best portrait tattoo artist

Diceicle wrote: »

Will would be right in saying Joe Myler from JMD's is probably the best in Ireland for portraits, having said that and as good as Joe Myler is, I probably still wouldn't pick anyone in Ireland to do a portrait, The best portrait artist without travelling to the States for my money would be Paul Naylor of Indigo Tattoo in Cheshire.

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Thats Terrible!! There's lots of good Irish Artists doing good portrait work, in all different styles ( mine arent TOO bad ummm i hope they not so bad oh god, they are terrible hahahaha )
We're in a recession, encourage to buy Irish, keep the money in the country for god's sakes check out some local irish studios!

Diceicle wrote: »

I get what you're saying and I'm all for buying Irish with regards to meat, copybooks and furniture etc but for tattoos I'll go to whoevers the best (within a relative proximity), a tattoo will be on a person long after a recession ends (as we're all aware) and there's no point throwing a studio a bone because they're Irish when you could be left with a portrait tattoo that looks like a loved one having gone 12 rounds with Mike Tyson. :pac:

so you're saying us irish artists cant do a decent portrait? :mad: "I beg to differ" hahahaha

:pac: hahaha i would have to agree with that, there are some very good foriegn artists here all over the country, a "mini-invasion" hahahaha

The best builders are,nt irish, the best workers at dell were'nt, the best service in hotels and such isnt, the best IT specialists here arent, holly crap.... we're losing our country hahhahha

truthinwords wrote: »

Myth blows everyone in this country out of the water regardless of their nationality. There's some great portrait artists Justin Russell, Jani and Remis for example but it's actually cheaper to go to the likes of Myth since he only charges 70 an hour and a cheap ryanair flight will get you there for 20. I've no problem travelling to get tattooed if it gets me a better piece, as for the tattoo patriotism craic I find it a little hard to stomach paying 100 an hour for some very mediocre artists in this country when some of the best artists in the world charge less.

Not everybody who does GOOD work is charging 100 an hour, in fact some people have been tattooing DECADES for the LOVE of it. I once did a portrait for a young man in Laos ( south-east asia) who was sweeping the floors in a hostel for the equivalent of three american dollars, because I could see he really wanted it, and probably earned about three dollars a week at that time. And we were BOTH real happy about it. I see MANY people posting artists rates in here and minimum charges in here... so?? do i get flack, and BANNED to simply RETORT to those postings and tell you that I have maintained an extremely reasonable 40 euro minimum since coming home? That any big custom pieces I do I do at EXCELLENT rates? Don't look in a goldfish bowl and think you know the ocean.

Another thing you should keep in mind is this: The government and bankers have royally F%$£D this country up. The overheads here are kiling everybody, and the majority of what I am charging goes towards paying rents, supplies and bills. Overseas studios with lower overheads and lower costs of living can charge less and still be making GREATER PROFITS.
I started a young lady who was doing henna on the sidewalks of Bangkok, and now she has a succesful studio and she has a greater standard of living than most artists in Europe. Im very happy for her, but it breaks my heart to see theres no F%&*N light at the end of the tunnel HERE for me in my own country.
What work do you do Truthinwords? Because when all your customers take their business overseas for cheaper rates, and you and your co-workers can no longer pay your motrgages or rents and and you are starving and have nothing to eat....:D you could always "eat your words" hahahha wont be so filling.

Seriously though, I dont get this thread, it just seems to be bashing Irish artists for some reason... I just dont get it.

I think you should read some of my property and economic related posts here and elsewhere on the web.

tattoodublin wrote: »

Not everybody who does GOOD work is charging 100 an hour, in fact some people have been tattooing DECADES for the LOVE of it. I once did a portrait for a young man in Laos ( south-east asia) who was sweeping the floors in a hostel for the equivalent of three american dollars, because I could see he really wanted it, and probably earned about three dollars a week at that time. And we were BOTH real happy about it. I see MANY people posting artists rates in here and minimum charges in here... so?? do i get flack, and BANNED to simply RETORT to those postings and tell you that I have maintained an extremely reasonable 40 euro minimum since coming home? That any big custom pieces I do I do at EXCELLENT rates? Don't look in a goldfish bowl and think you know the ocean.

Another thing you should keep in mind is this: The government and bankers have royally F%$£D this country up. The overheads here are kiling everybody, and the majority of what I am charging goes towards paying rents, supplies and bills. Overseas studios with lower overheads and lower costs of living can charge less and still be making GREATER PROFITS.
I started a young lady who was doing henna on the sidewalks of Bangkok, and now she has a succesful studio and she has a greater standard of living than most artists in Europe. Im very happy for her, but it breaks my heart to see theres no F%&*N light at the end of the tunnel HERE for me in my own country.
What work do you do Truthinwords? Because when all your customers take their business overseas for cheaper rates, and you and your co-workers can no longer pay your motrgages or rents and and you are starving and have nothing to eat....:D you could always "eat your words" hahahha wont be so filling.

Seriously though, I dont get this thread, it just seems to be bashing Irish artists for some reason... I just dont get it.

I think you should read some of my property and economic related posts here and elsewhere on the web.

Your overheads argument is null and void, studios in London city centre i.e. Frith Street in Soho charge less then the Dublin studios and have some of the best artists in the world. I'm talking Xam/Valerie Vargas/Piotrek etc who are all booked at least 6 months in advance and charge 70 an hour. You may be charging significantly less then other studios in Dublin but there are shops charging 150 an hour here for work that is not deserving of that fee.