 House everybody don't welcome back to my channel this week. We got a special guest. Maybe you've seen some of his videos Maybe you already subscribed to his channel, but if you haven't go ahead and go subscribe He has a lot of great videos great content a lot of information So I'ma let him choose and I'ma let I'ma let him introduce. I'ma let him introduce himself So what is up everybody? My name is Justin and I am the creator of Justin It's a YouTube channel We pretty much talk about all things that are character related and I kind of bring you along on my journey It's worth getting a full body suit as you guys can see I have some amazing work done And I plan to have a full body done of this kind of caliber work And you know this journey with this whole channel has been amazing it started out Obviously as me just you know showing the world my amazing work what you can do with tattoos and what you know The kind of destroy that misconception tattoos once had and how they can actually be a work of art now But as this channel has went on it's become more in terms of helping other people out You know sharing my kind of experience opinions and certain things You know in terms of aftercare or some other type of thing with somebody that's new to this But most importantly now it's become is some type of motivational and inspirational kind of aspect to a lot of people out there Because I know I get a lot of people messaging me saying how much I've you know inspired them or motivated them to go Get their first tattoo or rekindle that flame that they once had to start their journey again So that means the world to me and that's what this channel now has mostly become about it's still about you know The tattoos and the journey towards getting that full body suit in that angle But now it's become so much more and I'm so happy to be here on this video to talk to you about from like a canvases perspective So the purpose of this video is that I'm gonna be asking some questions He's gonna answer it from a client's perspective as an artist Sometimes we forget what it feels like to be a client So this is a great way to reconnect with the client and understand what they're feeling and understand what they're thinking And if you're thinking about getting your first tattoo, this is that video for you So with that being said the first question is gonna be if you're thinking about getting your first tattoo What should you expect and how to prepare now? This is a great first question just because a lot of us going to get our first tattoo We have a lot of feelings and mixed emotions. We feel scared. We feel nervous. We feel excited We feel like maybe we shouldn't go through with it now I've been getting tattoos for my whole life so far and I still feel all those when I go and get my next one So they're totally normal to feel but in terms of how you prepare yourself in terms of going for your next Tattoo or your first tattoo is first off go ahead and watch a lot of the videos that I post I talked a lot about you know The pain of certain areas how to prepare and pack for a tattoo and the kind of mental state You should kind of put yourself in before going into one now What I also like to do is I like to moisturize that area say if I'm getting on the bicep form or anywhere on the leg I like to make sure that area is moisturized about a week before going into getting that tattoo No artist wants to work with dry cracked wrinkly or any kind of skin like that They want to work with the best kind of skin that they can have So I like to make sure that it is like in its best condition for when I go to the appointment now What I also like to do and this is kind of not recommended But this is what I do is I make sure that I shave that area before going I like to go the night before I just shave it with an electric razor where there's still a little bit of hair left over So it's not causing any razor burn or irritation Just because it makes his life a little easier in terms of shaving that area with that kind of shitty razor that they All have it's like a one-bladed razor and just barely gets any hair and I'm a hairy guy So I just like to make it kind of the appointment a little easier for the artist in terms of that kind of process and taking the hair off Leading up to the appointment and diet before the day of you definitely want to make sure you are getting a good Night's rest before the tattoo and then depending on what time your tattoo is during the day if it's in the morning or afternoon You want to get a good meal in you just because you want to make sure that you are you know You're while we're planning. She got all those kind of sugars in you. It will carbohydrate. She's got your energy going It just helps in terms of a long run, especially for a longer tattoo You just want your body to have all those nutrients in it So the next question that I have for you is you got your first tattoo. You got some instructions from your artist About how to take care of your tattoo. You got some information already So now you go home, but you're still a little bit confused and a little bit concerned about The process of how to take care of a tattoo and what to expect How would you explain it to someone that's still feeling confused? So the healing process of a tattoo can be a bitch and it can be very confusing now I say this just because every artist has their own little way of healing a tattoo if you ask one artist This is how they're gonna heal it one way ask that artist This is how they're gonna do it some offer literally totally different kind of variations you go and you watch my videos I'm gonna say how to do it this way you go watch somebody else's video They're gonna say I do it that way so there's really no good answer to this type of question Now what I do and how I feel my tattoos heal they feel great doing these methods and I'm gonna let you know how I do that now I go ahead and I wash my tattoos three times a day for the first day up to about day four day five until it starts flaking now I make sure to wash it with unscented soap and then I usually apply some type of healing ointment after that when it's dry And then after about the day four or five mark when it starts to flake I switched to about washing it once or twice a day about morning and afternoon or night And then I also now apply moisturizer and what I like to do with moisturizer is some people say and what I've said before is to Once or twice a day I like to go by ear now and kind of go by sight in terms of how are my feeling about the tattoo if it's really cracked And feel really dry feel really itchy and