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Part: IDEA
Once upon a time when one man was painting some picture, he got a brilliant idea. The most brilliant ones are the simplest. What if I paint on the body. Not my body, obviously, I love myself and I am not really excited about needles anyway... In a family where tattoos are still a sign of a sloping area and a sign of a criminal element, it was a very daring idea. The works of the famous tattoo artists fascinated me and Musa's works the most (yes, I mean his clothes line with the socks and underpants hanging there)
I went to study like never before. There is no tattoo artist among my close friends - I was grateful for every instruction, advice, experience I could find anywhere. I have to say that even now I feel that there is lack of information on the Internet. But if there is anything worth to mention, it's definitely some forums like my favourite czech one: http://forum.tattoo.cz/ where people are willing to help in the earliest beginnings, and also lots of FB sites for beginners are soo helpful. Of course I have to mention youtube. You can watch videos as long as you do not start turning into an "virtual tattoo artist" and you would chase everybody ( your grandparents included) as you are eager to try! Well... ... but! Still, it was just a theoretical preparation! What now? I felt so educated at that point that I could have asked for a job at the most tantalizing tattoo salons around the world....however i had never hold a tattoo machine before :-)
It was time to break a piggy bank and invest some money into the equipment. Oh, another trouble!! Which machine should to buy ?? OK, I'm already a heavy routine - I'd read at least 6 articles on the topic, but still ... I did not know! I just did not know! I needed needles and colors, and some power supply, or whatever. Where am I supposed to seek for all of that staff?! Helpless...
The Chinese Comrades pull me out of my bumps (probably works for most of us beginners) A complete set costs around 150USD?? It must be the best bargain of the year !! I clicked it so fast that I did not even know the store name. I went to pull the red carpet for the postmaster, and started
looking impatiently.