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Does anyone else watch Miami Ink? I'm not even a tattooed person, but I find myself watching these guys! Chris Garver is amazing! I love his work. I know lots of people with tattoos and I have never seen any as beautiful as his. And, I think the show is both educational and funny.

I don't have cable tv, so sadly, I'm not watching it.

I would say get someone to tape it, but it's rather addicting. I think you'd love it because of your interest in tattoos--I can't figure out why I seem to always watch it! I told my boyfriend that if I ever was going to get a tattoo, now I'd have to go to Miami!

I watch both it and Inked... I love Miami Ink, not too sure about Inked... Miami Inked feels like a real tattoo shop, y'know? The shop in Vegas feels/looks like a hair salon to me... I know its in a casino and all that, but damn. And the duh-rama... omg, it kills me how much of Inked is about the drama. Miami Inked is more about the tattoos and the stories behind them. Much better television, in my book.

I watch Miami ink, more for the art than the show or the artists. But the show is a total fake, clients come in, have consultations, get tattooed, but never pay? Maybe the clients are auditioned, is the image they want worthy of being on the show? If it is, maybe it's free. As for the shop, which the opening moments show them building, was probably built by the film crew. While the street location does exist and was a former tattoo studio, a few bad camera angle reveal that there is no ceiling. The ceiling is painted all black and hung with KinoFlo film lighting. Way too much aditude from the supposed shop owner Ami James. At least Inked is a true studio that won't close when the show fails to get renewed for season three.

I just got through watching a Miami Ink marathon and I'm totally considering getting a tattoo.

I really liked the show and the fact that they really tried to get it through that tattooing is really artistic. I always knew it was art, but actually seeing people design the sketches was really inspiring.

My favorite design was the one about the father whose daughter had cancer and beat it, so he had a tattoo designed of his daughter killing the tumor with "Never Give Up" written beneath it.

I also watch miami ink and inked. I actually have been looking for a phoenix tattoo for 2 yrs now and when I was watching miami inked and chris and his friend went to hawaii I saw him do an amazing tat on a chic there. So I called up the shop in miami and asked alot of qn's. He knew which one I was talking about and told me if I was in the area to do a walk in and they would get it done for me. He also gave me a round about estimate on the tat. By all means this shop is not fake and maybe at the time that reggie was talking abotu they were doing some renos. I think the artists are awesoem and I cant wait to save up enough to go down to miami and get INKED lol

I too watch Miami Ink and Inked. Personally I like Miami Ink better because it seems to be lees dramatic and you see more of their work. Alot of the portfolios from tattooists in my city seem to be of skulls and demons and things of that nature. It's nice to watch these guys doing Japanese art and other kinds of tats with tons of colour.

Wow! I caught the Maimi Ink in Hawaii last nite, and then the second season opener. I could not believe the art work that Chris and Ami did there. Talk about amazing stuff. And then to watch all 4 of them working on that big dude. That was crazy! I'm glad we get to peek in on them for another season at least.

Isn't it just amazing, no one ever comes in and wants a tattoo chosen from typical "flash"? Every tattoo from that shop rivals the mastery of the Mona Lisa! I do like how they have steered a few people away from making bad choices. But Inked is still more like a real tattoo studio. People do and always will come in and want stereotypical tattoos, band logos, Harley emblems and cartoon figures. Inked doesn't filter what you see as much as Miami Ink does.

I love it. Ami is soooooo sexy.

It is much better than the soap opera that is inked. Miami Ink gives you the stories behind the tattoos and the people. It is almost as addictive as tat's.

When we had the Bella Editor Gathering in Las Vegas in August of 2005, I got personally blown off by the guys at the Inked shop.

that sucks how did they blow u off? And I fully agree Ami is rockin *drool* lol

No one there wanted to take two minutes to talk with me, and then the manager did a reversal and told me they'd love to have an article done and that he'd have the owner call me. Did I hear a peep from them? No.

The episode I saw in early Sept on the show then had that same manager talking about how much he hated working there and how he couldn't wait to quit. I could've guessed that in early August without a tv show.

