Tattoo artist uses a tattoo machine with a needle that jab into the skin. It goes through the layers of epidermis and the ink rests in the dermis layer. looking into the recent trend and craze amongst youth, tattoo artist Baidyanath Sain here has come up with the art work and people from 18 to 30 years of age are walking into his tattoo studio here to get inked from him.
Sain has opened Baidees at Civil Township area here, where he has been doing his tattoo work. "I have been doing tattoos since 2011 at Rourkela and till date, I have done tattoos on 450 persons, including ladies. Earlier, when there were no tattoo artists at Rourkela and people who were desperate for tattoo on their body, used to go to Goa and even as far as Bangkok for putting the design. Noticing the craze, I had gone to Goa and undergone a six months’ training from Moksha to learn the art of placing tattoo on different parts of the body. Today, I am happy that several people are coming to my studio regularly forenquiring and sporting tattoos on their body,” says Sain.
Sain charges Rs 1,000 per inch for placing colour tattoo on body and Rs 700 per inch for black colour tattoo. There are also temporary tattoos which last only 3 days and cost Rs 500 per piece. Recently, one of his crazy clients had paid Rs 14,000 for sporting a big size tattoo. As per his client’s choice from tattoo designs, he places tattoos through his machine. There are tattoo designs such as Mauri, Custom, Name, Devil, Chinese, Japanese and Animal.
"The tattoo craze has gone up to optimum level here. People from 18 years of age or above regularly visit my shop to do the tattoo work on their body,” said Sain adding, "People are sporting tattoos on their biceps, forearms, neck and also different parts of the body. I always stress on hygiene part before putting tattoos on human body.” In April 2013, Sain had attended International Tattoo Convention at Kathmandu, which was a three-day programme on tattoo work.