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VOLUNTEER BLOGGERS NEEDED

Looking for volunteers to help me maintain this blog in the following ways:

Find awesome nuggets of tattoo history

Find awesome tattoo memes and just very cool photos

NYC, CT, RI and Boston Metro volunteers needed who are interested in photography or videography

Write critiques of what’s coming through our inbox (tattooing or writing background required for this one--others can be anyone.)

SEND ME AN ASK WITH YOUR EMAIL and why you’d like to be included.

This is Step 1. We’re going to get back to critink, but we’re going to do it better and we’re going to do it together.

xoxoxoxoxoxo

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Input needed....

Okay kids. Here’s where I’m at:

1. I want to bring this party back. I loved it and my life is probably settled enough where I can dedicated an hour or so a day to a different project that’s not my job.

2. I love critink, but I want to do it better this time. More thought-out, more interactive, more of a group-project, and with less (but higher-quality) content.

3. I’m not really sure what that looks like.

So here are my questions:

1. What did you like most about critink?

2. What did you like least?

3. What would you like to see in addition to basically memes, cool pictures, a bit of history, and art critiques?

Reblog or message me. I’ll check this in about 24hrs and tally some stuff up.

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Is anyone still here?

HELLO! I lt seems like I’m still getting a ton of post and reblogs. And I still have about 10k followers.

BUT I HAVEN’T POSTED IN TWO YEARS.

Tumblr, I took a two year break to build my dream job. It was worth it, but I want to come back.

Is anyone still here?

Is anyone still interested in #critink?

I’m ready to get back into the business of talking tattoos if anyone is still listening--even just a few of you--but I don’t know if after spending two full orbits around the sun building my dream job, I have the energy left to build this blog up from scratch.

What do ya’ll think?

-M

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Too cute...

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Hi, I thought you and your readers might like this infographic of tattoo risk statistics. Even if you do get a tat, it's always better to be informed about risks beforehand!

Cheers

This is why you go to a professional!!!! Got that, scratchers?

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I made PSAs about face and body painting. Going to a non-professional can end up costing you twice as much for a lesser product! Not to mention potential health problems…

I freakin’ love my job. I love body painting. And I love the people I paint on! Ain’t nobody got time for rashes, stained skin, or shitty cosplay…..

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There's also a facial tattoo joke in here, if you look right.

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Amanda @elmcitydame THIS IS THE ARTIST I WAS TALKING ABOUT YESTERDAY.

Guys look how cool her work is... seriously....

Did this the other week on an awesome client named Jeff. So fun!!

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So nice tho.....

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Handsome.

Milton Zeis worlds fair model reproduction. #17 of 2013

MIKE ADAMS

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I’ve talked before about racist tattoos and have often compared them to blackface.

BUT I NEVER EXPECTED TO SEE AN ACTUAL BLACK FACE TATTOO.

This disappointing image is by well-known Marcin Aleksander Surowiec. You can read more about blackface online, like here or here.

Dehumanizing images like this, whether they intend to or not, help serve a much larger agenda: to perpetuate the myth that non-whites are non-human, an object that can be caricatured, or (in the case of war bonnets and, I would argue, black face) some/thing/ from a long time ago with no modern relevance. They subvert a long, rich, and diverse cultural history and help justify wage gaps, privatization of schools, mass incarceration, and healthcare inequalities people of color face the world over.

I wanted to make sure everyone saw this tattoo because of how much “post-racial” discussion there seems to be going around the internet. Racism is alive and well in every part of our culture…..

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I've talked before about racist tattoos and have often compared them to blackface.

BUT I NEVER EXPECTED TO SEE AN ACTUAL BLACK FACE TATTOO.

This disappointing image is by well-known Marcin Aleksander Surowiec. You can read more about blackface online, like here or here.

Dehumanizing images like this, whether they intend to or not, help serve a much larger agenda: to perpetuate the myth that non-whites are non-human, an object that can be caricatured, or (in the case of war bonnets and, I would argue, black face) some/thing/ from a long time ago with no modern relevance. They subvert a long, rich, and diverse cultural history and help justify wage gaps, privatization of schools, mass incarceration, and healthcare inequalities people of color face the world over.

