Category: Thoughts
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How to Come Up With A Unique Tattoo Idea
Choosing your tattoo… How to discover new tattoo ideas You know when it’s time for new ink, but sometimes choosing an idea to go with can be the hardest part of the process. Here at Majestic, we get a lot of clients asking our advice on what they should get tattooed. We believe that a…
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How to Keep Your Tattoos Vibrant and Safe During the Summer
Did you just get that special tattoo that you’ve always wanted? It looks great now, but how can you keep it bright and bold for many years to come? While some fading over time is natural and to be expected, it can be devastating to experience premature fading of beautiful tattoo work due to neglect…
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What Tattoo Should I Get? How to Pick a Tattoo Design You’ll Love Forever
When it comes to selecting your tattoo design and where on your body you want your tattoo, it cannot be stressed enough that you must adequately prepare prior to your tattoo appointment, to ensure you walk away with a tattoo that you will love for the rest of your life. One of the most common…
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Tattoo Styles
The art of tattooing has been around for tens of thousands of years, and it can be found as a component of nearly all cultures throughout time. This ancient past as well as the continuous uprise in the popularity of tattoos over the past century has brought about many different tattooing styles that we see…
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Majestic Mobile Site
This week Majestic launches our mobile site! As smartphone users grow so must websites. With a new, streamlined interface and easily accessible links, visitors can easily navigate and experience Majestic Tattoo on-the-go.
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How to Tell if a Tattoo Shop is Clean? A Helpful Guide
What makes a clean and safe tattoo studio? Here at Majestic Tattoo – we are 100% certified by the New York City Department of Health, and maintain a high standard of cleanliness and safety at the studio. But what exactly makes a clean tattoo shop? Whether you are getting tattooed at Majestic Tattoo NYC, or…
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Keith Haring Tattoo
Keith Haring was a street artist and social activist primarily during the 1980s whose work centered around expressing concepts of birth, death, sex and war. He has inspired many artists and has even been a huge influence to Adal when he met Keith Haring in 1989 which you can read more about here.
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Recent Tattoos from Majestic
Majestic is stepping into spring and with the sun finally shining again it is about that time of year you can shed your winter coats. Check out some of the tattoos recently done at Majestic and contact us for an appointment at (212)431-3323 or [email protected].
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How to Make Your Tattoo Last a Lifetime
When getting a tattoo some of the first thoughts and questions are usually along the line of how will this look when I’m older? What if I gain weight or get pregnant? Black or Color? Tattoos and Aging Face it, we are all going to be old one day. A lot of people are scared…
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Where Should You Get Your Tattoo?
Before getting tattooed, it’s important to consider how the areas of the body behave during and after the tattoo process. Some body parts hurt more, take ink differently, are more difficult to cover for work, or wear away faster than other parts. We’ve compiled a list of commonly tattooed areas of the body and important…
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Know Your Neighborhood: Things to Do and See Around Majestic NYC
Visiting New York City for the first time and wondering where you can find things to do that aren’t your typical tourist traps? Or if you’re a local and just looking for new destinations to explore off the beaten path? The crossroads of NYC’s Tribeca, Soho and Chinatown neighborhoods often aren’t considered hotspots of activity,…
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Ink Master, Tattoo Nightmares and More
Tattoo reality shows have been around for a while now and have helped bring an oversimplified, commercialized version of tattoo culture into the mainstream. Some of these shows have been better than others – the information they provide varies in accuracy and the quality of the tattoo work done on these shows is at times…
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How-To Tattoo Videos
We’ve recently come across a few videos on youtube that claim they can teach you how to tattoo. THIS IS NONSENSE! While youtube is a useful learning supplement for plenty of things, tattooing is just not one of them. TV shows that streamline the process of tattooing are bad enough, making it seem like every…
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How Much Does it Cost to Get Tattooed by Adal
It’s well known that the prices and quality of a tattoo can vary. It seems to be, in 2012, that the average rate across America is $150 an hour with custom work from more popular, more talented artists fetching as much as $250 an hour, if not more. It’s hard to believe in today’s economy…
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Adal vs. Adele
Adal: pronounced “ah-dell,” a common nickname of “Adalberto.” It’s the same way singer-songwriter Adele says her name, which is perhaps why you were tempted to write “ele” the first time you sang Adal’s praises in that letter to your friend about your new tattoo. (We may not be belting ballads on the radio, but we…
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A belated thank you…
To those who were able to join us at the Majestic Tattoo NYC opening party.
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High-Quality Tattoo Artwork by Adal
Bring your own ideas, artwork, or other influences to Majestic and we will work with you to create a tattoo that you will love forever. Adal custom draws and creates 100% of his tattoos, including everything you can see here on the site. See the tattoo portfolio. At Majestic Tattoo NYC, we maintain a focus…