I made the error of choosing Jay Goodman of Green Lotus Tattoo to do my first ever tatt. Big mistake. After botching the design on my pristine virgin skin, I gave him a pretty hefty tip (close to 200% of the asking price) with the expectation that he would fix the ink-vomit left on my leg. In the end, I paid a *real* artist to rectify the damage (that kind of looked like a six-year-old had a muck-around with some permanent marker), so what should have been a pretty inexpensive and basic design ended up costing me close to a grand to get fixed up. Lesson learned: before letting some stranger carve permanent ink into your body, DO YOUR RESEARCH kids!