I'm absolutely paranoid about pain :s
     
  4. TheLittleOne

    TheLittleOne Senior Member

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    depends on the size. my friend just got one of those about the size of a hand with all the fingers spread out, cost him a lil over 200. there's alot detail in that, so if you gonna get it, go big! lol, its a cool tat....i dont konw if i'd get it...just cuz so many people already have it. change it up, make it yours....that's my advice.
     
  5. scarlettchasingroses

    scarlettchasingroses strawberry tart

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    they don't hurt as much as you think they will...after awhile it just gets annoying.....plus women have a higher threshhold for pain.....so there you go...
     
  6. TheLittleOne

    TheLittleOne Senior Member

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    yea i've got five and other peircings, lol. i like getting stuff done, releives stress.
     
  7. hippietoad

    hippietoad Member

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    K, I was 34 before I got my tat. Wanted one ever since high school. I had been going through alot of turmoil and one morning I woke up and decided today is the day. I got a large tat on my lower back. The design came from something spiritual for me. I'm soooooooooo glad I waited. Man, it hurt like heck getting it done. Took 1 1/2 hrs. I just tried to zone out by staring at one certain diamond in the floor. Anyways, for the next few days I mentally went through alot of soul searching.
    The experience made me get to know myself for who I really was and made me look at the way I lived. I know each person is different. This is just my opinion only. If you get a tat make sure that it means something to you. You will be stuck with it the rest of your life.
     
  8. livlvlife

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    my first was $35 twelve years ago(chest area)..the next one (about 3" high but skinny) was $85 four years ago(back shoulder area)...last summer got a butterfly with a "leaf" on my back about 5" wide and it was $200. so as they have grown in popularity they have increased in price....plus the artists can now actually charge for their craft. the one on my back hurt like hell(over the spine):eek: ...and I have had 2 children natural (no drugs!) and that is how i compare pain....so not as bad as childbirth, but close to it....i hear when it is close to the bone it is more painful also.
     
  9. DarkLunacy

    DarkLunacy Senior Member

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    My mother and her friend (familly friend I am friends with no less) went downtown got drunk and got tattoos... my mom is 46 and she gets a tattoo of a dragon on her lower back. What the hell!? lol Ah... nostalgic depression setting in so its repression time! I'm getting a big skull on my back. I think I got it at an estimate of 75 for the outline... cant remember
     
  10. Dakota's Mom

    Dakota's Mom Senior Member

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    Prices vary not only with when you get them but where. In Illinois, it was about half what they charge here in New Jersey. I got my first tattoo for my 40th birthday. I'll probably get my next one for 55th. I currently have 8. And yes, the nearer to a bone it is the more painful it is. Also long thin strokes are more painful then short wide strokes. A thin outline usually has more pain than coloring in. Although I have heard some people say that the different colors hurt differently. When you have a large piece done your nerve endings become very sensitive. Eventually you have to stop because you become so sensitive you don't want to be touched. I had one piece that took 5 1/2 hours to complete. I had to stop after 3 hours and come back a week later to finish it. The one thing you can be sure of is that it will hurt. Most reputable places will not do a tat if you are drunk or high.

    My advice, if you want any is to wait until you are a bit older. You'll have trouble finding anyone to work on you before you're 18. I signed permission for my daughter to have one done when she was 17. But only because it was covering up a really bad homemade one.

    Anyway, good luck with whatever you decide to do.

    Kathi
     
  11. Crimson and Clover

    Crimson and Clover Member

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    the place i go to charges by how long it takes. My first took and hour, so it was 100$, my second was 30 minutes so it was 30$.
     
  12. terrapinchasin

    terrapinchasin Member

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    Varies on lcoation (geographic and body part) design size, detail.

    It costs $50 just for needles and ink. Most places will charge about $100 an hour. Do not forget to tip!

    I have two small ones, one was $35 and the other $50, atlantic city, and NYC respectfully.

    I have big ass wings on my back and I paid $250. They took two and a half hours to do.

    My newest I got in DC, at a custom shop, and paid $220...totally overcharged, but it was downtown.

    I usually push my mind beyond the pain. I relax and just take it as it comes. I don't know though, my shrivasta tatoo on my leg hurt so bad i thought about amking it my last.
     
  13. cerridwen

    cerridwen in stitches

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    yeah, I'm not a big fan of needles, I'd never get a tattoo....

    besides, they're expensive.
     

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