Tattoo artist recommendations

Esoteric_

Darren who? what studio?

Orim

and whose portfolios aren't on the internet?

If I had to guess, then Darren from Colourworks? Can't think of what his second name is.

joey100

Name is Darren Brauders, not sure he is in work at the moment though. Know both him and Rob are booked up a good bit in advance too so unless you get a cancellation you will be waiting (not a bad thing, but just letting people know)

Orim

joey100 wrote: »

Name is Darren Brauders, not sure he is in work at the moment though. Know both him and Rob are booked up a good bit in advance too so unless you get a cancellation you will be waiting (not a bad thing, but just letting people know)

Wait, what? Logged into the wrong account, are we? How do you know that's the Darren he was talking about?

Who's Rob? Is that Rob Mulligan? In which case, it's defo Colourworks. I'd agree with the reommandation although personnally I'd recommend Rob over Darren but that's mainly because I've seen more of his stuff and I really like it.

joey100

If I had to guess, then Darren from Colourworks? Can't think of what his second name is.

I was only answering this bit of the question. Some one else a few posts talked about Rob from Colourworks, had only been in a week or two back so was just letting people know that he was booked up for a while when I was there. No logging in on wrong accounts or anything.

Orim

Ah right, that makes sense. THe problem is we're trying to work out who this Darren is.

ConnorHunter wrote: »

Darren is very famous tattooist in Dublin. His port folios are also displayed on the internet.

Adiboo

I assumed it was Darren from Colourworks that he meant too.

billy2012

Hey guys....Never had any tattoos from any Irish shops. Looking for some one that does some nice black and white, realism, skulls, day of the dead etc etc. Anybody to recommend with portfolios online?? Don't mind waiting for a while, or paying big bucks for it Cheers

Esoteric_

billy2012 wrote: »

Hey guys....Never had any tattoos from any Irish shops. Looking for some one that does some nice black and white, realism, skulls, day of the dead etc etc. Anybody to recommend with portfolios online?? Don't mind waiting for a while, or paying big bucks for it Cheers

Pawel from Skin City, he does fantastic black and grey.

yermandan

Rob Mulligan has done all of mine, couldn't recommend him enough. I'm booked in tomorrow again!

Esoteric_

Rob specialises in colour work, though.

Edit: That's if you were recommending him to the person looking for black/grey/realism.

billy2012

Esoteric_ wrote: »

Pawel from Skin City, he does fantastic black and grey.

He looks great. Does he have a 5 milion year waiting list? What are his prices like?

Many Thanks

Esoteric_

billy2012 wrote: »

He looks great. Does he have a 5 milion year waiting list? What are his prices like?

Many Thanks

Nope, think his average waiting list is around 2 months. He was booked up til June when I checked a few weeks ago.

Pricing is dependent on the piece, but Skin City are VERY reasonably priced for the quality of work they deliver, IMO. Most studios in Dublin charge around 100 an hour anyway, but they can also price by the piece.

Best bet would be to go in and have a chat with them.

yermandan

Esoteric_ wrote: »

Rob specialises in colour work, though.

Edit: That's if you were recommending him to the person looking for black/grey/realism.

My whole left arm is black and grey so I don't think thats accurate!!

Esoteric_

yermandan wrote: »

My whole left arm is black and grey so I don't think thats accurate!!

I didn't say he wasn't good with black and grey. I said he specialises in colour. How is that not accurate? :pac:

Marty McFly

billy2012 wrote: »

He looks great. Does he have a 5 milion year waiting list? What are his prices like?

Many Thanks

His waiting list is generally two to three months, price wise he charges 400 per sitting which is generally 4 to 5 hours which ain't bad at all. If you want black and grey realistic in Dublin he's who id recommend.

ene

what are your opinions on kris in wildcat stephens green?

getting some work done by him on sunday and i like the look of his work just want to make sure i am not getting blown away

Star Lord

Esoteric_ wrote: »

I didn't say he wasn't good with black and grey. I said he specialises in colour. How is that not accurate? :pac:

I wouldn't say Rob specialises in colour either to be honest, he's well known for turning out great colourful pieces, but I wouldn't say that's a speciality.