I wanted to make sure everyone saw this tattoo because of how much "post-racial" discussion there seems to be going around the internet. Racism is alive and well in every part of our culture.....

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Elize Nazelie has started doing watercolor tattoos! If you guys have followed critink for a while you know she's my artist (and her other stuff is out of control good) and I'm stoked she's started doing this! I'm seriously just posting this because I've gotten soooo many questions about finding an artist who does this lately!

[Elize] tattoos at [Brilliance Tattoo], Boston, MA.

BOOM. Also, I would book soon because she's currently one of two artists in the US that's doing this kind of style now and since most of us can't afford the plane ticket to Europe, I'm pretty sure she's going to start filling up her schedule with these...

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Preparing For Your First Tattoo (Or: How You Know You're Ready)

I've been asked more than a few times the same question by followers who don't have any tattoos. Its basic enough, and something the rest of us have thought at some point or other I assume. The question is this: how do I know if I really want a tattoo? Lucky for you guys, I've decided to write a guide. Hope this helps! 1. Tell your parents you want to get a tattoo. Let them lecture you for five hours. Once you get one, they're probably going to do this anyway, so just get it out of the way. 2. Yourenow ready to get your first tattoo! Find a local artist, and give them $300 for a small painting or $2000 for a larger one. Don't actually let them give it to you completed: just hang an unfinished canvas on your wall for between a few weeks ro a few years. Whenever someone comes over, try not to be weird when they compliment it and you explain its not done yet. You're now ready to pay for your tattoo! 3. Can you handle the pain? That's easy enough to figure out. Take a cardboard box large enough to fit your arm and one adult cat. Saw a hole large enough to fit your arm in so it sits like a sleeve. Now go visit animal control and have one of the officers place a feral cat in the box before taping in shut. Let the cat claw up your arm for three hours. Make sure therss a sign near by that says "no whining." Try to strike up a conversation wigh the animal control officer, acting as naturally as possible. At the ens of your session, have him rouggly slap Vaseline on your arm then make sure you tip him. 4. Let the healing process begin! Grt a sunburn, preferably on you cat-destroyed arm, assuming theres still skin on it. Then every 3 hours have someone slap it. This is what it feels like to moisturize a fresh tattoo! Also, no itching as you'll ruin it. If you're planning on getting tattooed in summer, cancel all your plans to visit beaches, pools, or sunshine to keep from ruining your new art. 5. You made it! Now welcome to thw joys of being a tattooed person. Buy a shirt that says "please give me you opinions about how I look" then wear it around for two weeks. You're now ready for old people, conservatives/religious types, and any white man older than you. 6. Buy a second shirt that says "please ask me stupid questions" and wear that for the following two weeks. Answer everyone politely, and try to go anout your day. Alternatively, this could say "tell me about your bad tattoos" because people with bad tattoos will looooove to show them off once they see you have some too. Unfortunately, those with better tattoos are probably going to talk tattoos less with you than someone who got their boyfriends name tattooed on their neck by their cousin. 7. Ready to get a job? Wear a turtle neck, dress pants, and closed shoes into a sauna. Resist the urge to roll up your clothing. You're now ready to go to work during summer with your tattoos covered! 8. Lets look a few years down the road now. Smear india ink over the part of your mm ody where you want to be tattooed. Its neen a few decades and your tattoo is faded! Either you can live with it or repeat steps 2-4 to get it touched up. Congratulations! You're now ready for your first tattoo. Good luck, and choose a good artist! Remember: you get what you pay for!

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Local newspaper runs anti-tattoos ad about... grounds keeping?

I'm just going to leave this here.

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Is watercolor a developing new style, or is it just a trend like 'tribal bands' and infinity symbols?

I have my suspicions, but because it is so rarely seen or done outside of tumblr and Europe... who knows?