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Creating a tattoo design: What’s the Process
How I Design a Custom Tattoo: From Your Idea to the Final Design So you sent in your tattoo request, made the deposit, picked your appointment date, and basically did all the things. This is where my job starts. How Do I create a custom Tattoo design? After our consultation, I usually start working…
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From Goldenrod to Tattoo Flash: Finding Fall Inspiration in Tolland, CT
Fall Flash and How to Comes to Be School has started, and the mornings have gotten earlier. While the early days can feel sluggish sometimes, gaining a few extra hours in the morning to create some art has been wonderful, including some new fall flash! I recently found a great coffee shop in Tolland, CT…
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Book-Themed Fantasy Tattoos in Manchester, CT: Book Fest Flash Event 2026
If you love books, fantasy, and a little bit of magic, this tattoo event is for you. On Saturday, September 12, 2026, I’ll be bringing a collection of book-themed fantasy tattoo flash to Wildwood Tattoos in Manchester, Connecticut, as part of the Manchester Book Fest festivities. I’ll be offering first come, first served walk-in tattoos from 11 AM–5…
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Should You Use ChatGPT or Ai to Design Your Tattoo?
To say I hate ChatGPT or AI would be an over exaggeration. I use it. I use it to help proofread my writing. I miss words, flip-flop words, leave them out entirely, or somehow convince myself I wrote something that isn’t actually there. No matter how many papers I’ve written, essays, book reports, or…
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Tattoo Inquiry vs Consultation
What do I start? What are all these links? Does this sound familiar? I feel like everyone has a different process, and at times it feels like some kind of secret society-level indoctrination. Which means you start wondering… what exactly am I signing up for? Did I just sell part of my soul? Do…
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Why I’m Not Choosing Just One Tattoo Style (Yet)
I’ve had a bit of an epiphany lately, in regards to picking a tattoo style. (Side note: I am eternally grateful for spell check in spelling words like epiphany. I’m also pretty sure my brain missed an important part of school where spelling was supposed to stick, and it has since rebelled against becoming…
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Tattoo Design: Turning Your Ideas Into a Tattoo Design
(From a Tattoo Apprentice at Wildwood Tattoos in Manchester, CT) How do you turn your ideas into a tattoo design? Well, this should probably be taken with a grain of salt to a degree being a tattoo apprentice. But… I’ve been getting tattoos since I was 18, and at this point… I have quite a few.…