Tattoo artist recommendations

3baltat2 , He is very good at tattoo, I got my foot done at his, A feather with birds flying off, I would upload a pic but don't know how He is not very dear .. I payed only 80 euro for my tattoo
Address :
86 Dublin St.
Dundalk, Ireland
Phone : 086 243 1540

If you were willing to travel, the guy who does my stuff is pretty decent too. Here's a link to his Wicked Skin page... http://www.wickedskin.ie/colinbyrne/

i Am dying to get this tattoo but im very wary in getting it as im sure if i didnt get a skilled tattoo artist it could go pear shaped very easy?
I would love recommendations from people on who yous think would do a great job and result in it looking awesome

it would also be good if the person or shop was in dublin but id be willing to travel if it would be really worth it.


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Hey folks,

Looking to get my first tattoo, have gone online to do some research which has just confused me further. Is there an artist or group of artists that are simply deemed the best in Ireland? Any help greatly appreciated!

dinnywalsh wrote: »

Hey folks,

Looking to get my first tattoo, have gone online to do some research which has just confused me further. Is there an artist or group of artists that are simply deemed the best in Ireland? Any help greatly appreciated!

What are you thinking of getting??
If it's just a bit of writing or something small nearly any tattoo place will do,
But if it's custom tattoo there's certain places that only do them RIGHT!!
In Galway where I am there's plenty of tattoo places but only 2 that I would go to!

I'm not sure if your looking for Japanese style or realistic.

For Japanese I'd look no further than Chris Crooks , second Joe Myler or Paul Aherne in spilled Ink.

From the sounds of what you want it won't fit on your shoulder blade.

Look at Galway bay tattoo on Facebook, they have done some incredible stuff!!

All depends on what your trying to cover it with . Also what you are trying to cover be prepared depending on the piece that it may require some laser treatments.

So I've been planning to get my first tattoo for ages, but keep getting worried I'll choose an artist that doesn't suit me or won't do a good job.

I've had several ideas of what to actually get. I thought I'd decided what I wanted (a native-american bull skull with some beads and other stuff around it) but then some people introduced me to the wonderful world of cultural appropriation, and I freaked out thinking my tattoo will end up offending someone..

So I did a ton more research and decided I'd like a kind of celtic-looking tattoo. I want to get a sun and moon, just black lines, with the sun and moon combined into one, and on the inside part of my lower arm, above my wrist, below my inner elbow. I had a few pictures, but I'm a new user here so I can't post them yet -_-

I definitely want a custom one. I like the lines in the pictures I have, so annoyed I can't post them! So I guess what I'm looking for is an artist who's good at the small details, and very good at line-work.
I'm very open to different designs and ideas, I'm not hung up on one particular idea that I refuse to have changed, my one MUST is just that it's a really beautiful looking piece. I can see myself getting a few tattoos in the future, and I really don't want to look back at my first and think "wow that was so ridiculous, and I didn't even pick a good artist". I'm just very picky about it being done really well.

I also have a question about styles and stuff. I probably sound like a right twat, but I'm trying to learn as much as I can about the whole world of tattooing before I start getting my own, so I can end up having some really great ones. So basically, I want this one in just black lines, but would this be ridiculous looking if I wanted a colour tattoo in the future? I keep trying to picture it, and I'm worried that if I get just black lines, maybe adding colour tattoos in other places might look a bit mish-mashy. I've been trying to learn about the different styles and stuff, but I sorta just like what I like, some of the tattoo ideas I love are colour, others are black lines, others are black and grey.. I don't want to end up looking like a big mess of styles.

Anyways, artist recommendations would be great, and any other tips. I'm in Dublin, but would be willing to travel for a great artist (somehow don't think I'll need to do that, seeing as Dublin is full of artists, but I'm willing!) price isn't an issue, I'll save up for a great artist if needs be.

Cheers!

retrogamefan wrote: »

If you could go to Gorey, homeward bound tattoos.. Ian is the guy.. He's on Facebook, homeward bound Gorey Ireland

I'll check out his stuff on facebook now, cheers

Hi Becca,

It's great that you're clearly putting some really careful thought into it!

I know what you mean about wanting a few different styles but not wanting to look like a mis-matched jigsaw. I'm having a bit of the same problem. I'd suggest cutting out sketches of your favourite ideas and placing them all side by side on a table, like a story-board, and seeing how well they work together and if you can bring any elements in that will create a unifying theme, like including your favourite colour in all of them, or some particular pattern of lines that can be incorporated into each of them?

Don't forget to post pics when it's done

Yeah, just noticed that, sorry! Just trying to keep the forum from getting full of separate threats asking the same/similar questions!