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Thinking of getting inked? Start with a tiny tattoo : Life Kit

2025-03-14 17:45:04| Spiritual Career Counseling

Enlarge this image Tattoo artist Noemi Barajas applies a stencil onto the arm of her client, Brittany Mena, at her studio in Orange, Calif. Jessica Pons for NPR hide caption toggle caption Jessica Pons for NPR Tattoo artist Noemi Barajas applies a stencil onto the arm of her client, Brittany Mena, at her studio in Orange, Calif. Jessica Pons for NPR Thinking about getting a tattoo but not sure what to expect in the process? Noemi Barajas has some advice. She's been tattooing since she was 16 and has inked over a thousand people in the two decades she's been an artist. It helps to think of your body as a "walking canvas," she says. When she gets tattoos, she sees herself as "an art collector of artists who put their blood, sweat and tears into their craft. I carry a part of them through their work." Barajas, who works at The Original Goodfellas Tattoo and Piercing in Orange, Calif., shares 10 things she'd like first-timers to know before sitting in a tattoo chair. 1. Don't get a tatto...


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