Tattoo Artist Help

[nex0s]

A friend's gorgeous tattoo work reminded me that I need to ask my flist a question!

So, I have this AMAZING tattoo I want to get for my 40th. I'm happy to wait on a wait list. Ideally I'd like to have a female tattoo artist because the thing I want to get is a copy of a Maria Sibylla Merian drawing.

Comments

[miss_adventure]

I love it! Where are you thinking of getting it?

If you're willing to travel to DC, I highly recommend Cynthia Rudzis who did most of my colour work including my art nouveau nightshade flowers--that looks like it would be right up her alley. Her former apprentice Liaa Walters, who is now a full tattoo artist in her own right and still works with Cyn, also likes doing botanical tattoos.

[nex0s]

I like Cynthia's stuff, but I think Liaa may be too.... rockabilly? Vintage? for my taste.

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[nex0s]

Oh yeah, and I want it as a back piece. :)

[contessagrrl]

if you want to/can/are planning to coming to the west coast, I would recommend talking to Shannon Archuleta:

http://shannonarchuleta.com/Home.html

i've got to think there's someone in the NY area for this, though! i'm not familiar with NY-based artists.

[nex0s]

Too far! Especially for back work!

[epilady]

SHANNON ARCHULETA. She's the only person I let tattoo my mom, and she's the only person I will ever be tattooed by again. If it's on your body for the rest of your life, it's worth a plane trip.

[nex0s]

Since it's going to be a big back piece, it's going to be a lot more than a single plane trip. The work is beautiful, but even going to DC multiple times is going to be a stretch. I have a kid too, and I'm not comfortable leaving him for several weekends over X number of months for a tattoo. Even if it's going to be on my body for the rest of my life.

[roadnotes]

One of redbird's tattoos is floral; she might have photographs of it, so you could see her artist's work.

[missionista]

Not female, but what about Anil Gupta, who does renaissance miniatures on people.

[nex0s]

Holy crap, his stuff is amazing @.@

Very impressed. I wonder how the minatures age. I can't imagine well... but I want a whole backpiece. Thanks!

[dr_memory]

M completely beat me to mentioning him.

FWIW, if you want to see how his stuff ages, you could head over to Lucky 13 -- all of Melody's ink is by him, and some of them have to be at least a decade old by now.

[nex0s]

Ha, thanks. I'm not planning on getting a minature, so I think it may be less of an issue for me :)

[lyonesse]

www.vyvyn.com has two artists who sprang to mind for me, though the west coast may be a bit further than you were hoping to go for this.

[nex0s]

Too far, but thanks!