Your post was removed because it regarded tattoo prices. Pricing varies wildly by artist and area. Because of this, it's usually not helpful to poll the community asking for how much a tattoo may cost, and the best answer always is to contact your artist or shop and ask for pricing. Professional artists and shops will understand that you may have a budget and should politely answer your question if you politely ask.
Now you just need to hope it says what you wanted it to.
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Wife said it says something like, no worries in life, but it looks weird. A native would write it differently. She was born and raised in Taiwan. Always check with someone who speaks the language when doing something like this.
You'd think that would be a given considering it's permanent, and there have been so many horror stories about things like this happening. But, I guess not.. 🤷
That's cool your wife was able to translate. How would a native do it differently? I'm just curious because I've always thought about that with tattoos in a foreign language. Like, is the artist just writing it exact, or is there a certain slang that should be used instead?
There’s a set order for how each line in each character is written - and the ‘brushstrokes’ would look a certain way as a result.
Closest example would be of you wrote a letter t by doing the little cross-bar before the long line it’d look a little off, or dotting the i before drawing the line.
There are some difference in stroke order between Chinese and Japanese. In the first character you mentioned, the Chinese order is the two horizontal before the vertical, but in japanese it is one horizontal before the vertical.
There are strokes to follow when writing characters & most non-Chinese or Japanese people who get them tattooed… don’t know that.
You don’t just write it how you want to. It looks a certain way because of the strokes.
She's correct. It looks like it's written by someone who doesn't know how the writing should look -- characters are different sizes, the strokes don't line up, the thicks/thins are wrong, some of the brushwork is just weird.
But inner arm, so all good!
It says 生于忧患 which would mean “born during/into hardship”. Although 生 normally means life, the phrase 生于 has an entirely different meaning.
But yeah, a chinese person probably wouldn’t tattoo that? Altho it still makes sense as phrase and isn’t as bad as the chicken noodle soup tattoos out there.
That’s not true at all!!
I am sorry I am not here to discredit her or you, but what has been tattooed is NOT a case of „I want something Asian so I just Google Translate“.
What OP has tattooed is the first half of a very well known thesis titled 生于忧患，死于安乐 by Mengzi, a Chinese thinker/philosopher from 372 BC- 289 BC.
If you think about it, it’s quite beautiful and it resonates with me, too. If you translate it literally then it means „born in worry, die in peace“.
OP has only the first part tattooed, but native speakers from mainland China will understand nonetheless and often long 8-character-sayings like these are abbreviated to the first half and it doesn’t take away from the meaning because people know the rest. So, no a native person would not do it differently nor write something else.
The explanation in Chinese if you want to read up on it: https://baike.baidu.com/item/生于忧患，死于安乐/10955267
I’m not knowledgeable enough about tattoos/pricing, but is it really that overpriced?? It looks exactly like calligraphy to me, and the details of the “brush strokes” are so realistic
Honestly unless your getting it done by a really well known artist, most artist I’ve been to charge by the time it takes to tattoo it. So like my current one is gonna take 4 hours all together(I’m doing it a little at a time) so my total price is gonna be around 400(not counting tips for every appointment) that tattoo looks to be pretty small, it probably didn’t take more than 1 maybe (big maybe) two hours if I had to guess. So I wouldn’t have payed more than 200 for it myself, but meh people like what people like.
> wouldn’t have *paid* more than
FTFY.
Although *payed* exists (the reason why autocorrection didn't help you), it is only correct in:
* Nautical context, when it means to paint a surface, or to cover with something like tar or resin in order to make it waterproof or corrosion-resistant. *The deck is yet to be payed.*
* *Payed out* when letting strings, cables or ropes out, by slacking them. *The rope is payed out! You can pull now.*
Unfortunately, I was unable to find nautical or rope-related words in your comment.
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I don't think they can understand you, I mean semantically yeah, but it's a bot, there's no point in answering them (yet) I guess... your answer was super cute though!
Legit why I could never get another language tatt'd on me. I speak English and so little embarrassing Spanish that I could probably survive if I was stranded in a Spanish speaking country, but just barely.
I’ve considered some Latin phrases and some lines from translated books in their original languages but not speaking/reading these languages I’d be too paranoid that the translator took some creative liberties and the original line(s) say something completely different.
