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A quality custom tattoo in Huntsville runs anywhere from a few hundred dollars for a small piece to five figures for a full back piece — and most shops will make you sit through a consultation before they'll tell you anything. I do it differently: my pricing is public, and this post gives you the actual numbers I charge, so you can plan a project before you ever walk through the door.

Ivo Angelov is a black and grey realism tattoo artist at Cherno Ink in Huntsville, Alabama. Cover-ups are a huge part of what walks through his door — old names, faded tribal, pieces from artists who quit the trade. We sat down and asked him everything people ask in his consultations. He didn't sugarcoat any of it.

Faded tattoos, Instagram cover-ups, AI designs, fine line everywhere: eight tattoo myths I correct in almost every consultation in Huntsville.

How much it hurts, how to prep your skin, which placements age badly — straight first-tattoo advice from a black and grey realism artist in Huntsville.

Black and grey sounds like one thing. It is two. The difference between classic dilution and opaque grey pigment — and why only one of them can cover an old tattoo.

Panels, elements and connectors: the sleeve-planning system I walk every client through — and the mistake that turns an arm into a garage sale.

You see your design on tattoo day, not before — and you see several versions of it. Why the policy that surprises every new client actually protects your tattoo.