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| hgiles wrote: | AW, that looks great! I am jealous! That is a good shop you are going to with a great group of artists! You should be proud. Really nice!
Do you mind sharing the rate? You can PM me if you're comfortable with that. The reason I ask is because I was thinking of going out to that area to get some more work. Just need to know what the top guys are charging out there. |
The going rate at that shop is $150 for everybody except the owner Aaron Della Vedova and he has a few conditions. Nothing less than a full sleeve/leg or full back and is typically booked about 14 months. He is $200/hour. Aaron, Paul and Nate are all very good at japanese. Paul and Nate being very traditional. http://www.gurutattoo.com/?section=artists
My artist Nate is booked about 3-4 months since coming here from AnalogTattoo in the bay area. He will get harder to get the more people know here's back in town now.
Fip Bucannon is also here in town at AvalonTattoo2 and is $175 and typically booked 4-6 months last I checked. Terry Ribera is crazy good too out of the same shop. http://www.avalontattoo.com/fip.htm
Craig Driscoll is also out here. great artist, great style. Last I checked $175/hour. http://craigdriscoll.com/portfolio.html
For the most part average $150 is a top artist price with a couple exceptions. There are some wicked good artists here, but you're gonna wait if you want them.
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| Posted: Sat Aug 02, 2008 3:34 pm Post subject: |
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| great news !~! |
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| Posted: Sat Aug 02, 2008 3:53 pm Post subject: |
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| yup great news except that I had one hell of a time trying to decide who to go with....if that's a bad thing. LOL. Took me about 9 months to finally decide. |
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damn thats some real nice work you've got there. just wondered if you were planning to go for a full sleeve or finish there.
excited to see it finished. |
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I'm stopping right there at a 1/2 sleeve. I would love to do a full sleeve except that I work construction and I'm in the sun constantly. I see lots of guys with tattoos below the elbow and they all look terrible from the sun. It'd be a shame to let good work crap out do to too much sun exposure.
I will however do the other side in a 1/2 sleeve. |
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| Posted: Sun Aug 03, 2008 3:26 am Post subject: |
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| We have a few guys who work construction. The ones who won't cover up get black and gray. But a few of them wear long sleeve t-shirts and are religious with sunblock. It's a matter of how bad you want it. |
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Can't wait to see the finished product. You are lucky to have such talent available to you. I am still searching for the right artist to do my next one  |
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That is phenomenal...................Great artist! Can't wait to see the finished tatt!  |
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| Posted: Sun Aug 03, 2008 10:25 am Post subject: |
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| Let's see your body art Fire Thief. I'm sure your's is kick ass. |
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That's slick as hell man...you gotta post up once it's finished. I might've missed it in the other posts but is there going to be any additional work further down your arm?
Either way, it looks great...congrats on the ink!
On a further note..can somebody fill me in on whats up with this cat Fire Thief? Just kinda the resident tool? |
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| Posted: Sun Aug 03, 2008 11:19 am Post subject: |
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| ^^^bingo |
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| Trocar wrote: | | Let's see your body art Fire Thief. I'm sure your's is kick ass. |
Hang on, he has to grab a sharpie first..
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| Posted: Sun Aug 03, 2008 8:21 pm Post subject: |
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i've got scratch work better than your homo flowers with crappy lining will ever be.
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I was going to make a reasonably obvious joke, using the idea of "scratching" as a synonym for both unprofessional tattooing and the record mixing technique that DJs for rap artists use but, eh, just not worth my time. 
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| Fire_Thief wrote: | | i've got scratch work better than your homo flowers with crappy lining will ever be. |
You don't have shit. If you did it would be posted up all over your myspace. Prove me wrong.
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