dublin ink to open soon

tfak85

my friend heard someone on Spin1038 talking about a new "dublin ink" tattoo shop opening soon, i searched it on facebook and they are making three tv series there! sound like a pretty good project, anyone have any information on what artists will be working there? i couldn't find much at all!!

Will

they were on the site here a while ago, havent heard from em in a while. time will tell it seems

pajodublin

They are opening in 2 weeks on Cows Lane (behind turks head pub)
Will find out who the artists are

bodice ripper

I cannot believe how easily sucked into this crap people are.

Assumably, some dublin tattooists will be tattooing there, as there have been in studios across dublin for some time now. Suddenly there's a camera in there and we're all hyped up?

pajodublin

agree 100% BR

i couldnt be arsed with it if im honest.
Unless the tattoo is for free of course

Star Lord

bodice ripper wrote: »

I cannot believe how easily sucked into this crap people are.

Assumably, some dublin tattooists will be tattooing there, as there have been in studios across dublin for some time now. Suddenly there's a camera in there and we're all hyped up?

Unless the artists are really something special, I'm feeling very "meh" about the whole thing.

Hellrazer

bodice ripper wrote: »

I cannot believe how easily sucked into this crap people are.

Assumably, some dublin tattooists will be tattooing there, as there have been in studios across dublin for some time now. Suddenly there's a camera in there and we're all hyped up?

Sure even the hype about Miami ink and LA ink seems to have worn off now.

pajodublin

yeah they are about 4 years too late

Dancor

Hellrazer wrote: »

Sure even the hype about Miami ink and LA ink seems to have worn off now.

People are probably fed up with the same ****e, a story and meaning behind all tattoos and Chris Garvers dragon that he done about 100 times.

Is Discovery picking this up or is it an Irish channel?
Cant imagine RTE shown it, probably TV3.

It could be good for Irish artists to get known if it gets shown abroad.

pippington

TV3 would jump on any bandwagon!!i dont think i wud like it...hehe could be like the best tattoo artist in the world and still get distracted by cameras and an entire filming crew there...no thanks

the todd

According to there page the artists will include Raquel Cude from New York and Isnard Barbosa from Brazil (who seems fairly good) and the rest will be Irish artists. It's going to be a normal tattoo studio as well as a tv programme.

Zombienosh

i ****in hate miami ink/la ink .... all the tattoo's and sob stories are the same over and over again.

deadramones

Two artists from the states (Brazillian chap seems to have been working over there) and an Irish artist who hasn't worked in an Irish shop afaik. The Brazillian seems alright, bit of a poor mans Jani imo. The girls work leaves a lot to be desired as does the Irish artists. Zulu are doing an Ireland Ink show too with Dirty Sanchez. I can't say I'm remotely interested in watching either.

Lady

Facebook Page and Website if anyone is looking for more info.

chin_grin

I would love to see this....

"aaaah heeeyor can oi get me burds nayahm on me c*ck. WHA WHA WHA?"

But, yeah it's kinda old hat now. I wouldn't watch this at all. Can't believe that it's happening to be honest!

tfak85

chin_grin wrote: »

I would love to see this....

"aaaah heeeyor can oi get me burds nayahm on me c*ck. WHA WHA WHA?"

But, yeah it's kinda old hat now. I wouldn't watch this at all. Can't believe that it's happening to be honest!

hahaha, this is kind of what i'm imagining myself!
hopefully some people with some great ideas will come forward and the artists will be able to skillfully fulfil their desires and all in all we will get to see some great work!

deadramones

Lady wrote: »

Facebook Page and Website if anyone is looking for more info.

I'm pretty sure taking an Ed Hardy design and slapping it on your website is illegal. DI Girls also looks promising, you can never have enough semi naked tattooed girls degrading themselves can you.

CianRyan

I'm into the stuff by Isnard and Raquel, Leigh has a long way to go to get up to standard.

I'll watch the show, just because it's Irish though.

Edit: Joe's work looks nice too and I've heard good things about Chello.

deadramones

I agree Joe's work is good the rest are a far cry from international standard particularly Raquel and Leigh. Cello's a great piercer wouldn't hesitate to recommend him.

unknown13

Even though I think Isnard's work is very impressive. I wouldn't want to get a tattoo done with a camera done in front of my face. It would be just too uncomfortable.

Will

Fair play to em I think, the tattoo and piercing industry seems to have taken a big hit (along with everywhere else) with the 'recession', least this way they are guaranteed to get work, make a name for themselves and have a bit of fun too.

deadramones

2 of the 4 have moved from abroad to do this. I just think it's a bit odd considering neither of them are in the same league as some of the tattooers already working in this country. Overall I'd be hesitant to put someone who's just recently completed an apprenticeship on tv and bill her as a top-notch tattooer same with someone who has very little shop experience. I'll be interested to see Ishnard (even though I believe Wojt, Marcin in Connected, Jani, Remis and Attila to all be considerably better then him) and Joe's work but otherwise this shows very little promise at all.

Will

Well it won't be a normal studio I assume, only book by appointment for pre selected clients, no walk ins or wasters wanting a hugely detailed piece the size of a euro coin.

One of the main guys was on the forum here sometime last year. Seemed sound enough.

