yup They are every where now, hell even I get sick of the same crap everyday, about 10/15 years ago they really started booming in popularity it was due to the fact that Artist's started doing them, and real beautiful pieces of Artwork were being done, the populace saw what could be done and it was a chain reaction, which in turn made A lot more people want to do Tattoo's, now artist's started to charge more and the secret's of Tattooing was being let out for anyone to learn, many that had NO art ability but had money, opened up a Tattoo shop and started making an average of $100 an hour, it got so big, I know of a Tattoo artist that charges $600 an Hour, sad part is, ya he is a good artist, but I could draw/paint him under a table, in other words he aint all that, plus there is a woman in Cali who used to charge 300 an hour with a two Hr minimum,
that is why SO many have become Tattooists, seriously in the state I am in, NH, there are close to 50 shops, and maybe 5 (and that's being conservative) can actually draw or paint. and as far as I know I am the only shop that has no wall flash, wall Flash are the "tattoo designs" you see all over the walls, probably one of the few in the whole country, I have always hated the idea of "wall flash" "A tattoo is a outward expression of ones inner self" "wall flash" is totally against what to me tattoos represent.
a few pics of my shop, no wall flash just my artwork
