![]() In my email back to her, I added that the changes she wanted - like Hello Kitty's paw prints, which were part of the original design she approved - were easily fixable since I gray-lined them.Īnyway, I didn't end up finishing it up for her. So my workmate's conversation with her caught me off-guard. She was super friendly, and we had been hitting it off. While I did the tattoo, she was talking loudly - which I took as her being understandably nervous - so my workmates could easily hear her. We began by talking about how much we both love art. So I thought, 'Sick, I can smash this dragon out the park and just put a Hello Kitty on it.' Easy peasy. "My workmates and I call her 'the Hello Kitty lady.' I specialize in Japanese tattoos, and during the initial consultation, she expressed how much she loved my style of Japanese dragons. Two weeks later, she emailed me saying she loves her tattoo, it healed perfectly, the pink was the right shade, and that she wants to finish it up." She sent another paragraph on how I should listen to my clients' wishes. I replied that the tattoo would heal as planned. That night, I got a two-paragraph email about how much of a shit job I did. So when we came back, I was overly reassuring, letting her know why I was using certain inks that she'd insisted were 'too light' as they'd heal exactly how she wanted. She'd complained it wasn't hurting and that her skin wasn't irritated, and she didn't want to pay since it wasn't being done properly. But during a break, my workmate told me that they'd had a smoke with her outside, and she was upset. When I began tattooing, she heavily praised my tattoos and style. ![]() "I had a 30-something-year-old tattoo virgin who wanted a half-sleeve of Hello Kitty riding a dragon. I've been tattooing for 13 years now and still love every minute! I've got way crazier stories under my belt since that kick in the face." - u/ginger_wahineĦ. I called my mentor after work, crying that I ruined my first tattoo on a client and she kicked me in the face. He said, 'Wait, what? Nah, fuck that, it’s not your fault. ![]() "Needless to say, her tattoo looked like shit, and I was crestfallen. I get her two friends to help hold down her foot and she continues to jerk around and at one point kicks me right in the jaw." ![]() The two lines I’ve done now look like SHIT, and I’m already pissed and freaking out inside. I warn her not to do that and try to relax. I start the tattoo and, immediately, she jerks away super hard. She’s a bit nervous, so I allow two of her friends to come into the room with us. "It's this girl’s first tattoo and my first paying customer (after my apprenticeship.) She wants a star outline on the side of her heel below the ankle. ![]()
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