Marty McFly

ene wrote: »

what are your opinions on kris in wildcat stephens green?

getting some work done by him on sunday and i like the look of his work just want to make sure i am not getting blown away

What you getting done? Kris put out some top notch quality works.

billy2012

I really like some of Michael (skincity website) pieces, very impressive!!

Marty McFly

billy2012 wrote: »

I really like some of Michael (skincity website) pieces, very impressive!!

Yeh Michal puts out some lovely work aswell, he's doing my arm. Also have a look at Hydraulix Tattoo, Tomash in there does some amazing stuff.

ene

Marty McFly wrote: »

What you getting done? Kris put out some top notch quality works.

i am getting a piece on my leg of 5 characters from toystory! he seemed really keen on it and said he will do it half price as it was cool

still he quoted me 4 3 hour sittings at half price and was just wondering is this the norm for a thigh piece

Star Lord

Yeah, gotta say Tomash is one that I hadn't heard of till recently, but his stuff has really impressed me!

Marty McFly

ene wrote: »

i am getting a piece on my leg of 5 characters from toystory! he seemed really keen on it and said he will do it half price as it was cool

still he quoted me 4 3 hour sittings at half price and was just wondering is this the norm for a thigh piece

Nice , remember when it's done to make your way to the ill show you mine thread .

There is no norm really all artists work at different speeds. Colour work generally does take longer than black and grey pieces and considering your getting five characters I'm imagining it will be quite a big piece, intricate and very detailed so does sound about right.

Marty McFly

DamoElDiablo wrote: »

Yeah, gotta say Tomash is one that I hadn't heard of till recently, but his stuff has really impressed me!

Same as myself he seems to somehow have kinda floated under the radar, but I really love a lot of his work im thinking I may get him to do the Dia De Los Muertos piece I want done, maybe finish the arm first .

ene

ye it is a bit bigger then i had planned but i really did love the drawing!

it will be a while till the i'll show you mine, it will be 12 weeks till its done.

was told it would be best to leave 3 weeks between sittings

Dermighty

billy2012 wrote: »

He looks great. Does he have a 5 milion year waiting list? What are his prices like?

Many Thanks

RE: Pawel in Skin City

His Black and Grey is savage, looks even better in person.

I was there at the end of January and it was 100 an hour for 5 hours for the tattoo I have in this thread. Really great place to get tattoo'd, after you get over the initial eastern European silent treatment

Star Lord

Dermighty wrote: »

RE: Pawel in Skin City

His Black and Grey is savage, looks even better in person.

I was there at the end of January and it was 100 an hour for 5 hours for the tattoo I have in this thread. Really great place to get tattoo'd, after you get over the initial eastern European silent treatment

He's pretty good with colour too:


^ No need to worry about the nipple showing! It's male, and that's a moob!

Marty McFly

Have to say when I was there in January I didnt like the whole eastern European vibe, I was sat there for five hour whilst Pawel, Kris, Michal and one customer all spoke amongst each other for the day, the only one who made an effort to speak English was Pzermo (I hope I have spelt that right) who is a really nice guy, the vibe had changed a lot from my previous visit.

It would be common courtesy to speak English imo, even during the week on my last sitting with Remis he had a friend over for a few hours and when around me they spoke English apart from the odd time because both spoke broken English if they did speak in there native tongue Remis felt obliged to explain to me what they had been saying which is just good manners.

I'll be going back into Skin City probably next month so im hoping for a different vibe.


Nothing to say against the work they put out all brilliant artists, but the vibe in a studio and with the artist who does it for me is part of the experience of getting a tattoo aswell.

TheBellJar

DamoElDiablo wrote: »

I wouldn't say Rob specialises in colour either to be honest, he's well known for turning out great colourful pieces, but I wouldn't say that's a speciality.

Going by my exp and what I've seen from him, I'd definitely say he has a specialty.