MAMA'S PRAYER
This guy brought this in. It's a prayer his Grandma used to say. She passed away and he wanted her prayer to live on. He likes his tattoo. It's not up to my standard. I really was unhappy with it. Some of it is his fault but the truth is it's always the tattooer's fault too. I probably should not have taken this job the way it is. This guy is pretty small and very skinny. Every time he would breathe in, which he did rapidly and frequently during the tattoo in response to the pain, it would move his chest. This made it almost impossible to get letters that small out perfectly. I could literally feel and see his heart beating through his chest. By the time I was done I was physically, mentally and as corny as it sounds, emotionally exhausted because every time a letter gets a wiggle in it that will make the word illegible your heart sinks, and you start sweatin' BEADS!
What I should have done differently. First of all, if he's not willing to get this some where that won't move when he breathes (ie; leg, back, arm as apposed to the chest or ribs) I'd advise the customer to get it bigger, or just not do it at all. He may just pick some of his favorite lines or something instead of the whole thing. I had a hard time with ink draining out of the tube onto the piece. I ordered some new tubes today that I hope will eliminate that in the future. If it works I'll post pics of them. I think the problem comes from oversized tips on the liner.
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