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Old 15-09-2015, 15:51
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Has anyone watched this?

Late night on E4?

Pretty interesting programme, and the tattoo artists are very good.

Amazes me though how they cover up/fix a tattoo with one that's 10 to 20 times the size.

But what is the point of 'Paisley' the receptionist? She is rather annoying actually. Tries to be this sassy and confident, but just comes across as gobby and unprofessional; shouting 'OY!' to the three tattoo artists when a customer comes in.

Lou (the female tattoo artist) is beautiful.

I am not a fan of tats personally, but there are people who suit them OK, and she is one.

Beck from big brother (from Luke and Beck) was on it the other week; Jeeez she thinks she is something!
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Old 15-09-2015, 16:36
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Lou (the female tattoo artist) is beautiful.
She's adorable, well spoken, cute dimples, lovely figure. If she wasn't covered in God awful tattoos....

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Old 15-09-2015, 16:43
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TV seems to have an obsession with tattoos at the moment...
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Old 15-09-2015, 16:47
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I tried to watch it but the dreadful receptionist was too much.
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Old 15-09-2015, 17:05
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They don't need a receptionist because it's not a real shop, box-ticking exercise if you ask me.

The female tattooist is pretty but the tattoos on her neck are awful, and she has strange scars on her cheeks, like she's had cheek piercings if there is such a thing.

Not a fan of the tattoos done by Sketch but Jay's portrait tattoos are brilliant, reckon he must charge a grand or two for them in real life.
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Old 15-09-2015, 17:48
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Sketch is crap.

Lou is gorgeous, even with the tats etc. hardly surprising when the guys opt to have her attention for the duration of the work. If you're watching a tattoo show, I find it odd that the tattoos would be a put-off.

Jay seems like a great guy, and is probably the best tattooist of the three.

Paisley is ridiculously cute, not sure where the annoying factor is? And as for box ticking, I'd suggest that the suggestion is actually some kind of box-ticking exercise... but hey ho!
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Old 15-09-2015, 18:17
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Yea sketch isn't food. I'd pick the other guy every time.
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Old 15-09-2015, 18:22
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If you're watching a tattoo show, I find it odd that the tattoos would be a put-off.
Good point. Maybe it's the car crash effect, not something I want to be involved in but can't help having a look.

I appreciate the skill, some superfan had an image of the artist formerly known as Cheryl Tweedy put on her back. One of her album covers and it was/is a fantastic piece of work and a refreshing change from flowers and dragons.

Each to their own and all that.

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Old 15-09-2015, 19:44
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Sketch is crap.

Lou is gorgeous, even with the tats etc. hardly surprising when the guys opt to have her attention for the duration of the work. If you're watching a tattoo show, I find it odd that the tattoos would be a put-off.

Jay seems like a great guy, and is probably the best tattooist of the three.

Paisley is ridiculously cute, not sure where the annoying factor is? And as for box ticking, I'd suggest that the suggestion is actually some kind of box-ticking exercise... but hey ho!
Cute is not a word I would attribute to Paisley. IMO, she is annoying and gobby and common. I mean who the F would shout "OY !!!" to summon the bosses? I wouldn't be surprised if they eventually got rid of her. There's being confident and then there's being a common gobby chav which is how she comes across (to me.) Lou is so much more classy and ladylike.

IMO Paisley just doesn't seem to 'fit' with the other 3, and seems very out of place. The conversations between her and the others seem forced somehow. I don't think she and Lou have a single thing in common, and I can sense the air of awkwardness between them when they're alone. And Lou is NOT impressed with her gobby "OY!" when she summons the other 3. Last time she said it, Lou said 'we have GOT to get you a bell to ring to attract our attention!' And she didn't look particularly happy. Paisley hasn't even got any tats herself. She just shouldn't be there IMO. She brings nothing to the show at all...

And I don't understand the comment, if you're not keen on tats why watch? I am not getting a tattoo am I? I am just watching a programme about them; so that comment makes no sense to me.

They don't need a receptionist because it's not a real shop, box-ticking exercise if you ask me.

The female tattooist is pretty but the tattoos on her neck are awful, and she has strange scars on her cheeks, like she's had cheek piercings if there is such a thing.

