'I Traded a Tattoo for a Full Human Skeleton' | Tattoo Artists React

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  • Опубликовано: 3 дек 2024

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  • @inked
    @inked  Год назад +27

    What's the most ridiculous trade you've ever made?

    • @rockhoundcustomjewelry
      @rockhoundcustomjewelry Год назад +6

      I've traded over $100 worth of custom jewelry I made to some kids for some vinyl print stickers to iron onto t-shirts that was probably not even worth $20.

    • @TornNalone
      @TornNalone Год назад +8

      New backyard deck for a nice tattoo of a moose holding a ak47 smoking a cigar with sunglasses

    • @piececake5820
      @piececake5820 Год назад +2

      Weed for shoes

    • @ivostankovart
      @ivostankovart Год назад +1

      ''Happy Birthday Joe'' on his best friends butt cheek

    • @cc468
      @cc468 Год назад +2

      my virginity for herpes. gimme my damn v card back

  • @jonreitor90
    @jonreitor90 Год назад +62

    I'm a Coffee Roaster / Barista and I used to trade coffee drinks / Coffee Beans / Cookies / Pastries....anything we sold in the Cafe, for tattoo sessions. Artist would come in grab his stuff for "free" (on a tab) I would pay off that tab in small increments and keep track of how much we were at. When it got to the $300-$400 mark, we would book a session and get it done. It was nice being able to pay small amounts over time rather than a lump sum all at once. felt a bit easier to budget. got 2-3 tattoos this way :)
    Neither of us saved any money doing it this way really. But was fun while it lasted.

  • @HJ-si7hd
    @HJ-si7hd Год назад +191

    My artist once offered me a large tattoo in exchange for assembling his new tattoo supply storage unit. The thing was huge and hundreds of pieces so it was a fair trade in terms of time spent working.

  • @Kat-tr2ig
    @Kat-tr2ig Год назад +96

    I teach English as a second language abroad. My tattoo artist wanted to have classes in exchange for a tattoo. We worked out the nitty gritty and he gave me the tattoo (two photorealism cherries over my ankle.) Then he never came to any of the English classes. So basically I got a tattoo for free.

  • @tuna_core
    @tuna_core Год назад +201

    Whoever edited this definitely watches UNHhhh

    • @jkrazy1127
      @jkrazy1127 Год назад +25

      Some of the artists must be fans too since some of them knew who Katya was a few videos back and I love that!👌

    • @ericboudet8122
      @ericboudet8122 Год назад +7

      😂 so glad I’m not the only one that noticed this

    • @randomuser1567
      @randomuser1567 Год назад +2

      We been saying this for months the edits get better and better

    • @bumfrog8513
      @bumfrog8513 Год назад

      Totally!!

  • @joshuatalbott5780
    @joshuatalbott5780 Год назад +42

    My artist accepted 9mm ammunition for a while

    • @I_Scorched_You
      @I_Scorched_You Год назад +5

      Bro this is a woke space your not allowed to talk about pew pews here. They finna cancel you for this comment watch.

    • @mixedviews3536
      @mixedviews3536 Год назад

      @@I_Scorched_You tell me you’ve never heard of the black panther party without telling me you’ve never heard of the black panther party 😂 you can own a gun (or 12) and still believe in basic human rights

    • @I_Scorched_You
      @I_Scorched_You Год назад +2

      @@mixedviews3536 I've heard of the black panthers hawmie. I have nothing against gun laws either lol quit being so presumptuous.

    • @I_Scorched_You
      @I_Scorched_You Год назад +3

      @@mixedviews3536 I was just letting op know that the inked channel is HYPER woke and will probably delete his comment for even mentioning pew pews

  • @foreverbells
    @foreverbells Год назад +90

    I used to be a hair stylist, and I traded a haircut for a Dyson vacuum once. I was pretty proud 😊

    • @trelyles1583
      @trelyles1583 Год назад +9

      That's a crazy trade. Thats like 50 dollar hair cut vs a 400 dollar vacuum

    • @laikakills6309
      @laikakills6309 Год назад +8

      That's a great profit margin right there

    • @lalboihangsing1187
      @lalboihangsing1187 Год назад

      I'dont think you're a tattoo artists looking/based on your RUclips channel and your RUclips channel/account profile photo lol

  • @ryanconran7940
    @ryanconran7940 Год назад +6

    I’m an electrician and my brother in law is a tattoo artist. We have traded our skills multiple times. I can definitely see someone feeling screwed over, but I have always been happy with our trades.

