I typically roll my eyes at cat pieces, but I absolutely love this. Daniel Adamczyk has such a unique style, I love his approach to tattooing. Yes, it’s different but that’s the reason I like it so much.

Tattoo by Daniel Adamczyk at Painted Soul Tattoo in Wallingford, CT

This is definitely not the classic Venom you saw in Spider Man c0mics growing up… I mean, check out that skin rip!

Tattoo by Megan Jean Morris at Painted Soul Tattoos in Wallingford, CT

Whenever I post a hand tattoo, I immediately want to use the phrase ‘You have to hand it to…’ or make a good ole’ hand job joke.

While I stand by the fact both of those are hilarious, I really am trying to diversify my comments. If you have any good hand tattoo jokes, I’m all ears.

Tattoo by John Kang at Skin Deep Ink Tattoo in New Milford, CT.

Recently, I’ve had a few clients come in with photos of custom tattoos in the hopes that I will duplicate them. After I educate them on the etiquette of custom tattoos and explain why I need to redraw/redesign them, I usually get one of the following responses: “I completely understand and I’m sure I’ll love what you design” or, “Change it? But I really like it the way it is!”

Though I try to explain to potential clients that this defeats the purpose of getting their own one-of-a-kind, custom tattoo, sometimes their insistence forces me to abandon “their” idea completely!

Pick an artist whom you trust and whose work you admire, and then be open-minded to the artist’s visions and suggestions. Feel free to bring references–but know that a reputable tattooer will not give you an exact copy of another artist’s work.

Below are recent examples other artists’ work that I redesigned for my clients. The raven on the left is by Oleg Turyanskiy, and the peach on the left was done by Nick Baxter.

–Guest post by Mark Duhan at Skin Deep Ink in New Milford, CT.

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Julene and I look at a ridiculous number of tattoos. I’ve never tried to count how many per day, but I’m willing to bet it’s easily in triple digits. Seriously. Between Instagram, Facebook, Twitter, our e-mail addresses, and then the website – it’s ridiculous.

Now I can’t speak for Julene, but I know I need to post any tattoo that makes me stop. Tonight’s tattoo that made me stop is below.

Tattoo by Daniel Adamczyk at Painted Soul Tattoo in Wallingford, CT