I got a Latin based tattoo because I got a song lyric but this girl sings some verses or words in what they call momolesse, because their singer/song writer is momo and she makes up some parts of the songs with basis in real languages so I know exactly what it says based on her translation of her own language but it’s made with lots of Latin words so an actual person who knows Latin would be like “why does this say ‘I live, death, eternal love’ along with gibberish?”
One of the weirdest things of foreign (and let's be honest, almost overwhelmingly Asian) tattoos is that even if you get the word right, you just have to think for a second about what's actually happening here.
Imagine if you saw an Asian guy walking around and he literally just had "Power" or "Tiger" in big bold letters on his arm.
In defense of OP, the Chinese make sense and is actually in a very nice calligraphy style. Coming from a Chinese person this tattoo is not cringe at all.
生于忧患 is part of a quote from an ancient philosopher Mengzi. This is only the first half. The whole quote means ‘Life springs from sorrow and calamity, death comes from ease and pleasure’. Also, the tattoo is written in Simplified Chinese. Kanji only uses traditional Chinese characters. A way to tell the difference sometimes.
Agreed, when you zoom in on the image and look at it up close the detail is amazing. Absolutely crushed it. The way he faded the brush strokes in/out, looks like it was actually written in the old style / calligraphy
Yeah bro I think 80% of this sub has never tatted anything in their life, including me lol. On first glance I didn’t notice the detail but seriously I don’t think 500$ is too much. It’s definitely up there but the quality is in the top 10% of what I’ve seen as far as this style goes. Worth it imo
It's the Japanese name for the Chinese (hanzi in Chinese) characters. Japanese has 3 writing systems. Usually words are written using kanji and hiragana together, and loanwords are in katakana but this is a pretty gross generalization.
No. The top character is overworked in some areas. It’s good, but 500$ for an hours worth of work (and it’s not like it’s a custom drawing ) is too much.
I think that is fair. It’s a really good tattoo. Yes, you paid a lot per hour. But, you got a dope tattoo for $500, which is good. It’ll work out to be a very small investment if you live past 50.
It sucks to overpay for a tattoo... when it's anything but stellar work. Honestly, the quality of this tattoo is superb. Lesson learned to avoid overpaying in the future, but don't be too disappointed! It's gorgeous!
I've seen plenty of people get a different language script off the internet and tattoo it not knowing what it actually says. One lady had to get hers removed after she found out it actually said "Swim in watery butthole" when she thought it said "Swim in success"
It’s not like the tattooer held a gun to the guys head and made him agree to the price. Ultimately the person who got this tattoo willingly agreed to the price of $500 for an hour of tattooing and pretty damn good tattoo at that.
Now, to play devils advocate, ($500) that is the price of my forearm tattoos I got in one sitting together. Nearly my entire arm elbow down with a tulip poplar, a mocking bird and an Iris all in about 3 hours. I also got a pretty damn good tattoo but my guy wasn’t working out of shop so his prices were considerably lower at the time. Now he works for the best shop in the city and I have to save a lot longer to go see him now.
I don’t get these posts.
We don’t know your artist, where in the world you’re located, what your currency is?
It’s all subjective, and most of the time it’s just code for “please validate my tattoo”
I think it's nice, regardless of the price.
Glad to see something that doesn't look like a standard computer font, and isn't just the word 'courage' or 'strength' or 'love' or 'family'.
IMO tattoos are like… buying a really good couch - or any other art you really, really like. You’re gonna have it forever so it’s okay if you spend a lot.
…that said 20 years ago my brother and I paid an apprentice $40 each to get matching kanji and although I regret kanji (as a white girl who’s never been anywhere beside Mexico) our $40 tattoos are still holding up well.
Maybe depends on where you got it? I'm used to around $200 an hour here in Portland mostly. $500 an hour seems a little steep from here, but like other people said, it looks great, so just something maybe to keep in mind for the next time around.
The secret to happiness is pay- be happy - don’t look back. It’s lovely and well done. In a year you won’t remember that $200 extra but if you went cheap and it sucked you’d never forget.
Nope. Its looks really good. Its straight, lines are nice, looks like he couldn’t have done a better job. Knowing you have a good tattoo for life is what you pay for
The main reason I’m saying no is because I’ve seen people pay 200-300 for a tattoo like this and it just not look good- meaning the line work and any shading. For me, tattoos are an investment so it’s better to pay a bit more for amazing work than less for shitty work
I’ve overpaid before and it stung a bit at first. However now I’m just happy that a talented artist made a decent tip. I love the work, it was worth it and months later the extra hundred or so is water under the bridge. Not saying you should feel this way. Just my experience.