  • @thehorriblebright
    @thehorriblebright Год назад +58

    I'm currently trading hand made leather goods for a full sleeve. I've made a plague doctor mask and hat, and a big leather bag so far.

  • @vanessan6676
    @vanessan6676 Год назад +53

    I love doing trades with tattoo artists! I'm a potter and I've traded ceramics for 4 or 5 of my tattoos.

  • @CFlower323
    @CFlower323 Год назад +50

    Man I can't believe I've just been trading money for tattoos this whole time. Like a fool.

  • @flossie9987
    @flossie9987 Год назад +2

    I traded a half off groom for my artist’s pup for half off my tat she’s a wonderful lady indeed! Such a chill vibe!

  • @constructapex2021
    @constructapex2021 Год назад +4

    My chiropractor is into plants specifically orchids so i drew him up a bicep piece just for fun, guy then goes and gets it tattooed AND gave me free adjustments for afew months

  • @MissDarlaDeville
    @MissDarlaDeville Год назад +47

    As a tattoo artist I can’t even count the amount of things I’ve traded for tattoos. I especially love trading with fellow artists and also for Disneyland tickets. Cause I’m a nerd 🐭 ❤

    • @MissDarlaDeville
      @MissDarlaDeville Год назад +2

      I was suppose to trade someone tattoos to work on my 61 Chevy but that fell through. I’m a traditional artist in LA if any mechanics are reading this 😂

    • @2Dimples4U
      @2Dimples4U Год назад +3

      How do you propose a trade with an artist?

  • @lex-fy7wn
    @lex-fy7wn Год назад +4

    i traded my artist for a limited edition snowboard with bindings..... i think it was a trade skewed towards him but sooo worth it. the board was about the same cost wise as the tattoo woulda been and he got a massive tip

  • @Osiwan960
    @Osiwan960 4 месяца назад +1

    dude 's argument that somebody's gonna feel f*ked over in trading makes no sense, giving money also will have the same effect. I got a tiny tattoo recently and it cost so much more than it should have. but if I had tried to lower the price then the tattooist would have also felt f*ked over since he thinks his time is worth so much.

  • @connorbrown9793
    @connorbrown9793 Год назад +3

    An artist I have met learned that I collect vintage and antiques he said he will trade as many tattoos as I can find antique doorbells and alarms. I’m still on the hunt.

  • @permafrostprod1
    @permafrostprod1 Год назад +27

    The vast majority of my tattoos I didn't pay for them. They were trade for my services as a professional private Chef. Since the hourly rate is similar and everybody like to eat it's an easy trade 😎.

  • @KaitlynGrace80
    @KaitlynGrace80 Год назад +6

    I won a tattoo at a silent auction charity event. So dude did a tattoo for charity and I have a super nice tattoo ✌🏻

  • @losthighway174
    @losthighway174 Год назад +5

    These videos are fun but I really miss seeing a close up of actual tattoos in these videos :/
    I'd like to see more vids of them reacting to tattoos (great or bad) and fellow artists etc

  • @ltlbuddha
    @ltlbuddha Год назад +7

    Car repair and a tattoo are unequal trades in that you need to have your car running, but you don't need a tattoo.
    The monetary value being reversed kinda makes the trade more even. Higher cost unnecessary item ≃ lower cost necessary item.
    But in reality, all that matters is that both parties are cool with the trade

    • @jordeahgrosko
      @jordeahgrosko Год назад

      Cars cost a lot of money to repair though. Easily adds up to over a grand fast small problems anymore

  • @_decaysea
    @_decaysea Год назад +45

    Damn, I'd love to do a trade. I should start befriending more tattoo artists bc there's no way I'd propose that to a total stranger lol I'd be so nervous

