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So I decided yesterday that it's time to really get moving on getting my tattoo. The problem is, I really don't know how to go about this. It's going to be a text tattoo, two Hebrew words, so I need to 1.) find someone to write it out in an attractive font, 2.) find a good artist with experience doing text, and 3.) get an outside estimate of how much it should cost.

As far as the first--it's a partial line from Psalm 130, so there should be...idk, art books, pictures of old manuscripts, some source of nicely-written text, right? I'm not sure yet how big I want it to be--probably about forearm-sized(although I'm not getting it there), a little smaller. I'm also pretty lost for finding an artist, since I have no local friends or even acquaintances with tattoos, so I have nothing to go on aside from a few studios with great reputations, but not individual artists.

Basically I have no idea what I'm doing, does anyone have any advice?

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[aris_tgd]

I'll try!

When you go to a tattoo studio, they generally have photo albums of the artists' previous work, so you can actually see what they've done and how it works. It's totally legit to ask if they have experience doing text and how they feel about it.

Generally, they make a stencil out of any images you give them, if you have a plan, and then apply it to your skin in this kinda purple monochrome. And they'll totally wipe it and reapply it if it's not perfect at that stage--that's the part it's easy to move! I sent them a pdf I'd made of mine, which I'd mocked up in Inkscape. Also, I recommend making your tattoo in Inkscape, if you can. It's a vector drawing program but it has lots of options for text, and it's really easy to use and to fiddle with things. If you can figure out how to do Hebrew text on your system that would be my first choice. Other than that, I'd ask around and see if anyone can do it for a commission and take a picture of that in.

My tattoo cost... oh, man, I can't even remember at this point, but not more than $150. Of course, I'm in Oregon. You'll need to pay a deposit and a tip, and they charge by how long it's going to take. The less fussy stuff the less time it should take, but filling it in will take time no matter what.

And I'm in no ways a tattoo expert, this is just what I learned getting one tattoo on my ankle a few years ago. :) Hope it helps!

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[jumpuphigh]

I used this site when searching for a font for a tattoo. One of the things I really liked about it was you can type in your quote and it will use those words in giving the font example so you don't have to guess what it will ultimately look like.