then I go ahead and apply it I don't really go on a number anymore I go on the fact on how my body is feeling and that's how you should too But there have also been other things now that have come into play in terms of healing for tattoo Now I've used a lot of sanded them in my tattoos and they heal the tattoo great There are some limitations to them in certain areas, but what I feel it does for in terms of the whole aftercare of a tattoo It just makes it so much easier You don't have to worry about anything anymore pretty much You slap it on and then you wait seven days and then you take it off and then you're pretty much done Most of the healing you take a week out of that kind of healing stage and it works great It just takes a lot of that worry out and usually it heals the tattoo better than the traditional method now The pet peeves that I have in terms of the aftercare There's quite a bit and that is one you're not allowed to go in the shower for long periods of time because of the steam and because your pores Might open you're not allowed to go swimming because of the same reason ink might seep out You're not allowed to be in the sun because that area is super sensitive So you're gonna be kind of you're gonna be out of the sun for quite a bit of time after a new tattoo It's gonna hurt you can't go you can't really play sports You really got to watch out you can't go ahead and rub up against something because you might scratch it You might scar it so there's a lot of things that you got to watch out for not to mention the swelling that comes along with it in The first couple days in the pain afterwards So there's a lot in terms of healing of an aftercare of the tattoo But it is crucial and it is the most important part of the tattoo like I always tell my clients That tattoo is not done until it's fully healed because you spend so much money on your tattoo And for you not to take care of it It's kind of like a waste of money almost you know what I mean the more tattoos you get the better You understand your skin and what's the best thing for you? I got a lot of requests from clients that are looking to book at two days back to back so they can start a huge project Now from your perspective as a client at home somebody who got a tattoo for 26 hours straight Can you explain what are the pros and cons about getting tattooed for a long period of time? Now the pros and cons to getting a long tattoo are kind of balanced now I am nothing new to kind of getting a long tattoo I've gotten anywhere from like six hours all the way up to sitting up to 16 hours in one session So I kind of know how to get through a long session and I know the pros and cons to each now the pros are One you're just getting it done in one shot You don't really have to go back and get it done again You don't have to waste time traveling and you're not wasting the artist's time in terms of also equipment as well getting more Needles so there's a pro in that term of that in terms of getting it banging on a one shot The next one is the confidence that you get from doing a long tattoo I know a lot of people out there doing like a six hour plus tattoo They feel better about themselves especially if you were something that thought you couldn't do before so doing these long tattoo sessions Really helps out me now my confidence through the roof knowing that I was able to do a 16 hour session and get through that It's still think I could have done longer So I've really kind of you know up my confidence and now I believe I can definitely get through it more and more Dealing with more and more pain now the cons are obviously pain as time goes on pains gonna increase So you're gonna feel a lot more pain through a long session compared to a short session And then the last one I really have to this all is that you're gonna feel Uncomfortable in the positions that you say if you're sitting on your ass, it's gonna go numb if you're sitting on your side It's gonna be super painful and the one tip I have to all that is bring a pillow That is one that I feel is something that I always bring out to a session just because it helps so much in Terms of you know relieving some of that pain on certain areas of the body and but the positions that you kind of Lay in or sit in I think this is a really important question to ask and I'm curious to see how you're gonna answer this I really like the way I wrote the question down on my notes I'm already off my notes and he says as a client What do you want as artists to know or consider to make the client feel more comfortable and make their experience better? and I'm curious to know from a client perspective because We I don't think we ask that question very often So I feel like this is gonna help a lot of artists out there and kind of Have a better understanding about how our clients feel and what they want Now this is a great question just because I feel I do have a couple tips So the artists out there in terms of making for an overall better experience of a tattoo session to make your client And your canvas feel more comfortable The first one I got is really try to seem excited show some happiness Show some enthusiasm about the piece that you're gonna do on them Even if it's a piece that you've done maybe 20 times already before and you're maybe not as excited to do it anymore Just try to show some of that excitement just because we read and we can get a vibe off you right away On terms of you if you want to do this piece or not And if it feels like you want to do this piece of you're excited for this piece One it's gonna make for a better session overall because we're not gonna be overthinking about it on ourselves But two it's gonna make for a better tattoo in the end because we're gonna just love it even more knowing that you loved it Too there's no better feeling when we finish a tattoo and when I've seen a tattoo done and that artist is just in love with it He's happy. He's super excited about it There's no better feeling than that and just makes for a better tattoo in the overall kind of experience of it The next one I have for you guys is make sure to kind of you know reassure the customer that it's gonna be okay that this is normal The pain is normal and everything you're experiencing is gonna be okay The last one I got for you guys is you know try to be on time for your appointments I've seen too many times where I'll be in the shop and a customer is literally waiting 20 30 40 minutes for their artists to show up and they're nowhere to be found And I feel like this is just a sign of respect because we the clients are showing your respect