Hi!

I’m just wondering how you guys find your artists. Do you have one artist that does all your tats, or are you a bit of a walking catalog for various artists?

The reason I’m asking is that I currently use instagram to find and keep track of artists, but I really don’t like the app all that much. Googling local shops also doesn’t always give me good results.

If you know of any good alternative methods other than wandering around a city and walking into random shops, let me know! :)

  • SAPHIRA@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    1 year ago

    Yes, most artist use Instagram as their portfolio, but you might be able to find a link in their bio or in the page of the studio they work in to the their websit where you can also see their work… if that helps at all

  • Slotte@feddit.deEnglish
    1·
    1 year ago

    Mostly I’m also using Instagram to find Artists that I like, some other Tattoos happend quite spontaneously.

    Maybe another way would be to look at webpages from expos / events in your area (like e.g. Kaiserstadt Tattoo Expo) where various artists that are coming to the event are shown?

  • dunloap@lemmy.fmhy.mlEnglish
    1·
    1 year ago

    Instagram is pretty much the tattoo artist yellow pages.

    Its the only reason I had the app in the first place. Deleted it and only access Instagram on desktop now

  • promitheas@iusearchlinux.fyi
    1·
    9 months ago

    I see the other comments are mentioning instagram, and I’d like to add that if you see a tattoo in the wild that you like you can ask the person about it, and also ask the person for their artist’s instagram and get it that way :)