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My take on it wasn’t hard and fast rules more....etiquette? You would ask or expect someone who hadn’t tattooed you before to go straight in to visible locations (hands, face etc). It’s like an earning of trust or establishing a relationship sort of thing.
No not really, at least in western tattooing there where certain things you got for specific accomplishments. This whole idea of trust or relationship with the artist are all relatively new ideas. In the old days most tattooers did it as a second/side job. OR where carnies, sailors or tramps. Tattooing on the weekends or on pay day. The mentality was mostly "pick some flash, give me that money and get out."
If you want to talk about placement on the body and meaning and the like you would need to look at tribal tattooing. Like what you see in the Philippines or asian pacific Ex: Samoa, tonga etc.
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No I definitely think there’s a tradition of there being an ‘order’ in which you get tattooed.
My experience of it is from being tattooed, having several friends who are tattoo artists, several more who are very heavily tattooed and a wife who works in (the piercing side of) a tattoo place.
My take on it wasn’t hard and fast rules more....etiquette? You would ask or expect someone who hadn’t tattooed you before to go straight in to visible locations (hands, face etc). It’s like an earning of trust or establishing a relationship sort of thing.
My arms are still very patchy but I’m sort of glad, lots of room to fit more stuff in and I’m really glad I don’t have the identikit sleeves.
I’ve very little on my torso too but I’ve been thinking a back piece might be in order soon, just waiting till one of the artists at my wife’s place needs some bicycle mechanic work doing so I can work out a skill swap!