Here are the top 9 ways to find out if your so called tattoo artist is nothing more than a self taught scratcher who should not be tattooing at all!

1.Tattoos out of the house(very rare that this isnt true)
2.touches other people and other things besides his tattoo machine during the tattoo(sure way to get someting more than the tattoo)
3.Tells you to scrub the tattoo with a loofa! (very stupid idea)
4. says he can only tattoo for a certain period of time because you bleed too much or you wont hold anymore ink!(there is no such point where the skin will not take anymore ink)
5.Last but not least-Their Tattoos are cheap or free..... you get what you pay for!
6.they learned how to tattoo in prison
7.they call their tattoo machine a gun
8. smokes while they tattoo
9. doesnt cover the 3 things they touch during a tattoo with a protective barrier(bottles,clipcord,power unit)
10.Takes pictures out of magazines, hangs them on the wall and tells people he did them!
There are many more that I could post here but you would be reading for hours but we will add to this every week!
quick spot method---has tattoos on their face(again very rare that this one isnt true)