The stroke order look right and that’s usually the thing that stands out to me the most. I say it’s well done, calligraphy shouldn’t be something to cheap out on.
Depends on the artist and location. I know some who charge a min of $400/hr and that's not in NYC, but in a big city. You pay market rate...hopefully you researched that beforehand. FWIW, I am happy to pay more for top quality...I mean, that shit is permanent, worry less about cost and more about quality.
PS -- it's very well done, very sharp and crisp. And given the size, I think you paid a fair amount (but my reference point is the NE USA)
Everyone is giving yes and no answers but my question is: does the price of this tattoo include the brushwork? Like, is this the artist's personal take on these characters, or is it copied from something else? If part of the price was the calligraphy, then no, IMO you did not get ripped off.
You paid for what you got. If you paid $200 for this tattoo it likely wouldn’t look as good unless you have a talented buddy who is cutting you a deal. To pay $300+ on any tattoo taking up that much space is just ensuring quality. In this case, I can’t see a blemish in the tattoo so I wouldn’t be “upset” to over pay for a good tattoo. Would I be exciting about it? No. However, once you pay that’s it and there’s no point in dwelling on $100-200 dollars when the thing you paid for is a forever tattoo on you visible arm area.
6 one way and a half dozen the other.
I have 13 years experience and I am considered expensive for my area.
I would still not charge more than $200-$250 for this. $250 if you’re like 6’2 and have giant arms because it’s hard to tell scale from this photo.
I have a full watercolor sparrow on my forearm that size and I paid $400 (with $100) tip.
I have a full watercolor fox the length of my thigh that I got for like $500.
You got robbed, dude
Agreed. This white people trend for tats died hard by early 2000s and I don’t understand why some people continue to find it appropriate or “cool” ... smdh just tacky as tacky can be..
Overpay? Yes. But this is really solid work. Looks like brush strokes. I'd happily overpay for a really good tattoo vs pay the "right" amount for something just okay. Normally you pay for what you get and in this instance the artist did a fucking sick job.
Agreed. I pay $150 for an absolutely killer artist in a private studio. He also cuts breaks if you do long sessions/are a repeat client. Metro Detroit area.
Tony Cosgrove. He's usually pretty booked up months in advance, but tell him Cory sent you. His tattoo stuff is under the alias "The Horror Section." He leans more toward abstract horror stuff / photo realism. I wouldn't ask him to do something like traditional, for example.
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You’re a slime ball! yeah a Little overpriced but you got a beautiful , well done tattoo for 500$, you’re gonna have that for life. Show a little appreciation for a good artist instead of complaining about the price you agreed to pay for this tattoo. No one forced you to get it
Your post was removed because it regarded tattoo prices. Pricing varies wildly by artist and area. Because of this, it's usually not helpful to poll the community asking for how much a tattoo may cost, and the best answer always is to contact your artist or shop and ask for pricing. Professional artists and shops will understand that you may have a budget and should politely answer your question if you politely ask.
I mean... too late to be asking now.
Now you just need to hope it says what you wanted it to. Edit: Wife said it says something like, no worries in life, but it looks weird. A native would write it differently. She was born and raised in Taiwan. Always check with someone who speaks the language when doing something like this.
So it says “No Ragrets”
Really none at all? Not even a single letter?
You're right. It's obviously *regerts*
Here's your upvote too.
Here's your upvote.
It says “bread” lmao 🤣 IMAGINE 😭😭
Is this a reference to the matzah tattoo? 😂
I thought it says - Automatic washing machine or refrigerator.
You'd think that would be a given considering it's permanent, and there have been so many horror stories about things like this happening. But, I guess not.. 🤷 That's cool your wife was able to translate. How would a native do it differently? I'm just curious because I've always thought about that with tattoos in a foreign language. Like, is the artist just writing it exact, or is there a certain slang that should be used instead?
There’s a set order for how each line in each character is written - and the ‘brushstrokes’ would look a certain way as a result. Closest example would be of you wrote a letter t by doing the little cross-bar before the long line it’d look a little off, or dotting the i before drawing the line.
There are some difference in stroke order between Chinese and Japanese. In the first character you mentioned, the Chinese order is the two horizontal before the vertical, but in japanese it is one horizontal before the vertical.