    • @sarahdedrick79
      @sarahdedrick79 Год назад +8

      Why not ask, honestly? If you have a unique service, unique item or item that's worth more than the price of the tattoo you might as well give it a go. The worse thats gonna happen is they say no lol. As an artist I get tips in all sorts of ways.... Weed, dog or cat supplies, food, etc. But if someone wanted to barter and is something I'm interested in I'd totally go for it

  • @PtitPoup
    @PtitPoup Год назад +18

    1:20 lol, please do an interview with the person that edits these vids. This is incredible work

  • @avacoonradt9049
    @avacoonradt9049 Год назад +5

    I always knew this was a thing but I didn't realize how common it was... the most valuable skill I have is dog training, I wonder if anyone would trade training sessions for a tattoo 😅

  • @wickedchivo1399
    @wickedchivo1399 Год назад +2

    I’ve been plumbing for 25 years and I would definitely trade plumbing for tattoos

  • @annabethsmith-kingsley2079
    @annabethsmith-kingsley2079 10 месяцев назад

    7:24 he meant 'reduce' not 'deduce', if you were wondering.

  • @Oct8pus
    @Oct8pus Год назад +14

    "If you "deduce" my work to a hobby".... I deduce that he needs a dictionary

  • @stevealexander368
    @stevealexander368 Год назад +16

    I wanted to know more about the car 😂

  • @mdnce7021
    @mdnce7021 Год назад +4

    Trading is how Markets started though. We just evolved to using currency. It’s like a contract negotiate before you agree.

  • @tacticalwookiee7476
    @tacticalwookiee7476 Год назад +9

    Damn, trading tats for weed? I work for a THC oil producer, hit me up! LOL

  • @fearofgod4
    @fearofgod4 Год назад +1

    My soul for a full body tattoo

  • @Wyledgirl30
    @Wyledgirl30 Год назад +2

    Money doesn’t last forever either

  • @TheMarslMcFly
    @TheMarslMcFly Год назад +16

    You know the story of the guy that started trading with a paper clip and ended with a house? I'll make it my quest to trade some small nonsense to a tattoo.

    • @sabbathjackal
      @sabbathjackal Год назад

      This a party game my friend played once. You start with a balloon, and you split into teams of 2, then you all go opposite ways in the neighborhood. The rule is that you must accept all trades.
      The winners of the game my friend played had 2 $400 tvs

  • @HangAndBang
    @HangAndBang Год назад +9

    I traded an 🎱 for a tattoo

    • @inked
      @inked  Год назад +9

      Really? You didn't have to trade the entire set of billiard balls? Crazy...

    • @ChassitFJ
      @ChassitFJ Год назад +2

      @inked Totally underrated comment right there. Good job!

  • @Tattitoot
    @Tattitoot Год назад +4

    I traded tattoos for a massage, haircuts, sneakers, art classes, the trade is almost always in favour of the tattooer cause lets be honest, an avrege tattoo costs us around 10-20$, so unless youre a fully booked waiting list artist and youre giving up a paying client for the trade, youll probebly always win the trades :)

  • @shinjisimp
    @shinjisimp Год назад +12

    Really curious if trading for tattoos is an American thing only? I live in Germany and could never ever see an artist agreeing to tattooing for stuff or services, unless you're super close or best friends with them

    • @Inevitably_Invisible
      @Inevitably_Invisible Год назад +9

      I feel like it’s more for beginner artists. After you’re established they usually only take money

    • @inked
      @inked  Год назад +6

      @@Inevitably_Invisible And your friends!

  • @nurinms
    @nurinms Год назад +1

    Wow.....u guys are cool

  • @Trill641
    @Trill641 3 месяца назад

    What can i get for a qp?

  • @dollymania1819
    @dollymania1819 Год назад +1

    ??? Money is temporary aswell

  • @ickess
    @ickess Год назад +6

    I traded a tape deck from a car for a tattoo. Yes it was that long ago. I gave the guy the tape deck. He gave me 60 dollars. I gave him the 60 dollar back, he gave me a tattoo.