by being on time for the team The appointment and you should do the same. I know you're an artist I know we you kind of have all the power in your hands But please try to show up on time just to show us the same respect that we show you It just makes us feel a little bit better and again a better overall session and a better overall tattoo experience Thank you for answering that question honestly It feels really good to be able to hear your point of view as a client Because I feel like we don't ask that question a lot and as an artist We gotta be more considerate about what our clients feel and what they think at the end of the day They're also paying for the service. So the next question that I have is pretty simple What made you want to get tattooed? Do they have a meaning or do you just love art now? This is probably my favorite question out of all and that is you know tattoos for me I've always wanted tattoos ever since I could ever remember I was always looking at tattoos I was always saving tattoos saving those ideas because I would want them down the future now The reason why I really want to get tattoos is just because it's such a great form of expressing oneself in terms of art In terms of stuff on you can say so much without saying anything to somebody with the type of tattoos that you have now in terms of Meaning and then the are kind of balance it kind of started out with more meaning once getting my tattoos I got them to kind of commemorate family members that have passed away or you know other things in my life or just like You know my beliefs but as time went on the tattoos that I started to get Start to become less and less about the meaning and more and more about the art now I'm strictly in it for the art for the art purposes of these kind of wow factors these wow pieces But they still do hold some type of meaning a little way and those aren't like you know Like kind of religious reading meanings or anything like that It's just more like what I kind of like because I do feel like you have to get a tattoo to have some Type of meaning because it needs to be on you right? So you got to have some type of like you know, I like it for some reason I got it for this type of reason But if you're to ask me now I definitely am getting tattoos more for the artistic side of it and just the wow factor of it and just you know The form of expressing one and having this type of art on my body that I can walk around for the rest of my life with It is such an amazing feeling to have work on you That is really good and of high quality like yours the ones that you do and the cover-ups that you do And it's just you know It's something that you just feel more confident about yourself and you can walk with your head a little bit higher As a client you have the idea you know what you want to get and you know the placement now The question is how do you look for the right artist? Now searching for the right artist is probably the biggest part of any tattoo I always say that this is the part that either make or break your tattoo Right off the start and I say that just because every artist is gonna have a specific style and a specific kind of Like look that they have to them and you're gonna want to find somebody that kind of fits that look and style that you Want now finding an artist for the right job I say is like finding a diamond in the rubble you really got to look for one and you really got to be patient now I have videos out there where I talk about how to go ahead and find an artist that way I do it and I also have a video out there that kind of has people that just go ahead and comment their Artists from their area and the style that they do and that can definitely help you out in terms of finding it But what I found is you know today's diamond age you got the internet you got Instagram They are gonna be your biggest help You can go ahead and search on the internet at a shop near you and it'll have a list of their kind of artists that they have And you can go ahead and look them up and doing that way or what I like to do is Instagram is probably your best bet You go ahead you find somebody that you like you follow a lot of tattoo pages They'll have the tattoo artist link But then when you find an artist that you'd like go ahead and go into their following and then see who they follow Because a lot of artists will follow artists of the same kind of caliber and the same kind of style that they do and you Will be able to go through all of them Now this is something that you got to be patient about and going through every single one But you might get lucky and you might find somebody that is around or nearly near you And you can go about in terms of asking them to get a tattoo done That's a great trick that I've used and it works great. This is a great video I honestly feel like it's such an amazing video and to share so much knowledge and you sharing your knowledge with Everybody out there I think it's gonna help a lot of people and I appreciate you for wanting to be in this channel And thank you for having me in your video as well So if you want to go ahead and check that video out, I give my opinion from an artist perspective So thank you for having me in your channel and thank you for joining me in this channel And I hope to make more videos with you now I just want to say thank you so much for having me This means so much to me in terms to be on your channel And I really hope that I'm able to help kind of you know inform some other artists out there that maybe have been Wondering from a client's perspective But I'm also hoping that I can help other clients out there and canvases out there in terms of you know Some of the stuff that I was able to resonate with and maybe help you well go to my channel and check out all the stuff I have I really try to talk from a client's perspective, but I also always try to think about the artist as well So it's kind of like you know a middle ground for everybody, but thank you so much for having me on the channel I really appreciate and I hope to be back very soon And this is the end of this video, but stay tuned because next week it's gonna be insane The video that I'm dropping is gonna be crazy I'm gonna post a little sneak peek and close this video So if you are tattoo artist, I hope you learned something from this video and if you're tattoo enthusiast I hope you were entertained. Thank you guys for watching. I'll see you guys next week. Peace. My client is coming in She's getting her first tattoo and what we're gonna be doing. She's getting a full outer sleeve I'm really nervous, but I'm excited