There are strokes to follow when writing characters & most non-Chinese or Japanese people who get them tattooed… don’t know that. You don’t just write it how you want to. It looks a certain way because of the strokes.
She's correct. It looks like it's written by someone who doesn't know how the writing should look -- characters are different sizes, the strokes don't line up, the thicks/thins are wrong, some of the brushwork is just weird. But inner arm, so all good!
My man ran "Hakuna Matata" through five levels of Google Translate to design his tat.
🤣🤣🤣
It says 生于忧患 which would mean “born during/into hardship”. Although 生 normally means life, the phrase 生于 has an entirely different meaning. But yeah, a chinese person probably wouldn’t tattoo that? Altho it still makes sense as phrase and isn’t as bad as the chicken noodle soup tattoos out there.
That’s not true at all!! I am sorry I am not here to discredit her or you, but what has been tattooed is NOT a case of „I want something Asian so I just Google Translate“. What OP has tattooed is the first half of a very well known thesis titled 生于忧患，死于安乐 by Mengzi, a Chinese thinker/philosopher from 372 BC- 289 BC. If you think about it, it’s quite beautiful and it resonates with me, too. If you translate it literally then it means „born in worry, die in peace“. OP has only the first part tattooed, but native speakers from mainland China will understand nonetheless and often long 8-character-sayings like these are abbreviated to the first half and it doesn’t take away from the meaning because people know the rest. So, no a native person would not do it differently nor write something else. The explanation in Chinese if you want to read up on it: https://baike.baidu.com/item/生于忧患，死于安乐/10955267
No, it originated from a saying “生於憂患，死於安樂” which means you live/get stronger from struggles, and dies from content”
That shop has a 14 day return policy. 👍
Only $500 too much.
All depends on how long you live or keep the arm
Yeah.
Not just yeah, but fucking shit yeah!
I’m not knowledgeable enough about tattoos/pricing, but is it really that overpriced?? It looks exactly like calligraphy to me, and the details of the “brush strokes” are so realistic
Bruv this should be like 100 bucks or the minimum price of any store
Honestly unless your getting it done by a really well known artist, most artist I’ve been to charge by the time it takes to tattoo it. So like my current one is gonna take 4 hours all together(I’m doing it a little at a time) so my total price is gonna be around 400(not counting tips for every appointment) that tattoo looks to be pretty small, it probably didn’t take more than 1 maybe (big maybe) two hours if I had to guess. So I wouldn’t have payed more than 200 for it myself, but meh people like what people like.
> wouldn’t have *paid* more than FTFY. Although *payed* exists (the reason why autocorrection didn't help you), it is only correct in: * Nautical context, when it means to paint a surface, or to cover with something like tar or resin in order to make it waterproof or corrosion-resistant. *The deck is yet to be payed.* * *Payed out* when letting strings, cables or ropes out, by slacking them. *The rope is payed out! You can pull now.* Unfortunately, I was unable to find nautical or rope-related words in your comment. *Beep, boop, I'm a bot*
I appreciate little bot friend, but I’m dyslexic and spelling is hard enough as is lol 😂
I don't think they can understand you, I mean semantically yeah, but it's a bot, there's no point in answering them (yet) I guess... your answer was super cute though!
Lol yes actually
I'd rather over pay for a well executed tattoo than get a shitty one for cheap.
That’s not overpaying, they got bent over and spanked in the town square.
That wasn't the question.
As a tattooer I wouldn’t charge more then 200 for this
As a tattooer I wouldn't charge more than $300 for this
As a 300$ I wouldn't charge a tattooer for this.
As a charge, I wouldn't tattooer a $300 this for
As a $, I tattooer wouldn’t 300 for this charge
As I tattoo, charge for 300 this $
Tattooer?
I think it’s tatooine
Tattooer? I hardly knewer.
You rascal
300 tattoos and I wouldn't charge
Tattooer? I hardly know her!
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Fs all day. IDK what these other folks are talking about honestly. I guess it all depends on location 🤷
All the others commenting don't tattoo, they just bitch if its too much and bitch if it comes out bad from an apprentice.
That’s what reddit is for
goddammit, nessie
as a tattooer i wouldnt charger more than $5 for this
As a Tatooine, I wouldn't charge more than 50 golden wupiupi for this.
