Tattoo Designers: Creating Life like Images

by PURVI RADIA
Posted on 2008-09-17
Tattoo designing has become a fashionable issue amongst most youngsters and is in practice all over the world. I’m sure you’ve heard about Saif Ali khan who punctured a Kareena tattoo on his wrist to flaunt his love for Kareena Kapoor.
The tattoo art has grown rapidly in the last few years. It has proved that it will bring more and more opportunities to the creative people as it is a human tendency to try whatever’s new and hip in the market.
You can grab the opportunity of the fast arrival of the tattoo designing industry with your skills right now. In our state there is a tattoo trend all over especially during season time, which starts from November and last until May.
A tattoo artist requires a visual and creative medium and must be very good artistically. You have to be inquisitive and eager to master new skills. A well-aimed willpower as well as firmness is required to get started. Most important is a lot of patience, because tattoos take a long time to finish and also because you work with the general public, said Francis Fernandes, a temporary tattoo artist.
In other words you need to be like a dog that won’t let go of a bone. Mr Til Bahadur, a permanent tattoo designer said, “knowledge of safety practices is also necessary. Taking precautionary measures to ensure that you are doing your job correctly without any spread of diseases is a must.”
Mr Bahadur said there is no standard educational background to obtain training for tattoo designers. But you can practice the art from various professionals.
Nerish Fernandes, a temporary tattoo artist said many of them learn designing logos and some other art work from Milu’s Art Centre, Fatorda and this can help you to some extent in obtaining the basic knowledge of tattoo designing.
There is a lot of response from young college going guys and gals who demand or put forth their request to the tattoo artist for different tattoos on their body. Guys go for some deadly designs like knife, skull, dragon, barbed wire, the latest tribal design to look more macho and attract more and more girls towards them. They feel that by getting this art done on their body they depict that they are strong enough to bear the pain of permanent tattoo design. Girls go for softer designs such as butterflies, hearts, flowers, dolphins etc to look different, said Nerish.
The job of a tattoo designer is to design and create life like images to be permanently or temporarily tattooed on a client’s body. At times creating a real-life image from the client’s description can prove to be difficult but you should ensure that the client receives the exact artwork they specified.
One needs to experiment different designs and keep a handy collection of their artwork exhibited. It also gives a faster solution to those confused minds informed Mr Bahadur.
Don't just copy designs out of tattoo magazines; think about what you can offer to the tattoo industry with your own designs. A lot of people want to get into the industry because somehow they think it’s a glamorous rock n roll lifestyle. It’s not. It’s hard work.
You can succeed in the tattoo industry, but you need to be talented, self-driven, and always dedicated. This includes a good working business relationship with clients who can be difficult. Just like any other business, word-of-mouth advertising creates a lot of publicity. So a designer must have the ability to communicate with a variety of people.
Tattoo artists in India are getting huge amounts for drawing a small tattoo design and one can imagine how costly it is to get a tattoo of a larger size. Also there is no fixed price of these tattoos and the artist can charge anything depending on his skills and the complexity of the design.