It seems like people like to ask how much money you’ve spent on your tattoos, and occasionally how many hours, but people generally like to quantify other’s tattoos on a dollar amount. To be perfectly honest, I never really considered how much money I have spent on my tattoos, or how many hours I have been under the needle. I just get them done and that’s that. However, after being asked how much my tattoos have cost me, I decided to attempt to figure it out. Since I’ve been being inked since I turned 18, I had to guess. Like I said, I never really logged all of that information. I did figure out that I have spent about $1850 on my ink thus far (this includes tattoos that have been covered up), but as I keep saying, all of it is part of your journey, so I’d of course have to include that amount in my total. As for hours, I estimate around 21.5 hours have been spent on my tattoos to date. It’s interesting when I start analyzing the hours portion of it, because people generally think that the more elaborate tattoos I have (Cherry Blossom Tree, Dragon, and Skeletons). People are usually surprised by the amount of time that has gone into the tattoos I have; they’re always expecting them to be more. I’m not really sure what to say about that; my tattoo artist doesn’t mess around and gets down to business? To be fair, I have had 5 hours on just the dragon, which actually is quite a bit. I’m actually estimating that this leg piece will be around 15 hours when it’s all said and done (I may have already mentioned that, but meh). However, I do believe that the most detailed portion of the tattoo is finishing, which is the dragon.
Tuesday, July 23, 2013
Time and Cost
It seems like people like to ask how much money you’ve spent on your tattoos, and occasionally how many hours, but people generally like to quantify other’s tattoos on a dollar amount. To be perfectly honest, I never really considered how much money I have spent on my tattoos, or how many hours I have been under the needle. I just get them done and that’s that. However, after being asked how much my tattoos have cost me, I decided to attempt to figure it out. Since I’ve been being inked since I turned 18, I had to guess. Like I said, I never really logged all of that information. I did figure out that I have spent about $1850 on my ink thus far (this includes tattoos that have been covered up), but as I keep saying, all of it is part of your journey, so I’d of course have to include that amount in my total. As for hours, I estimate around 21.5 hours have been spent on my tattoos to date. It’s interesting when I start analyzing the hours portion of it, because people generally think that the more elaborate tattoos I have (Cherry Blossom Tree, Dragon, and Skeletons). People are usually surprised by the amount of time that has gone into the tattoos I have; they’re always expecting them to be more. I’m not really sure what to say about that; my tattoo artist doesn’t mess around and gets down to business? To be fair, I have had 5 hours on just the dragon, which actually is quite a bit. I’m actually estimating that this leg piece will be around 15 hours when it’s all said and done (I may have already mentioned that, but meh). However, I do believe that the most detailed portion of the tattoo is finishing, which is the dragon.
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