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| - I told myself I was going to wait at least a week to review Love and Hate Tattoo Parlor. Let my new tattoo heal up and show it off a little. Besides, it was just last night after work that I'd gotten my new ink. Alas, it appears my self-discipline is at an all time low, and less than 24 hours after walking out of L&H, here I am on Yelp. Sharing the love. Because, honestly, there's nothing I could think about hating on with this tattoo parlor.
The time line that brought me to this point is rather lengthy. A little over a month ago, I rolled out of work early, caught a movie then decided I wanted to get my third tattoo. After finding some tats online, I decided I would follow through with it. A quick Yelp search directed me to L&H. When I showed what I wanted to have done and where on my body, the guy at the desk quickly grabbed one of the artist's portfolios, flipped through and showed me one of the exact same tattoos I saw online (but not cross referenced with L&H). Instantly, I knew this artist *had* to be the one to do this for me. However, with my work schedule and his availability, June 21 was the soonest I could make an appointment.
In the month that followed, I started explaining to my friends what I envisioned and each of them appeared just as eager as myself to see the end results.
Fast forward to last night, and Eric is referencing color copies of bacon and another tattoo from which I generated my initial concept, while using colored markers to sketch out how the basic tattoo will turn out. Honestly, at this point I would have been happy with just the marker tattoo (although I'm sure Eric would grow tired of me coming back every other day to have it redrawn). After a quick run through to outline where each color would be, Eric then moved on to the actual filling in. Throughout the two hour process, other artists who heard about this custom tattoo checked out the progress. By the time Eric completed his work, I sported one of the most unique and personalized tattoos I've ever seen. Even as it's wrapped in saran wrap to help the colors settle, I keep looking at it, admiring what will soon become my signature ink.
Meanwhile, earlier this morning I sent out photos I took with my phone halfway through the process to a few of my coworkers. All are excited to see this, even the VP in Flagstaff (who I didn't intent to see this, but it's out of the bag now).
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