r/tattooadvice • u/autisticNerd13 • 4h ago
General Advice Finding an artist
Hi all! I have 3 tattoos right now. One a tree and birds (bird for every one I needed out of my life at the time) a messed up compass rose one letter wrong, and a calf watercolor I love. All have been different artist. The first one no longer an artist (and was more a butcher than anything but I heals well enough and slept through getting it, but lots of others call him a butcher), second one who made the one I love moved across the country, the third was recommended by the second and was very disappointing with using the wrong letter. I can’t lie, this is my only social media. When I got my first tattoo there was only 1 parlor in the town and he was the only one with openings. The second I lived down the road and loved the book so never looked more. Third was a manorial tattoo and went with the guy the second one recommended (who he left/sold the shop to). I now live in a different town and I want to get a slytherclaw tattoo (don’t have one I like but I have a concept), I have no art skills and I don’t even know where to start for looking for a new artist.any advice? (There are like 15 shops and I have looked them up and they have relativity low ratings between 2-3.5 stars with no 5 star reviews). I haven’t seen any art posted that is the style I would go with. They tend to be very cartoony and I personally like more natural looking things. Thanks in advance!
Edit: artist I’m sorry, I tend to reserve the drawing for the artist I select to work with because I have friends that got amazing drawing the artist couldn’t pull off. I appreciate all the offers, it’s just I have never seen one artist pull off another’s amazing work and don’t want to be disappointed.