Back in the day people didn't always set their own price if they worked in a shop, but thats a pretty dated practice now. Every artist I know today does set their own prices.
I always thought it was for the original tipping purpose. They did a good job and you want them to continue doing a good job on future pieces. I didn't realize there was an option to not tip an artist.
I think it depends on the country. I'm from the US where you tip tattoo artists. I now live in Germany where it's less common to do so here. My tattoo artist here is German but he works at a studio in the US half the year, where he obviously gets tips. So I always tip him here in Germany both because I'm super happy with the work and because I worry it would low key come off as a little mean not getting a tip from an American client who normally would be tipping tattoo artists.
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u/TGIFIDGAF 8h ago
Yeah I don’t understand tipping your tattoo artist, like it get it’s normalized, but they set the price