He's getting a tattoo, yeah he's getting ink done

[venta]

Today, on the train, I overheard someone else's conversation. Someone was telling their friend how, having worked for years as an illustrator, they were planning to re-train as a tattooist.

At which point I started wondering: how do you learn to be a tattoo artist? Sure, you can practice drawing on paper, but at some point you're going to have to start for the first time on a real person. And let's just say... I wouldn't really want to be that person.

Fortunately, her friend wanted to know that, too. So she explained: you start by practising on sides of bacon.

I've learned something today.

Comments

[undyingking.livejournal.com]

http://www.myspace.com/merchmaatten/photos/37851846

[venta.livejournal.com]

Gosh. For some reason I find that strangely unpleasant! Fortunately, I'm not 100% convinced it's real :)

[undyingking.livejournal.com]

If it is real, that's certainly a tattoo request rasher than I would contemplate.

[ar-gemlad.livejournal.com]

Aaaaargh! That was a great/horrible pun.
Well done, sir!

[undyingking.livejournal.com]

I'm on a streaky run of form at the moment :-)

[venta.livejournal.com]

Up to your hocks in puns...

[venta.livejournal.com]

He gammoned us proper with that one...

[ringbark.livejournal.com]

and there's no cure for punning

[undyingking.livejournal.com]

Smokin'!

[bateleur.livejournal.com]

I'm pretty sure it's real. Most fakers wouldn't have the professionalism to add the faint red halo from the just-completed tattooing process.

(Also, I think it's pretty cool... although I can't help wondering if the owner will one day regret it!)

[venta.livejournal.com]

Ah! That was the bit I thought looked faked.

My experience of just-completed tattoos is pretty limited, but I thought the halo looked really drawn-on. However, I bow to your considerably superior image-related skills :)