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I think Chris Hewish was on here for a spell, but fairly sure he was outed as a wrong 'un (IRL)
I remember him as an apprentice at The Family Business when I was getting tattooed there (by other artists, not him)And yes, to your point, setups take ages. I was being hyperbolic with the "dozens" comment, I just know a few tattooist I've seen can get annoyed doing the same thing over and over
DethBeard-
Yeah, I’m definitely not going down the Hewish route, I got done by him before it turned out he was a dirtbag. It’s technically my worst tat anyway, all blowy and took eons to heal. I believe he ended up in some iffy shop out in the ‘burbs somewhere.
Honestly I think any old school tat shop that deals in walk ins, football team logos, kids names etc wouldn’t give a shit.
I’ll drop @lalhardy a message in the new year, he might be up for it, but personally I suspect a flash day would be a nightmare to arrange and a massive upfront cost as the artist would expect more than their normal full day rate(because of the multiple setups).Also, there may be folks on here who are no longer in the uk/london who want to get it so a simple design that any artist could do would be the best bet.
edmundro
Tattoos take longer than you’d think, artists hate people hanging around all day. I’d think at most an artist would be able to do 8-10 even if small. It’s the setup time that kills it.
Depending on numbers you’d potentially need multiple artists/book out the whole studio to do it.
It’s a shame Dharma on Roman Rd closed as they’d have probably been down.
I feel like a couple of people off here from the early days became full time tattooists but no idea who they are or where they’re based.