How to Find a Good Tattoo Artist

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Nothing new is happening on the market after I wrote about amputations and magnet implants. The latest thing is called “Brain Piercing.” Unfortunately, I can’t write about it at the moment since I’m still doing some research on the subject, this way I will be able to write an article worthy of all of you. But, I thought my latest experience was exciting, not very extreme, but so far, the most interesting tattoo I’ve got.

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Thinking about my few rejections, I thought many people might go through the same problem. So I decided to make it public. I have had this idea for a beautiful tattoo. It was supposed to be a line of mirrored phoenixes starting on my neck, following down my spine and my tailbone. A few months before my 34th birthday, I began to look for an artist to do the work. As many people know, Brazil is a well-known country in the tattoo industry. We have great professionals down here.

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So here I’m with the project, but because I’m very picky about who will tattoo my body, I could only choose a hand full of professionals among hundreds. From many portfolios I saw, I thought that only those guys would be able to do a decent job out of my full micro details idea.

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Of those five ultra-qualified professionals, none wanted to do the tattoo. All of them told me that it was impossible. And the only one that was going to take the challenge, because I agreed to make the phoenixes a bit larger than I wanted, had a family problem.

Time passed, I became older, and no tattoos. I’m sure I do not have to explain my feeling to my tattoo-addicted friends and readers, but for those who do not have the tattoo “bug,” I can say that it is frustrating. It feels more or less like you have spent months gathering the money to go to your favorite group performance, and exactly on the show day, the band decided to split up for good.

Here I was with the ticket and no show, or better saying, with the drawing and no artist.

The other day while walking on the street, I saw a small tattoo parlor. And being so devoted to getting my body covered with phoenix images, I thought about stopping there for a few minutes to check out his work. The worst that could happen was I would meet another wannabe. Actually, the market is full of them. Most of the tattoo artists around are not that great. After I finish this story, I will add a guide on how to find gold between pebbles.

Returning to the tale: I went into the studio, and there was this; please state the obvious, tattoo-covered guy. His name is Flavio Vandroiy, I hadn’t heard about him at all, but once I was there, I decided to give him a shot; he had a client waiting, so our first contact was brief, but even though, to my surprise, he was very attentive. Now, if you know a few renowned tattoo artists, you will understand that more and more, the pop star idea is truly affecting our fellas. Boy, most of the time, it feels like they are part of the royalty and are doing you the favor of looking at your face, even if only for five minutes of their precious time. Please note that there are some exceptions; one of them is the lovely Pierre Chapelle, whom, many years ago, I had the pleasure of being tattooed by while I was living in Montreal.

I checked out one of Flávio Vandy’s portfolios on paper and analyzed his work better through his website. The result looked pretty good. Steady and clear lines signed his tattoos. Then I saw a picture of a very small tattoo full of details; I analyzed it for about one hour, looking at every point. After that, I thought he would probably be able to do a good job of my drawing. I sent him an e-mail with my phoenix image attached; after a day, he replied honestly. He told me the picture was small but would take up the challenge.

So we got the image on my back, and of course, I complained about the position. He patiently erased the drawing and did it again. Even if I was pleased with the work, I complained to see his reaction. But there was no need to do it; he told me he could change it until I was happy with the placement. So I kept quiet. I hate to push nice willing people. I would probably have changed the position several

times if he were a jerk. He did an amazing job of something many thought impossible to accomplish. One of the nicest things about this guy is that he is humble enough to tell me that after we finish all the phoenixes, we will have to go back and touch upon the images that he thought could be better done. I agree with him; some of the birds’ faces, if you look at a picture taken with the micrometric of a camera, are not identical.

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I have many tattoos made by many hotshots in the industry, including my extraordinary first tattoo made by Marco Leoni himself. Even if it is an old tattoo, I got it as a pre-teen. It did suffer quite a bit with stretch due to my growth and the thousands of times that I put it through the monstrous process of leg waxing, it is still here, not as pompous as it was

once, but every time I look at it, I know that this old phoenix helped me to became who I am. The truth is that I’m in love with this new tattoo; so far, it is the best quality small work that I’ve seen. It looks like the finest and most delicate lace you can buy if you look at it from afar. Ok, after my narcissistic story, I will, as promised, add a few tips on how to know when a tattoo artist is good, or he is just another self-proclaimed tattooer with the artist’s title.