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@hugo7
Finally got round to re-booking my first tattoo :)
This may sound like a seriously stupid question, but how much is the rest of your day effected? I'm meant to be going out for some sort of dinner that evening - should I cancel? Tat is from 2-5-ish and I guess the dinner is 8.30.
Also is drinking lots after a bad idea?
I'm not sure how to phrase this, but another thing, I wanted to get some advice on was how much should you let the artist persuade you on things like strength and use of colours?
Basically one of the elements of my tattoo is a palm leaf a bit like this:
http://www.starshine.co.uk/media//palm_leaf_compressed.jpg
The artist is Anu at Shangri la. Anoyingly I can't find the feather that first made me think she could do what I wanted, but here are two good enough egs:
http://c1.ac-images.myspacecdn.com/images02/95/l_1c8571ec2e614560904a70c399789470.jpg http://c2.ac-images.myspacecdn.com/images01/88/l_759e6b1dcf76b7a25f6e74d9678f4101.jpg
In my head originally I had something along the lines of a traditional green basic tattoo. Now I'm getting something more detailed. However, I don't want it to be too dark. I loved the design she did, but I said; "I don't think I want it that dark." To which she replied, "well it needs to be reasonably dark otherwise it won't come out/look right"... or something to that effect.
So I guess my question is how much should I stand my ground on the lightness thing? Given I know nothing about how inks, or tbh any technical side of tattooing. Where as I do trust her opinion.
Cheers.