I’m a tattoo artist – people often ask for a particular tattoo which I ALWAYS refuse, I’ve turned away many clients away
TATTOOS are permanent, which is why it is always good to have a think before getting yourself inked.
And one tattoo artist has emphasised on just how important this is.
Katie Baker, who goes by the name of @keeksandkoooks on TikTok, has shared her tattoo requests she often gets, but will always refuse to do.
In the video, which has been viewed over 380k times, she imitates previous clients she has had coming to her for tattoos.
With the first client she makes an impression on, she says: “I’m 18, I don’t have any other tattoos and I’d like a machete on my face.”
To which she replied: “No I’m not going to do that, please go and get a job and more tattoos and then we can talk.”
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Another request she often gets asked is: “I’d like to get a tattoo of my boyfriend’s name. He says if I don’t get it he’ll break up with me.”
To which she would reply: “No, I don’t tattoo people who don’t fully consent to being tattooed.”
Katie also explains that she often gets requests of people wanting the smoking gesture tattooed on them, even when they don’t smoke, and always refuses.
And one of the final example requests she gets is people who are “clearly under the influence and would like to get tattooed.”
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But Katie always refuses.
Many people went to the comments section to share their views.
One wrote: “I had an artist refuse to give me a tattoo of the Pringles man on my hip bone at 18… I wish I could find him now and thank him profusely.”
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Another added: “Knowing that artists do this makes me feel so much better. My ex was trying to force me into getting racist tattoos while I was with him.”
A third said: “I’m all about artists choosing who and what to tattoo. I had someone tell me that artists like this are gate keeping.. I was like what?!”