  • @I8Mikeandikes
    @I8Mikeandikes Год назад

    I can bring a Klondike bar for a tattoo

  • @LavenderLydia
    @LavenderLydia Год назад

    Best trade: Tattoo in exchange for money

  • @allys.8629
    @allys.8629 Год назад

    I’m trading a couple custom oil pet portraits with my tattoo artist

  • @rockhoundcustomjewelry
    @rockhoundcustomjewelry Год назад +10

    I've done a lot of "EEEEHHHHHHH!" tattoos for drugs back in my youth. Now that I'm grown I put that trashy tattoo skills, and the drug away an started this jewelry business. But I love that flip shades just said "drugs.......all the drugs.........u name it I've tattooed for it."

  • @wereboarder2009
    @wereboarder2009 Год назад +4

    I hand carved a wooden staff with a burl on the head. Spent 30ish hours working on it for my thigh piece.

  • @anti-socialistsocialclub6032
    @anti-socialistsocialclub6032 Год назад +2

    I got a motorcycle for getting someone to the max rank in modern warfare in a week and a half

  • @LionSPH
    @LionSPH Год назад +7

    I'd love to trade massage for tattoos! I'm just not bold enough to ask an artist to trade lol

    • @peni1641
      @peni1641 Год назад

      here's hoping someone takes you up on the offer of message for tattoo.

    • @MissDarlaDeville
      @MissDarlaDeville Год назад +2

      I am a tattoo artist and I had someone tell me they did massage and I said let’s trade and they never hit me up! I’m in LA if you are 😂

  • @jessemccabe8012
    @jessemccabe8012 Год назад +2

    Shades guy should trade someone for a better personality

  • @lilruzzo
    @lilruzzo Год назад +5

    I ran a barbershop, in collaboration with a tattoo studio, and they would get free haircuts, and I would get free tattoos, the money didn't match up but as a collaborative group we were happy to exchange each other's services.. I think across the 2 years I had the shop I would have gotten close to 5k in tattoo off of all the artists there

  • @abrahamjoyal4491
    @abrahamjoyal4491 Год назад +3

    You can rip people off for cash just as easily as you can on trade. If anything trades force people to consider the real value of something more

  • @esco6142
    @esco6142 Год назад +2

    Isn’t buying a tattoo with money technically trading?

  • @BartBasquiato
    @BartBasquiato 8 месяцев назад

    Jared idk why he reminds me of Jimmy from Ed Edd & Eddy

  • @1svmxo
    @1svmxo Год назад +1

    bartering>>>

  • @Lvl1Critters
    @Lvl1Critters Год назад

    editors can you please edit pony twerking into things forever XD pls & ty

  • @Holly18th
    @Holly18th Год назад +1

    My artist asked me to help them get a BTS hoodie when i went to their show last year and they just let me trade it for small tattoo i needed redone LOL

  • @Happymask00TTV
    @Happymask00TTV Год назад

    Lego sets?

  • @OnePiecePirate30M
    @OnePiecePirate30M Год назад +1

    It's a shame for what it was. Cant believe what money would drive you too do....😶😔

  • @ZITR0ENCHEN
    @ZITR0ENCHEN Год назад +1

    Gritty is my spirit animal

  • @liamgeoghegan1247
    @liamgeoghegan1247 Год назад

    I got weed from the guy that did my last tattoo but I did pay alot for the tattoo but I gave him free range on my design

  • @abbypatsalis4458
    @abbypatsalis4458 Год назад +4

    Is it just me or do they edit more and more like unhhh a little more each video?? I love it but definitely has Trixie and Katya vibes going on here lol

  • @raymondroberts1905
    @raymondroberts1905 Год назад +1

    I would trade electrical work for a tattoo. Don't fuck with the electrical and it will last a lifetime

  • @Misshughestrm
    @Misshughestrm Год назад +3

    "ALL the drugs"

  • @williamworley8824
    @williamworley8824 Год назад +1

    I'm actually looking to trade for another motorcycle. I traded for hours with a dog trainer, I trade a lot of tattoos with other tattooers.

