he charges by peices, it usually rate out to 200/hr or so, asked a few friends and thas the math i came up with lol (price of the peice / hours)

So hard to decide who I want to go see for my jap half sleeve......
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Really, after seeing Quickfini's post?

Best to hit up his shop and talk to him about what you want. He does charge by piece and depending how big you are the times will vary. My buddy is 5'10 230lb ish. Half sleeve to chest. About 17 hours
mine was about 13 hours but I don't have bg on my mine and I'm much skinnier.
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Mine was 3 sessions, 15 hours total. I'm 5'11" and about 180 lb or so for reference.

Horiryu also did my sisters back piece which was really nice as well. He does some good work. Check out his shop and you can check out all his sketches plastered on his wall too for some ideas.

Well his artist was one guy I had in mind, as well as Cohen is it? Not sure if I spelled that right and Jeff tam.
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I would choose Horiryu over Cohen Floch and Jeff Tam any day.

dam thats a good list of artists to go to haha, horiyu or cohen IMO

Ryan Halter is mainly old school but he still does a good japanese tattoo and is super fast. For traditional I'd stick with Horiryu (I'm biased because he did my back). I also think his apprentice will soon be coming back to Vancouver, he does pretty good work and i'm assuming cheaper than his teacher

have my first 3 hour session to start my half sleeve this weekend, do you guys usually tip every session or at the end? and what's the norm?

tippin every session

ill tip at the end, depends on what you think is reasonable, did 10 hours, tipped an extra hr pree much

I tipped the first session, and they told me not to tip. They didn't charge me tax on my last couple sessions haha

who would you guys recommend for coloured jap pieces? been looking at horiryu, cohen, and jeff tam and they all have amazing artwork but im looking for the best in terms of coloured work and quality .

horiryu hands down for coloured IMO

is it proper to ask the artist how they operate? like do most just operate cash deals or what?

most artist take cash only lol, never heard of an artist taking debit/credit ever

instagram is great for checking out a tattoo artist:

horiryutattoo
jeff_tam_monkeyking
cohenflochtattoo
horiyoshi_3 (can dream)

never been charged tax, and i've only paid cash though. If they claimed everything on taxes they'd make a lot less.

Lol wut? Tattoo shops are businesses man. If its an artist with a personal studio maybe its cash only, but I've never been in a shop that doesn't take credit cards. Ormiston was talking about giving up taking credit cards last time I was up there though because they upped the fees, but in a world where no one has cash anymore its pretty limiting.

Cash only, since I don't have a credit card reader in my kitchen :derp:

Hori Tsugu seems to do some really nice stuff too. From the looks of it, he works at the same place as Horiryu?

Hah I was thinking the same as you, I wanted a jap half sleeve and was between Cohen and Jeff but I never heard of horiryu till I saw quickfini post and his work looks amazing.
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Because horiryu charged by piece I tipped at the end.
My second tat from him he gave me a t-shirt and I didn't even tip him. Instead I bought a jacket for his son haha


He's horiryus apprentice.
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horitsugu is horiryu's apprentice. When i went to Dutchman it was cash only.