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Float a Tattoo Design Contest to Customize Your Fantasy Tattoo

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What is a fantasy tattoo?

A fantasy tattoo is a form of tattooing in which the design is created purely on the basis of the artist’s imagination of the fantasy world the client has created in his/her mind. After you give your fantasy details to the tattoo designer, they use their own creativity to reflect the ultimate design. So, you need a good tattoo artist who can transform your idea into a real tattoo. It is also a possibility that you give your own design to the artist who will create it on your body. In both cases, you may utilize a tattoo design contest. Now, read on if you are wondering what a tattoo design contest is and how it would get you a great customized design for your fantasy tattoo.

The tattoo design contest and its benefits

Some organizers and designers go for a tattoo contest that can be conducted both online or offline. This contest invites various budding tattoo artists who wish to make a name for themselves in the area of tattooing. They not only want to win the contest for designing a tattoo but also wish to showcase their talent to the world through this medium. So, if you are organizing a contest for a fantasy tattoo, many of the participating artists will create and submit unique designs that you would not find anywhere else. So, while you are gathering and displaying the talent of various artists, you are finding a good design for yourself too.

If you use the services of a skilled designer, there will be a huge fee. Through the contest, you are saving that money and are also making it easier for the emerging tattoo artists to get publicity. This is because many people keep an eye on online forums, and they might bring new work for these participating artists. In addition, it is easy to organize one of these contests, as there are no hard and fast rules and policies. The focus of your contest can be fantasy tattoos as this is what you desire for yourself, and you can set your fantasy as the theme for artists to work on. You will get entries from various artists who specialize in creating fantasy tattoos.

Moreover, you are not compelled to pay all the designers who are participating in your contest. You have to pay only that tattoo artist whose tattoo you have chosen.

Placing your fantasy tattoo

Now when you have your fantasy tattoo ready, you may ask your artist to customize it for you and then you can place it on the selected part of your body. People usually prefer to have their tattoos on the front of their bodies or even on the lower body. But, these varied designs are easily customizable and flexible so you may place them anywhere on your body. You may also vary the size of the tattoo.

So, go on and get the fantasy tattoo of your dreams right now.

The Complete Guide to Pricing Your Tattoo Design

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I often get asked by people looking to get a tattoo how much do you think this will cost? Of course each person has their own unique design in mind and everyone wants to know exactly how much their design is going to cost them. However, pricing tattoos is very difficult. You can not give a simple answer to a question like that. The price of a tattoo can vary on a lot of factors. However, here is a general guide so you know some of the factors and some price ranges that would be considered decent.

First Factor: The Shop

Every shop has it’s own pricing guidelines and even every tattoo artist in the shop might have their own ways of pricing a tattoo. The more famous the shop or artist is the more expensive the tattoo will be. Also the price can change depending on how busy the shop is at the time you go in. If they are packed up with clients then they are going to quote you a much higher price then if they are looking for work.

Second Factor: The Design

Another factor that goes into the final price of the tattoo is the design itself. If you have a really large tattoo design in mind and you want the art work to be drawn by the tattoo artist it is going to cost a significant amount more then if you have some flash design that you found at their shop on the wall. So the size of the design and the difference between custom drawn and flash will significantly change the price.

Third Factor: Time

Another factor that always goes into pricing the tattoo design is the amount of time it will take to do the work. A large back piece is going to take a significant number of hours over a small wrist tattoo. If you are looking for something really big like a full back tattoo or a body suit you are going to be spending lots of hours over multiple visits to the tattoo shop and it is going to cost a huge amount of money. You should easily spend thousands of dollars for a full back tattoo. However, small designs that can be done quickly in one sitting of 30 minutes to an hour are obviously going to cost much less.

General Rules

First and foremost don’t ever go bargain shopping for a tattoo design. Do you really want the guy that is the cheapest to do you tattoo design? This is a permanent tattoo design that you are going to live with for the rest of your life and you do not want it coming out all messed up just to save a few bucks. Second you do not ever want to try and negotiate or bargain down a tattoo artist. This will infuriate the artist and can often offend them. Most tattoo artists do their work for a living. Yes they might love creating designs and making tattoos but in the end they do this to put food on their plate and pay the bills. They have worked hard to get to the level they are at and be able to charge the prices they are charging. Negotiating with them is like doubting their skills. With that in mind you do not want to negotiate and you do not want to go with the lowest price it can be wise to search a few different shops and get quotes from different artists. Thus way you can find an artist that you connect well with and someone who you like their designs. The price often will seem reasonable to you if you shop around and find an artist that you really like.

So this gets us down to the question we started with so how much will my tattoo design be? Obviously due to what is stated above this is hard to answer. However here is a general guideline that can help you but it into some ranges and perspective.

Small tattoo design (wrist, foot, ankle) – Between $50 and $150

Medium tattoo design (forearm, leg, upper back, lower back) – Between $150 to $500

Large tattoo design (Full back, sleeve, full leg) – Between $500 to $2,000

UX Design Rules the World of Web GUI

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The beauty of a website depends on the ease of access and navigation of a site. A design that is easily understandable, elegant yet simple. The broader aspect of defining personal experience with a system, graphics, industry design, physical interaction and manual is called UX or User Experience Design. It is considered a user centric design creating cohesive, predictive and desirable designs. The other most important part of UX design is that it covers the aspect of HCI or Human Computer Interaction. Creating a based on the targeted demographic location and the user feedback, thus creating a perfect experience for the user is the aim of UX design.

Definition of UX design states that the design is based on user experience. Creating a design beforehand that would please the user required certain information. Based on those a platform is created and the design is modified from user feedback. With the changing platforms of internet access, the design should change. A design that has the capability to fit aptly in all platforms providing the optimal viewing experience is called Responsive Design. This type of design helps the website to fit in any display, irrespective of the size. Modern design also has the concern of resolution, due to emergence of retina displays and other high DPI based displays. Technical advancements have led to the change in the methods of the design too. With the emergence of CSS 3 and HTML 5, design patterns and methods have changed drastically. These platforms enable liquid design, embedded media, animations, 2D/3D transformations and other features creating wondrous effects. Merging with the technology, website design has changed and so has mobile design over time. Application design is now at par with the web design trends following the liquid design, animations and other features. With the evolving mobile platforms the support of the design and the methods too are changing.

According to Steve Jobs, “Design is not how it looks like or feels like, but how it works”. It’s the user who defines the success of the site, considering various parameters like ease of access, navigation, readability of the desired content, and the time complexity in searching the same. UI design is that art of creating a design that suits the user in every possible way. This Design is a result of through analysis, research and user feedback. With the combination of all these and a perfect content layout (through IA ) the design would take the shape to provide the best experience to the users. Content in the form of words is good, but perhaps psychology or mentality that still attracts us to images more than plain content. Information Graphics is all about conveying information through animations, comics, or images. It’s a better way of grabbing the attention to essential content. Moreover so, INFOGRAPHICS helps make the website, webpage or any where it is present more elegant and attractive, displaying the desired content.

A design is that part of the plan, where it is made to make people come and see it, delivering the desired information to the user and the same time making the whole approach look ‘beautiful’.