To Reggie99, they edit out the monetary involvement. I, personally, don't want half the show taken up by people talking money. Also I want to say that I have 2 tattoos, and neither are flash. I go custom or I don't go at all. I have watched both Inked and Miami Ink, and I haven't seen anyone pay on either show. It is nuts to think that paying would be good TV content. Also, there is no excitement in flash. I bet they do it, but there is no story there. The show is more about people that have a story they want to tell through their art. Not about people who decide I should get a tattoo and go pick one off the wall. Most tattoo shops I have been in do very little flash. I personally don't like flash, because I don't want to be one of 1000 people walking around with the same fairy or butterfly. It is art, and I feel that art for me is custom not cookie cutter. MIAMI INK RULES!!!!!! I LOVE THEM ALL! KAT ROCKS! Hooray for female tat artists!

My newest tat

If you want to be on the show, here is the link , and a disclaimer about monetary involvment.

gorgeous koi fish btw miss viper

Thank You Very Much Wendy!

On the show, they just air the tattoos with the great stories behind them. Better TV.
I'm not complaining. Hearing the stories and seeing the *divine* work has turned so many people I know on to tattoos.

I agree with LadyVipe, Kat is AMAZING! If I ever get the chance to go to Miami I definitly would have her do my tat. Did anyone see the episode of the show where the dude came in and had her tat a pic of his daughter who has Tay Sachs on his chest? It made me cry! That is by far one of the best episodes.

I was in Vegas last summer and we didn't get the chance to go to Inked but I am glad we didn't, they seem like jerks, and there is WAY too much drama.

Are you kidding me?

This show is a joke and it disgusts me that the character Kat perpetuates all the bimboticness of a tattooed, attention-loving princess. I had the opportunity to see an interview done by TLC. I find it quite amusing that she brings up the fact that she plays the piano almost at every opportunity. Is this supposed to place her in a more intellectual light?

Again, the same thing pertaining to one of the other tattooists (a male whom I can't remember the name of). According to him, most of his tattoos don't mean anything. "They just look pretty."

Two more cases in point -
The perpetuate the stereotype that tattooed people are punks, wild, crazy, with little to no logical thought or capability in forming cohesive sentences.

Also, what's up with the skinny Japanese guy being ragged on all the time? How does this impact the Asian American community? The politics of the show is entirely and surprisingly disgusting (in my opinion) and serves to, again, as we have time and time again through history, force viewers to create the white male as superior.

Give me a break.

I remember back to a time when I was actually LEARNING something on the ridiculous channel that has the cheek to call itself "The Learning Channel". It is a flat out joke with its peppered serials of home redecorations and stereotypical tattooists.

Sickening.

Check out the websites for your favorite Miami Ink artists - Kat and Chris Garver also work out of a Hollywood studio (True Tattoo), and I know that Kat also does the Tattoo Expo circuit.

It's cool that we can all have and express our opinions, and that most TVs come with a remote control.....

@HannahQ - "Bimboticness" is not a word. I have seen the show many times, and Kat does not come across as an "attention loving princess" as you put it. Also, what is wrong with Kat mentioning that she plays the piano?

I do think that getting tattoos because they are "pretty" is something that no one should do, but you really shouldn't hold it against someone, and it doesn't make them "attention loving."

Yogi getting ragged on is something that happens in most every tattoo shop. There is always an element of fun.

As far as the show promoting a stereo-type that tattooed people cannot form cohesive sentences, maybe you should check your post before you submit it to the internet. Your post is scattered with typos and words that do not exist.

Give me a break.

I love Miami Ink. I've only watch Inked once and I thought it was terrible. They were stressing over some fashion show which didn't really have anything to do w/ tattoos that I could see. I did wonder if Miami Ink was a real shop because I tried to find the address and couldn't. I'm going to Miami in November and I wanted to go there and get a tat by Ami even if just a small one. A friend of mine's dad did get a tat by Kat and has a pic of the two of them together.

Hey, gang! Just a word from the friendly neighborhood forum moderator here....

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