Not a fan of the tattoos done by Sketch but Jay's portrait tattoos are brilliant, reckon he must charge a grand or two for them in real life.
'Box ticking?' Do you mean to please the PC brigade?

And yes I think Lou has had cheek piercings, and although she is pretty, the amount of tats she has is a bit and I am not loving the neck tats but each to their own.

Yes Jay is great. His Cheryl Cole tat was amazing.

I tried to watch it but the dreadful receptionist was too much.
Agree. I wish they would get rid of her.
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Old 16-09-2015, 12:28
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Cute is not a word I would attribute to Paisley. IMO, she is annoying and gobby and common. I mean who the F would shout "OY !!!" to summon the bosses? I wouldn't be surprised if they eventually got rid of her. There's being confident and then there's being a common gobby chav which is how she comes across (to me.) Lou is so much more classy and ladylike.

IMO Paisley just doesn't seem to 'fit' with the other 3, and seems very out of place. The conversations between her and the others seem forced somehow. I don't think she and Lou have a single thing in common, and I can sense the air of awkwardness between them when they're alone. And Lou is NOT impressed with her gobby "OY!" when she summons the other 3. Last time she said it, Lou said 'we have GOT to get you a bell to ring to attract our attention!' And she didn't look particularly happy. Paisley hasn't even got any tats herself. She just shouldn't be there IMO. She brings nothing to the show at all...

And I don't understand the comment, if you're not keen on tats why watch? I am not getting a tattoo am I? I am just watching a programme about them; so that comment makes no sense to me.



'Box ticking?' Do you mean to please the PC brigade?

And yes I think Lou has had cheek piercings, and although she is pretty, the amount of tats she has is a bit and I am not loving the neck tats but each to their own.

Yes Jay is great. His Cheryl Cole tat was amazing.



Agree. I wish they would get rid of her.
I don't see why saying "OY" is such a big deal. Paisley speaks to the others like she's known for them for a while. It's like a friend working for her friends. Sure, it's not very professional, but neither are a lot of the comments/reactions that come from the tattooists.
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Old 16-09-2015, 15:45
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They don't need a receptionist because it's not a real shop, box-ticking exercise if you ask me.

The female tattooist is pretty but the tattoos on her neck are awful, and she has strange scars on her cheeks, like she's had cheek piercings if there is such a thing.

Not a fan of the tattoos done by Sketch but Jay's portrait tattoos are brilliant, reckon he must charge a grand or two for them in real life.
BIB that's exactly what they are!
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Old 17-09-2015, 09:09
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It's presumably C4's own version of Tattoos After Dark but it comes across as very forced and scripted in comparison.
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Old 18-09-2015, 10:28
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It's presumably C4's own version of Tattoos After Dark but it comes across as very forced and scripted in comparison.
It sometimes has sketches, which annoys me. I also have to wonder how many people just go to a tattoo parlour and choose between 3 tattoos? None of the customers ever take in a picture of something they want. I know that some people are daft when it comes to tats, but most of them get a pretty large tattoo of something they picked from a very limited selection.
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Old 18-09-2015, 10:34
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It sometimes has sketches, which annoys me. I also have to wonder how many people just go to a tattoo parlour and choose between 3 tattoos? None of the customers ever take in a picture of something they want. I know that some people are daft when it comes to tats, but most of them get a pretty large tattoo of something they picked from a very limited selection.
I'd imagine that they probably get a lot of people in and only those that pick the artists work are picked for actual broadcast so there could be loads who say NEH and walk away we won't see
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Old 18-09-2015, 10:42
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I heard good things about it so binge watched the series after and really enjoyed it.
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Old 18-09-2015, 10:53
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It sometimes has sketches, which annoys me. I also have to wonder how many people just go to a tattoo parlour and choose between 3 tattoos? None of the customers ever take in a picture of something they want. I know that some people are daft when it comes to tats, but most of them get a pretty large tattoo of something they picked from a very limited selection.
Probably part of the deal to get a free cover-up tattoo done. I assume the participants don't pay for the work. It does seem strange to me, though, that most of the designs are so huge, just to cover a small crappy original tattoo!
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Old 18-01-2016, 22:43
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I don't get why the covers seem to be so much bigger than the tattoos they're covering either.

