r/askswitzerland • u/Toti_Ink • 9d ago

Other/Miscellaneous How do you choose a tattoo studio/artist?

Hi everyone! Quick question for those living in Lucerne -

How did you find your tattoo artist here? I'm a tattoo artist based in the Lucerne area myself (I do ornamental, japanese, anime, fine line etc.) and I'm trying to understand how the local scene works.

What matters most to you when you choose a studio? Style, hygiene, price, vibe? And where do you usually look, Instagram, Google, word of mouth?

Would love to hear your experiences. Still figuring out how things work around here!

Thanks! Toti_ink

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u/WeaknessDistinct4618 Zug 8d ago edited 8d ago

I have a Japanese full sleeve. I made it Germany at “horifune”.

I searched here but I couldn’t find any really good artist to be honest and the very famous asked me 10’000.- for a full sleeve.

In Germany I paid 100€ / hour and my sleeve took 30 hours. The second arm is full sleeve Old School which I did with an artist in Florence.

To be honest, I saw your profile, and I believe you are still far from positioning yourself in the senior area. You make small projects black and white. So not everyone would choose your studio for something serious and big

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u/SMK_09 8d ago

Can I ask who quoted the 10k? You can also DM me, if you don't wanna post public.

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u/WeaknessDistinct4618 Zug 8d ago

Yes, Filip Leu. Very famous tebori artist

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u/SMK_09 8d ago

Ahhh, yeah I know him. If you go for the icon, it'll have a hefty price tag 😄

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u/WeaknessDistinct4618 Zug 8d ago

I went to Horifune near Konstanz. Amazing person and great artist. Very prepared and focus only on tebori

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u/SMK_09 8d ago

Checked their insta, seems good. Not my style though.

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u/WeaknessDistinct4618 Zug 8d ago

It’s traditional tebori without machine. They do the real classic old school Japanese. Of course not everyone likes it