Just because there are better out there doesn't automatically mean they will be on the show. Always better out there. I'm not into the miami ink etc shows but may have a look at this. Not gonna shoot it down before it even goes into production

deadramones

I doubt anyone would be able to pay the rent with that. Also they have two piercers so they'd have to have walk ins for that at least. I'd assume they'll be doing the small stuff and walkins like every other shop but just filming the "celebrities" and big pieces.

tfak85

it says on their facebook they are taking walk-ins, this may only be until they establish themselves and just take appointments..
i'm looking forward to seeing how this turns out - hey, it's something new and kind of exciting and it's happening here, you don't get that too often!!

dysfunktional

its gonna be another cheap knock-off "pound shop" version of an already copyed show, flood of scummers lookin for tackey tattoos

Molberts

Ah lads, it mightnt be everyones cup of tea but must we really all knock it and say its going to be shyte before it even airs? So Irish :rolleyes:

http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/ireland/article7094242.ece

TangyZizzle

No way, this could be kinda cool. I did slightly slump in my seat in disappointment when I clicked the sites link and saw the Ed Hardy bullshít in the bg, though.

deadramones

Regardless of the fashion line. If you call a classic Ed Hardy design bull**** you know nothing about tattooing and have no respect for its roots. If your commenting on the fact that they stole flash from both Ed Hardy and Chris Conn, then yes it is complete bull****. It shows how much they respect the industry.

TangyZizzle

Im

deadramones wrote: »

commenting on the fact that they stole flash from both Ed Hardy and Chris Conn

deadramones

Yep. They just seem to have no respect. I won't be watching/supporting any of this.

TangyZizzle

Ill watch, for the laughs more than anything, tbh.

deadramones

It's a sad state of affairs that nobody out of the 10k friends they have on facebook noticed that they were stealing from Chris Conn who is an artist of such talent and has done so much for tattooing.

TangyZizzle

Without the big Ed Hardy signature that usually goes along with designs like that, I doubt most would notice.

PeakOutput

some the comments on that facebook page are an embarassment

but i hope its a success i just dont see it being one and lasting 3 series :rolleyes:

tommywiseau

i would take a guess that it's just an elaborate marketing ploy, in terms of a tv show actually coming out of it. nothing has been confirmed with an airing date, what channel will carry, when ami will show up :rolleyes: etc..it so it looks sketchy, of course i could be completely wrong. also they have said 'web episodes' will commence straight away, so it could just be something that will end up on youtube..
looking at their facebook page the hype seems to have worked, no lack of people looking for rihanna stars and the cheryl cole H-J..

CianRyan

Molby's link. wrote:

Ireland’s tattoo industry is unregulated, however. Hygiene standards are not inspected and tattoo artists aren’t certified.

Trust the English papers to take a stab at the Irish.:rolleyes:

I know it's true, but the way they worded it was obviously to make us sound like a backwards scum bucket of a country.

Ah, bless...

Jimmy Bottlehead

CianRyan wrote: »

Trust the English papers to take a stab at the Irish.:rolleyes:

I know it's true, but the way they worded it was obviously to make us sound like a backwards scum bucket of a country.

Ah, bless...

Is it regulated anywhere? And if so, how does it differ?

Raze_them_all

Jimmy Bottlehead wrote: »

Is it regulated anywhere? And if so, how does it differ?

Yes it is. In england by law they are required to have certain equipment and everything. Ireland is backward as **** but all the real shops go by the english shops way

eeyore2502

After being in the place twice for my other halves tattoo to be finished I can't see how people will tune into this. If Leigh even goes on half of what he does when the camera's aren't there people will get quite fed up with him very quickly!!

InkNut

Ive been in twice since filming stopped and got 2 tattoos there in the past week... One by Leigh and one by Raquel, both of which im happy with, ill be going there in future:)

Zico

Had a look in this place a while back. Looked more like a hair dressers, didn't like the vibe off the place at all. I suppose posers have to get tattooed somewhere too.

eeyore2502

To be honest with you the posers will fit right in with one of the artists.

Melion

InkNut wrote: »

Ive been in twice since filming stopped and got 2 tattoos there in the past week... One by Leigh and one by Raquel, both of which im happy with, ill be going there in future:)

2 tattoos in a week?
Why?

Raze_them_all

Melion wrote: »

2 tattoos in a week?
Why?

because he was feeling shilltastic?

Melion

Raze_them_all wrote: »

because he was feeling shilltastic?

I thought the same

makeup queen

I wouldn't recommend them to my worst enemy, got a tattoo done a couple of months back going on what I had seen on Facebook, unfortunately the tattoo still hasn't healed right, a small section of it even ended up infected and most of the ink is now gone from that point. I have a few other tattoos and know how to look after them and never had a problem when they where done, even got one of them done in Spain, I know tattoos abroad not a good idea but never had a problem with mine.

Star Lord

Not defending them, but your tattoo getting infected could be the result of many many different things that could have happened after getting tattooed.

sundaypapers

Back on topic, did this place ever open? If not, can someone recommend a good place in Dublin 2 or Dublin 8?

eeyore2502

Yes its open and running, think it open in November.

unknown13

sundaypapers wrote: »

Back on topic, did this place ever open? If not, can someone recommend a good place in Dublin 2 or Dublin 8?

Why don't you go into the city centre to where most of the Tattoo Studios are.