  • @bertkesurf
    @bertkesurf Год назад +1

    My artist gave me a discount on my tattoo to the equal value of a necklace pendant I made. So she knocked off how much she would have paid off my payment total.

  • @jessealmaraz4535
    @jessealmaraz4535 Год назад +1

    Just traded for Disneyland tickets you’re a nut if you think I’ll pay any $ for those 😂 some people have easier access to certain things other than money

  • @LLcoolBarber
    @LLcoolBarber Год назад +1

    I agree, just don’t trade! 😅

    • @inked
      @inked  Год назад +4

      Yeah, but where's the fun in that?

  • @RudolfHorvath
    @RudolfHorvath Год назад

    A samurai sword is fucking sick. Totally worth it no matter the cost of a tattoo.

  • @goodmorningfire
    @goodmorningfire Год назад +2

    I just traded my artist for $1100 worth of my taxidermy work 😂

  • @AfroGothixa
    @AfroGothixa 4 месяца назад

    this is how we defeat capitalism ☝🏽🤓

  • @RachaelxChainsaw
    @RachaelxChainsaw Год назад

    I'm a pastry chef, so I've traded baked goods for tattoos

  • @LuLu-7802
    @LuLu-7802 Год назад +1

    As a hair dresser I really hope one day I can trade for a tattoo lol

    • @kimberleywarren5033
      @kimberleywarren5033 Год назад

      You in North East England? 🤞😂

    • @anap9725
      @anap9725 Год назад

      The hair instructor at the local beauty school I go to gwt my hair done is covered in tattoos. I once asked and he trades doing make up for wedding with this tatto artist cut ans color for the tattoo artist wife etc.

  • @TuntunGamer
    @TuntunGamer Год назад +1

    I'm 6 seconds into the video, I hope the skeleton dude is Paul Booth....I really hope it is.

  • @LilttleTeaCup
    @LilttleTeaCup Год назад +1

    Idk, car jobs can be really expensive. It can cost over $1000 for certain parts. Not necessarily cheaper than a tattoo.

  • @margauxf4321
    @margauxf4321 Год назад +2

    Alleged off the record medical services from an alleged PA student too broke to finish their sleeve. Out of socal/LA area. Allegedly. 😒

  • @sdfghjasdfghjk8175
    @sdfghjasdfghjk8175 Год назад +1

    I see both sides of this. The best is always paying for it. But I would also love to trade my photography services for a sick tattoo. I live in america and saving money is hard. And I would love to get all my pieces by the time I am 32(27 now). I want at least a full backpiece and I like hyporealism. That's an investment. So if any of yall are good at black and gray hyperrealistic animals and want to trade for as much camerawork as you think is fair, I'm down.

  • @BMD1784
    @BMD1784 Год назад +1

    I traded a hand forged knife 🔪 I made for a hand tattoo ❤

    • @BMD1784
      @BMD1784 Год назад

      I got a blacksmith tattoo of a anvil with crossed hammer and tongs that says strike while it’s hot under it

  • @aleksprusa
    @aleksprusa Год назад

    How awkward is this to ask an artist? I never knew people did this!

  • @brandonsoberanis5166
    @brandonsoberanis5166 Год назад +1

    as a chef i do trade food for things...

  • @danieljarosz5140
    @danieljarosz5140 Год назад

    Hunting trip

  • @4eyes4life
    @4eyes4life Год назад

    Car work for tattoo bro you got a good deal 😂

  • @purplepineapples6150
    @purplepineapples6150 Год назад

    Title: OG's vs new school.

  • @austinxaiver8429
    @austinxaiver8429 Год назад

    I can grow you weed plants and brew 5 gallon batches of beer

  • @PrincessNebbia
    @PrincessNebbia Год назад

    I trade tattoos with my tattoo teacher

  • @bettyjett623
    @bettyjett623 Год назад

    I would love if a client offered to pay me in acid

  • @Forheavenssake1ify
    @Forheavenssake1ify Год назад

    A human skull and right forearm/hand from an anatomical skeleton for tattoo hours.