It would appear that most people hate making and keeping appointments, esp. when it comes to getting tattooed.    They want there tattoo the second it pops into their heads, and not a second later.  

Here is why that sucks....  If you can actually get into a chair to get worked on in a walk-in basis, you are giving your artist zero time to work on your design. "So what?  you're an artist", you may be saying to yourself.   think about this...most of the worlds greatest pieces of art where sketched, drawn, re-drawn, and tinkered with for YEARS before the brush ever met canvas.   the best tattoos are the same way.  sure....every once in a great while you'll get something really cool off the cuff, but, it could have been even better had you given your artist time to work on it.  

Ok...you get the point, make an appointment.   This usually comes with having to give a deposit.   No problem right?  yea...I wish.   SOOO many people want to see what I'm going to draw for them before putting money down. Drawing for me is what we in the real world call work.  I go there every day and draw/tattoo.  What iyou saying that tells me is that you think I may not be capable of pulling off what you have in mind.   Do you really think I would be here, doing this for a living, everyday...if I sucked at it?   You can clearly see the quality of my work in my portfolio....chances are, thats pretty close to how your tattoo is going to look, maybe better if I've recently learned a new trick or two.  

Deposit down, appointment in 3 weeks.   Now all you have to do is show up.  sure, I'd love to get you in this week, but I have 15 drawings to do, 20 tattoos, a trip overseas to plan, pack for, go on, tattoo like a mad man on people that don't speak my language, unpack from, etc.   Life is all about patience, and in order for you to get the best quality tattoo possible, you have to have some of it.   i've lost more tattoos then I can think of because I was busy working on someone else.  Do you know what happened to those people?  they got shitty looking tattoos from some hack with no experiance who got them in that day, because they didn't have any patience. Is that always the case? no...I have plenty of clients who never show up, leaving me time to catch up on some backburnered work, and possibly get you in for "the smallest possible tattoo".

the moral of the story is this: tattoo artists live busy, stressfull, hectic lives.  there is no eraser in this business, no back button...once it's done, it's done.   Have some patience, put down a deposit, be patient, sit down, sit still, STFU, and get tattooed.