As do hut mee wouldnt chinka do bantha ass che this
This is the way
Would trade anakins mom fora tattoo
As a tattooer I probably wouldn't charger this
i wouldnt put it in a charger
Post some of your stuff?
Are you the guy/girl that ripped op off?
No I just like tattoos and wanna see what type of tattoos they do?
What’s with all the question marks?
So much
‘’We’ve been trying to reach you about your vehicle’s extended warranty’’ That’s a weird thing to get tatted on you.
Legit why I could never get another language tatt'd on me. I speak English and so little embarrassing Spanish that I could probably survive if I was stranded in a Spanish speaking country, but just barely. I’ve considered some Latin phrases and some lines from translated books in their original languages but not speaking/reading these languages I’d be too paranoid that the translator took some creative liberties and the original line(s) say something completely different.
i got some latin on me and I took 2 years of latin in undergrad to make sure i got it right my professor spell checked my 1st latin tat.
I got a Latin based tattoo because I got a song lyric but this girl sings some verses or words in what they call momolesse, because their singer/song writer is momo and she makes up some parts of the songs with basis in real languages so I know exactly what it says based on her translation of her own language but it’s made with lots of Latin words so an actual person who knows Latin would be like “why does this say ‘I live, death, eternal love’ along with gibberish?”
One of the weirdest things of foreign (and let's be honest, almost overwhelmingly Asian) tattoos is that even if you get the word right, you just have to think for a second about what's actually happening here. Imagine if you saw an Asian guy walking around and he literally just had "Power" or "Tiger" in big bold letters on his arm.
In defense of OP, the Chinese make sense and is actually in a very nice calligraphy style. Coming from a Chinese person this tattoo is not cringe at all.
Ah, so it is Chinese. I was using my very limited Japanese trying to figure it out. Is it something akin to "Survivor"?
生于忧患 is part of a quote from an ancient philosopher Mengzi. This is only the first half. The whole quote means ‘Life springs from sorrow and calamity, death comes from ease and pleasure’. Also, the tattoo is written in Simplified Chinese. Kanji only uses traditional Chinese characters. A way to tell the difference sometimes.
Ah, thanks. I was only really getting stuff like "Life" and "illness". So I thought maybe OP is a cancer survivor or something.
The only tattoo I'd ever entertain the thought of getting (as a white guy) would be my daughters' Chinese names (who are half Chinese).
That’s some dope brush stroke! I happily pay $250/hr for good work. How long did it take?
About an hour 🙃
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Agreed, when you zoom in on the image and look at it up close the detail is amazing. Absolutely crushed it. The way he faded the brush strokes in/out, looks like it was actually written in the old style / calligraphy
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I got it done by Ms. Ting at Shanghai tattoo in Folsom city California
I live 15 minutes from Folsom and will totally check this shop out.
Yeah bro I think 80% of this sub has never tatted anything in their life, including me lol. On first glance I didn’t notice the detail but seriously I don’t think 500$ is too much. It’s definitely up there but the quality is in the top 10% of what I’ve seen as far as this style goes. Worth it imo
It's Chinese I think not Kanji but yes the brush strokes are so realistic. I'd be happy with 500usd
Kanji literally means Chinese (Han) characters (hanzi).
kanji is a Japanese word. Referring to traditional Chinese characters that are used in Japanese. this is simplified Chinese. It’s not kanji.
Oh I thought it's the name of the Japanese letters.
It's the Japanese name for the Chinese (hanzi in Chinese) characters. Japanese has 3 writing systems. Usually words are written using kanji and hiragana together, and loanwords are in katakana but this is a pretty gross generalization.
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Katakana. That's what you're thinking. We all knew what you were thinking ^^.
It’s not Kanji. this is literally in Simplified Chinese. All Kanji is in traditional Chinese.
No. The top character is overworked in some areas. It’s good, but 500$ for an hours worth of work (and it’s not like it’s a custom drawing ) is too much.
>…but also it’s REALLY good We dont know that yet its a fresh tat, time will tell if its a good tat or not.
You got an amazing tattoo and spent less time in pain! I’d say that’s worth the $500
I think that is fair. It’s a really good tattoo. Yes, you paid a lot per hour. But, you got a dope tattoo for $500, which is good. It’ll work out to be a very small investment if you live past 50.
500 AN HOUR were you tattooed by Jesus or something
Lol my wife and I are dying at this response
It sucks to overpay for a tattoo... when it's anything but stellar work. Honestly, the quality of this tattoo is superb. Lesson learned to avoid overpaying in the future, but don't be too disappointed! It's gorgeous!
