Halloween Flash Day!

This coming Halloween, Saturday the 31^st of October, we are having a flash day at the studio! Our artists are hard at work preparing some killer designs that we know our clients will love, the only thing missing now is you!

A flash day is an amazing opportunity for our artists and our clients! Our artists prepare several designs they would love to tattoo and we spend a whole day taking walk-in clients on these designs for one-time only prices!

This is a great chance for us to meet new clients and have some fun, while tattooing designs we love! Halloween only becomes more popular every year in Australia, why not swing by the studio to get a tattoo and celebrate the spookiest day of the year!

Kris will be doing horror portraits and horror realism, Jaes will be pumping out old-school bangers, Jaz has some beautiful neo-trad designs ready to roll, Allan will be pumping out dotwork and geometric designs and Sanni will be bringing her unique style to the table too! We are a full house this Halloween!

Studio doors open at 10am and close whenever we stop, first in first zapped and requests available!

Looking forward to seeing you all there, inkers!

The Modern Ink Team.

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I’m getting tattooed, what do I need to do?

Hey there, inkers!

So last week we discussed aftercare and maintenance procedures for your new tattoo, but another thing we are frequently asked about in the studio is how to prepare for a tattoo!

So here it is, short and sweet, your go-to list on how to be prepared for a tattoo be it you’re first or you’re fiftieth!

                                           Tattoo’s all made by Jaes Bidwell.

So first up, the day before. No drugs or alcohol! Alcohol can thin the blood and complicate the tattooing process. It may result in us needing to stop tattooing before the piece is actually finished also.  We will not work on anyone under the influence of drugs or alcohol.

Make sure you eat decent food the night before and the morning of! Your body needs fuel to heal and your blood sugar needs to be capable of handling the mild-shock of being tattooed! Make sure you stay hydrated and maybe even bring a little sugar with you for during your tattoo, we don’t recommend being tattooed when you are dehydrated and hungry!

                                                    Watercolor Piece By Jazzy.

We’d like you to arrive 10-15 minutes early for your booking! This gives us an opportunity to discuss and confirm the final design, placement, and colour palette, and to complete your consent paperwork before we begin tattooing. It makes the process less-rushed and means we can take our time with you properly without delaying our next booking!

And that’s about it! Eat well, no partying, hydrate, and be on time, and we will take it from there. Make sure after the tattoo is complete you look after it like we discussed in our previous blog, and you’’ll be fine!


Any other questions or queries, we’re only an email away.

Happy tattooing, punks!
-The Modern Ink Team.

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http://www.moderninkfremantle.com

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So I got tattooed, now what do I do?

Tattoo aftercare is crucial to guarantee your work heals the way we put it in. Good aftercare and maintenance is the best way to make sure that your tattoo looks as great as it possibly can, and is also very important in guaranteeing no infections or complications during your healing!

                               

                               Realism portrait tattooed by Kris Barnas.

Tattoo aftercare involves a few different factors. Initially, it is important to make sure of the following:

-    Sunlight can be your tattoos worst enemy! Avoid exposing it to excess sunlight that can be be both painful and damaging to the healing piece.

-     Getting the tattoo wet. Water can affect the healing of the tattoo and the vibrancy of it, so when washing it, it is important to make sure it is not exposed to more water than necessary, and keeping it out of chlorinated or sea-water is a must for the first few weeks!

-    Scratching or picking at the tattoo when it is flaking or itching can also damage it and have a negative effect on how well it heals. Yes, it will itch! No, you can’t scratch it!

When it comes to the aftercare itself, there are 2 main things that are important to administer daily:

-    An aftercare ointment applied in very thin amounts over the entire piece will keep it moist, and protect it from infection or irritation. This must be done for the entirety of the healing, so the piece should always have a thin layer of aftercare over it to make sure it never dries out or becomes irritated!

-    Washing the tattoo using a relatively basic, chemical-free soap will clear away any dirt from the open tissue and prevent it from building up or becoming infected.

Aftercare packs available in-studio after your tattoo!

At Modern Ink, we have the Numb-Skulled and Redemption lines of organic soap and aftercare ointment available for purchase at very affordable prices. The products are long-lasting, tested and proven to actually encourage good healing and are developed solely for the use of tattoo aftercare. The next time you are in our studio, ask us about the products and how to use them, we can give you a crash-course in good aftercare and make sure that your tattoo looks as great as it possibly can!

Til next time, inkers!
-The Modern Ink Team.

For info about tattoos visit our website:

http://www.moderninkfremantle.com

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The 2015 Australian Tattoo and Body Art Expo

On the weekend of the 11^th-13^th of September our studio attended the Perth wing of the Australia Tattoo and Body Art Expo! This expo is a great annual opportunity to meet new clients and catch up with old ones, and to interact with artists from all over the country who are gathering to share a love of their art form!

We spent the 3 days tattooing some of our awesome regular clients, and meeting lots of new ones, talking about tattooing and body piercing, and catching up with lots of old friends both clients and artists alike, it was a great weekend and the perfect chance for us to show the clients of Perth the quality of artwork we are putting on a daily basis.

Kris Barnas hard at work on a stunning black and grey realism piece.

Kris did some beautiful work over the weekend and had heads turning every time they walked past our booth, we were also selling prints of his original pencil drawings that were super popular! We have booked so many new clients off the back of the convention who couldn’t deny the quality of his crisp and expert work. Ben also took on a heap of new body-piercing clients and has been doing some really fun work with them since!

The expo gave us time to celebrate our industry, to see our clients in a different environment to the one we are used to, and to learn more about an ever-growing and fluid industry that we truly love being a part of. The Perth tattooing and piercing community is both large and diverse, and we are so proud to be able to say we are involved in it.

Needless to say we will be back at the expo next year, bigger and better than ever, with all of our artists and piercer ready to roll for work across the 3 days, looking forward to seeing you all there next year!

Until next time, inkers!

-The Modern Ink Team.

For info about tattoos visit our website:

http://www.moderninkfremantle.com

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