I’ve used some form of “sarah smile” on social media for a while, because my father used to sing that Hall & Oates song to me. (I think they used the form “Sara” but never mind.)
if you sing that Jefferson Starship song at me I WILL murder you.
I’ve been asked many times what someone should look for when trying to find a good artist. The best way you can do this is to look at their portfolio, whether it’s in a book at their shop or online. If they don’t have good work in their portfolio, they’re probably not good artists.
The shop may be clean, the people there might be nice, and the design they draw up for you might be exactly what you want, but if your artist doesn’t stand up to the points listed above, then you’re going to get a bad tattoo.
It’s okay to walk into a shop, talk with an artist for a while, and decide you don’t want a tattoo from them. Even if the artist has a bad attitude about it or tries to convince you to just let them do it, remember this is going to be on your body for the rest of your life.
Australian boulder opal! This brown matrix is covered in cracks which have filled in with flashy precious opal. She is beautiful, but it is hard to appreciate her colors because she is just such a Little Guy. Let’s get closer.
Pretty good! Under magnification, we can really see the fire of that opal filling in the tiny cracks. This is about the level of magnification that my old microscope could manage. Anyway, let’s get closer.
The fire is intensifying! More colors are appearing! Tiny fireworks invisible to the naked eye! But we can get closer.
YES, that FIRE!! But I want to be closer than that!! I demand we get closer!!
YES! GOOD!! CLOSER!! ALL UP IN THIS ROCK’S PERSONAL SPACE!!!
