I’m a tattoo artist and I’ve had a few people drift off lately. As a professional, I actually take it as a compliment because it means they’re relaxed, but I’m curious, do people think we hate it? Ask me anything about the shop ‘green flags’ or ‘red flags’ you’ve been too afraid to ask your artist!
I was annoyed by my last artist because he kept waking me up to ask if I was OK. I assume he was afraid I passed out and was not napping?
I promise he was just worried you’d passed out! It’s funny because being that relaxed is actually the best-case scenario for us, it means your body isn’t fighting the process. Next time, maybe just tell your artist, 'Hey, I’m probably going to doze off, don’t panic if I close my eyes!
Sure, if you’re new, maybe stopping to double check that you did your due diligence and aren’t in a rough spot, maybe once but KEPT😭💀 by the second time I’d be so fucking angry my god