The folks over at the Ugliest Tattoos web site have quite the collection of, shall we say, “interesting” tattoo photos. You will laugh, you will cry and you will be confused…and then you will laugh some more probably.
A small bit of advice…even if you decide not to get tattooed by us, please don’t end up featured on this site.
p.s. There is some not-safe-for-work and not-child-appropriate material on the site.
We general don’t think that most of the pre-packaged tattoo aftercare products that have hit the market work any better than other more simple options. However, even if this product worked miracles in terms of healing, we would probably still have to give it a hearty “No way!”.
You really have to wonder who the marketing “genius” that came up with this name was.
There are so many different things that could be said about this tattoo of Patrick Swayze as a centaur, but we think it’s really best to let you simply bask in the glory.
Enjoy.
We received lots of positive feedback from our “5 Things to Think About When Considering a Tattoo” article, so we thought we’d expand the concept a little further. Hopefully you will find this helpful.
Dressing for the part
Wherever the location of your new tattoo, wear loose, adjustable clothing that allows the artist to have access to that area.
Maybe you never even stopped to consider whether tattoos might cause skin cancer, but lots of people have. Over the years, we’ve answered this questions many, many, many, many, many, many…did we mention many?…times. The accepted “word on the street” was that tattoos did not cause skin cancer.
It seems the medical community is starting to back up what those of us in the tattoo industry felt certain about for years. The folks at The San Diego Union Tribune posted an article yesterday on the subject:
http://www3.signonsandiego.com/stories/2009/jul/07/fact-vs-fiction/?uniontrib
Heck, if you are applying sun-screen to your tattoos like you should be, our guess is that tattooed people may actually be decreasing their chances of skin cancer.
And here your mom thought tattoos weren’t good for you.
While we weren’t quite on top of our game enough to take any pictures, we had the good fortune to have a tattoo customer today who was 94 years old. Over the years we have had clients in their 60′s and 70′s for sure and we’re pretty sure we’ve had at least one in their 80′s…but 90′s is definitely something new for us.
It should come as no surprise, after nearly a century on this planet, and all the things that life throws at you in that amount of time, she sat like champ for the tattoo.
We consider ourselves lucky to have had the opportunity to be part of a new life experience for someone who has undoubtedly experienced so much.
And, at the risk of sounding a little cliche’…it definitely shows that you’re never too old.
Well, it’s taken us long enough, but we’ve finally got the blog up-and-going and have some stuff to say. Expect to see some changes in how it looks in the near future, but the words should start flowing with some regularity from this point forward.
We decided the first thing we wanted to do was shed some light on the process of figuring out your tattoo design. While there aren’t too many hard-and-fast rules, there are a few, and more importantly, there are some guidelines that make the whole process simpler and easier for everyone involved. We hope you find this information useful. Please let us know if you have any questions. (more…)
Welcome to the Saint Sabrina’s blog. Pretty soon this page will have a whole new look and then we will get busy with blogging and the blabbing all serious-like. We hope you’ll check back regular to see what’s going on around the shop as well as what’s going on in the piercing and tattoo world in general.