Sketch's tattoos seem better this series though.
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Old 19-01-2016, 02:38
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I wouldn't have a tat myself but can appreciate the art and skill that goes into so that why I watch but it does annoy me that they always tend to do such big tats to cover such a small one, it's not necessary.
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Old 19-01-2016, 04:28
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It's presumably C4's own version of Tattoos After Dark but it comes across as very forced and scripted in comparison.
It's definitely scripted, their reactions to every bad tattoo is so over the top. Tattoos After Dark is even worse though. That show is just typical American scripted reality crap.
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Old 22-01-2016, 00:02
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Probably part of the deal to get a free cover-up tattoo done. I assume the participants don't pay for the work. It does seem strange to me, though, that most of the designs are so huge, just to cover a small crappy original tattoo!
I don't get why the covers seem to be so much bigger than the tattoos they're covering either.

Sketch's tattoos seem better this series though.
I wouldn't have a tat myself but can appreciate the art and skill that goes into so that why I watch but it does annoy me that they always tend to do such big tats to cover such a small one, it's not necessary.
I was about to post something about this, after watching it the other night. And I have wondered it before too.

Why does someone come in with a piece of writing that you could fit on a 50 pence piece, or a stick man you could fit on a postage stamp, and have a cover-up that's 20 times bigger than the tiny tattoo they had? Literally, a tattoo the size of their thumb, is covered up by a tattoo half the size of their arm!

And what is this obsession with saying TA-OO. It's TATT-OO. 4 out of 5 people who appear on this show (including Jay and Sketch,) pronounce it TA-OO. They don't pronounce the T's in the middle of the word!

And although I do enjoy the show most of the time, I am still trying to fathom the point of Paisley!

I find her so annoying.
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Old 26-01-2016, 21:18
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That tiny crown is very silly.

Can't understand how Sketch's tattoos have improved so much from the last series though.

EDIT: Don't like the Terminator one though.
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Old 30-01-2016, 07:37
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I was about to post something about this, after watching it the other night. And I have wondered it before too.

Why does someone come in with a piece of writing that you could fit on a 50 pence piece, or a stick man you could fit on a postage stamp, and have a cover-up that's 20 times bigger than the tiny tattoo they had? Literally, a tattoo the size of their thumb, is covered up by a tattoo half the size of their arm!

And what is this obsession with saying TA-OO. It's TATT-OO. 4 out of 5 people who appear on this show (including Jay and Sketch,) pronounce it TA-OO. They don't pronounce the T's in the middle of the word!

And although I do enjoy the show most of the time, I am still trying to fathom the point of Paisley!

I find her so annoying.
On the US version (Tattoo Nightmares) they go into this a little more. Most of these, especially the ones that are just words in black ink, can't be covered directly. They have to find a way to work those black lines into the background of something else in a way that doesn't make it obvious, so they do something detailed and/or bright along side it, then try to hide the old one in texturing or shading. The worst thing to do is just hide it inside a big, black blob of shadow, but I've seen them resort to that a few times on this show.

I wish there was a mix of the two versions. The US one spends a lot more time showing how they come up with the design before the client is even in the room, and it's never just a quick 2 minute sketch, with only 3 customers per episode, one for each artist. The UK one shows more customers per show, with a lot less time spent on the actual tattooing. But, the US one fills in with horrible re-enactments of the stories behind how they got the first tattoo, and they get more ridiculous each series.
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Old 30-01-2016, 08:24
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It is scripted reality, the tattoos are real. Cover ups will be free and they lose the original, no doubt it was advertised somewhere and it does show the human side of tattoos.

It does give an opportunity to see some art being created professionally. I am not a fan of permanent skin disfigurement - but I can see the artistic merit.
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Old 04-02-2016, 20:03
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Thought fans of the show might appreciate this picture !!

http://tinypic.com/r/54yjoi/9
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Old 04-02-2016, 22:47
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The receptionist this series wears a massive gold necklace that you'd think would be heavy enough to pin her to the ground if only it was real
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