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

[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 :)