Journal
Aftercare, styles and what goes on inside the studio.
Getting Tattooed in Summer: Sun, Sea and Pools
You're in Calella, it's thirty degrees and the beach is five minutes away. Summer tattoos work fine — you just have to plan the week.
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Your Tattoo's First Two Weeks
What you do in the first fortnight decides how the tattoo looks in ten years. No mystery to it: clean, dry, hands off.
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An Honest Pain Map, Zone by Zone
Nobody faints over an arm tattoo. Ribs are a different story. Here is what hurts and how much, without the drama and without the sales pitch.
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Cover-Ups: What Can Be Hidden and What Can't
Covering a tattoo is not painting over it. It is designing a new piece that uses the old one as shadow. And some ink cannot be covered — it has to go first.
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Titanium, Healing and the Usual Mistakes
Almost no piercing goes wrong out of bad luck. It is cheap steel, a short bar or dirty hands. All three are avoidable on day one.
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Your First Tattoo, Without the Regret
Almost nobody regrets the design. They regret making it too small, or putting it in the wrong place.
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