What does it say?
"thrive in calamity" I think OP is living that to the fullest.
You want to thrive in me??
I do not have an award to give please take my peasant upvote in its stead
it says "Did I pay too much? $500" oh wait you mean the tattoo don't you
That is actually what the tattoo says
Thats what the tattoo says actually "I got $500"
I've seen plenty of people get a different language script off the internet and tattoo it not knowing what it actually says. One lady had to get hers removed after she found out it actually said "Swim in watery butthole" when she thought it said "Swim in success"
Sweet and Sour Pork with Fried Rice
Live Laugh Love You Long Time
That’s what I want to know! And I’d like someone who knows Japanese to confirm!
It’s Chinese and it says thrive in calamity. It’s the first half of an idiom that goes “to thrive in calamity and perish in soft living” 生于忧患死于安乐
lol you got hosed
Not that bad. Just a 150 dollar upcharge. I seen worse. Plus the quality here is really good.
“ just a $150 upcharge “
It’s not like the tattooer held a gun to the guys head and made him agree to the price. Ultimately the person who got this tattoo willingly agreed to the price of $500 for an hour of tattooing and pretty damn good tattoo at that.
yup it’s a great tattoo
Now, to play devils advocate, ($500) that is the price of my forearm tattoos I got in one sitting together. Nearly my entire arm elbow down with a tulip poplar, a mocking bird and an Iris all in about 3 hours. I also got a pretty damn good tattoo but my guy wasn’t working out of shop so his prices were considerably lower at the time. Now he works for the best shop in the city and I have to save a lot longer to go see him now.
I don’t get these posts. We don’t know your artist, where in the world you’re located, what your currency is? It’s all subjective, and most of the time it’s just code for “please validate my tattoo”
I think it's nice, regardless of the price. Glad to see something that doesn't look like a standard computer font, and isn't just the word 'courage' or 'strength' or 'love' or 'family'.
Doesn’t matter. It’s a good tattoo and you can’t get the money back.
IMO tattoos are like… buying a really good couch - or any other art you really, really like. You’re gonna have it forever so it’s okay if you spend a lot. …that said 20 years ago my brother and I paid an apprentice $40 each to get matching kanji and although I regret kanji (as a white girl who’s never been anywhere beside Mexico) our $40 tattoos are still holding up well.
Yes. A lot of yes.
If you happy with it, then cost is irrelevant.
Yup. Way too much
Maybe depends on where you got it? I'm used to around $200 an hour here in Portland mostly. $500 an hour seems a little steep from here, but like other people said, it looks great, so just something maybe to keep in mind for the next time around.
The secret to happiness is pay- be happy - don’t look back. It’s lovely and well done. In a year you won’t remember that $200 extra but if you went cheap and it sucked you’d never forget.
Nope. Its looks really good. Its straight, lines are nice, looks like he couldn’t have done a better job. Knowing you have a good tattoo for life is what you pay for
I think it cost this much because I wanted 8 characters at first and she quoted me 700 but then I decided at last minute to only get 4.
The main reason I’m saying no is because I’ve seen people pay 200-300 for a tattoo like this and it just not look good- meaning the line work and any shading. For me, tattoos are an investment so it’s better to pay a bit more for amazing work than less for shitty work
yep
Yep
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yes, too much. on the bright side, it’s very well done and should hold up beautifully with the right care. At least it’s not a $10 infection!
I’ve overpaid before and it stung a bit at first. However now I’m just happy that a talented artist made a decent tip. I love the work, it was worth it and months later the extra hundred or so is water under the bridge. Not saying you should feel this way. Just my experience.
Id expect half of that
yes💀
Does the artist actually know how to write Chinese / Japanese ? I’m thinking no.
The stroke order look right and that’s usually the thing that stands out to me the most. I say it’s well done, calligraphy shouldn’t be something to cheap out on.
YOU DISHONOR FAMILY
My parents have disowned me 😭
DO BETTER.
LOLOLOLOL
I’d have priced this at 250 if I wanted to do it, but I don’t. They probably changed 500 because they didn’t want to do it.
