top of page
First Tattoo
Honest answers for first-timers: pain, placement, preparation, healing and what to expect on the day.


"Wait If You Can" — On Getting Tattooed Young
Why tattoos done at eighteen blur faster than tattoos done at thirty-five — and what to do if you're not going to wait. An honest answer about skin, time and money.

Ivo Angelov
Aug 283 min read


How To Pick A Tattoo Artist
I turn work away and send people to other artists constantly. Here's how to actually choose who tattoos you — and why looking at healed work matters more than anything else.

Ivo Angelov
Aug 283 min read


Honest First-Tattoo Advice From a Guy Who's Heard Every First-Tattoo Question
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.

Ivo Angelov
Aug 263 min read
bottom of page




