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I'm going to be looking at getting a memorial tattoo soon and was curious who people here might suggest going to. This would be my first and I don't know much about any local parlors and I know less about what places hurt more than others on the body.


Any comments and direction would be nice. I would need to go somehwere where they would be artistic enough to put some of their own thoughts, ideas, and design skill into the process while still allowing me to walk out with something I will be able to live with forever.

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I have a tattoo on my chest, it didn't really hur that much. I got it done at A-1 tattoo in St. Paul. It was a pretty good expierence there. I wanna get another one, but this time I was thinking about going to Forever Your's, in Anoka. They have really good artists there.

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A-1 seemed all right. I like the place on Snelling near University (can't remember the name right now).

Tat's By Zap also does good work.

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forever yours on main street in anoka..ask for jared. He's a great artist..

-A. Swift

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http://www.inktailor.com/

Adam is a cool guy and a great artist.

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Deff go to the inktailor Adam is a finaminal artist in my opinion! He has won many trophys for his work at lots of shows around the states!! www.inktailor.com has a lot of work posted and stuff!

Kevin

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I went to Saint Sabrina's Tatoo Parlor in Purgatory in Uptown. There did an excellent job on the underside of my arm and a lot of my friends have tats from there. Such good work, and they've also been featured in the MPLS/ST.PAUL magazine too. I highly recommend it.

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I go to Forever Your's in anoka and that is were I brought my bro for his first tat. very nice people, great artists, great pricing

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Hell yeah, Chiodo ROCKS!!!

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I go to crimson heart tattoo in Clear Lake,WI its about an 1.5 hours from the Twin Cities but it was worth I think her name is Lisa. Im also going back to get a couple more done.

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This is where my mom has gotten both of her tatoos done and she has been very satisfied:
http://www.tigerlilytattoo.com/

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Trying to memorialize the "Scorchers"? :p

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Ink taylor.

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I would suggest either InkTaylor or Electric Dragonland in Hopkins.

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I went to a place called Steady on the U of M campus. I don't know street names, but I know how to get there if I see the streets. Anyways, if you go there, they have a few excellent artists who leave books out with picutres of the really good shit they have done. The aprentice there is also really good. Cerny did mine. I would suggest that place. They made me feel really comfortable because I was so freaked out.

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Make sure to get the Moustache tatoo on the inside of your index finger.
http://www.nubblies.net/ubb/uploads/1069305247.jpg

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HAHAHAHAHAAHHAAHAHAH, thats funny as hell!

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I think I am going to swing over to the Ink Taylor soon and see if I can get a few more views at some work and ideas on a design.

One thing I don't know is cost, are tattoos spendy? THis one will probably be 4 or 5 inches tall by 6 or 7 inches wide and to start with all black and white with lots of shading.

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Tramp stamp Allan? :) haha jk.

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Yeah, I have been down to the Ink Tailor (about a mile from my house) and he does some very nice work. He has a hell of a reputation for only being around a couple of years! One of the best places in the nation is the Dragon's Den in Owatonna, he has been in many magazines and has people fly in from all over the world.

As far as placement, get it somewhere with a decent amount of muscle. I got mine when I was really skinny on my shoulder blade and it hurt like hell. The needle was hitting the bone. I was only about 140 lbs at the time, so I was really skinny. Upper arm is probably the least painful.