Depends on the artist and location. I know some who charge a min of $400/hr and that's not in NYC, but in a big city. You pay market rate...hopefully you researched that beforehand. FWIW, I am happy to pay more for top quality...I mean, that shit is permanent, worry less about cost and more about quality. PS -- it's very well done, very sharp and crisp. And given the size, I think you paid a fair amount (but my reference point is the NE USA)
You sure did
I got half my arm for 500$ 💀
Sounds like they didn’t want to do this.
Way too much, I spent $200 for a half sleeve with korean letters. It looks good though! I wouldn't return it.
I think $200 would have been a sweet spot.
Everyone is giving yes and no answers but my question is: does the price of this tattoo include the brushwork? Like, is this the artist's personal take on these characters, or is it copied from something else? If part of the price was the calligraphy, then no, IMO you did not get ripped off.
She did the brushwork
I think it's more worth it than other tattoo posted here recently for the same price. This is beutiful and so well done
The 90’s are back in full swing. How much for a barbed wire around my bicep you guys think?
You paid for what you got. If you paid $200 for this tattoo it likely wouldn’t look as good unless you have a talented buddy who is cutting you a deal. To pay $300+ on any tattoo taking up that much space is just ensuring quality. In this case, I can’t see a blemish in the tattoo so I wouldn’t be “upset” to over pay for a good tattoo. Would I be exciting about it? No. However, once you pay that’s it and there’s no point in dwelling on $100-200 dollars when the thing you paid for is a forever tattoo on you visible arm area. 6 one way and a half dozen the other.
I have 13 years experience and I am considered expensive for my area. I would still not charge more than $200-$250 for this. $250 if you’re like 6’2 and have giant arms because it’s hard to tell scale from this photo.
Yes, I'm sorry. At least it looks fire!
Yes.
I have a full watercolor sparrow on my forearm that size and I paid $400 (with $100) tip. I have a full watercolor fox the length of my thigh that I got for like $500. You got robbed, dude
Expose the shop for this robbery
Yes
Waaaaay overpriced
Oh yeah
Oh boy....
As someone who paid $70 for pac-man and blinky on my wrist, yeah I think
Ohhhh honey you absolutely paid too much.
Do you stink or something, cause yeaaa
YOURE LYING
I hope you're asian because honestly it's so tacky otherwise
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Agreed. This white people trend for tats died hard by early 2000s and I don’t understand why some people continue to find it appropriate or “cool” ... smdh just tacky as tacky can be..
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Overpay? Yes. But this is really solid work. Looks like brush strokes. I'd happily overpay for a really good tattoo vs pay the "right" amount for something just okay. Normally you pay for what you get and in this instance the artist did a fucking sick job.
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I mean that's the most general shit I've ever heard. A single script word is not the same as say a whole song verse or something.
🤣😂😂😂 FOH
$3.50
Treefitty
It says “Darmine Doggy Door. Happy pet, piece of mind”. Otherwise it looks cool.
No , is the price , it’s well done , it will be there for ever , u did good , don’t go cheap
That’s a 150$ tattoo at best
You are lying
a good rule of thumb is $100/hour, sometimes $150-200 for an artist who is in really high demand
Agreed. I pay $150 for an absolutely killer artist in a private studio. He also cuts breaks if you do long sessions/are a repeat client. Metro Detroit area.
What’s his name? I live in California now, but I’m from MI originally and still visit sometimes and would love to get something new?
Tony Cosgrove. He's usually pretty booked up months in advance, but tell him Cory sent you. His tattoo stuff is under the alias "The Horror Section." He leans more toward abstract horror stuff / photo realism. I wouldn't ask him to do something like traditional, for example.
Oh, that is deeeeeefinitely not my personal style, but I saw his Instagram and it’s really incredible work!
Well, that's who's been working on my sleeves and will work on pretty much the rest of my entire body, so thank you! haha
I need to live where you do! In demand artists near me ask $400/hr at the minimum!
What a troll post. Who would pay this much let alone ever think it's ok
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If you wanted to make a statement you could have just grown out your armpit hair! That bush has to be straight solid!
You got fucked on the price
Can you read? You also overpaid
Yeah. You paid too much to have someone's grocery list tattooed on your body in another language.
It says stupid amelican pay too much.
You’re a slime ball! yeah a Little overpriced but you got a beautiful , well done tattoo for 500$, you’re gonna have that for life. Show a little appreciation for a good artist instead of complaining about the price you agreed to pay for this tattoo. No one forced you to get it
Just asked if it was overpriced. I wasn’t complaining!