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All of this happened just a few weeks ago. I'm still super excited and happy, so I plan to keep talking about this tattoo experience and sharing more details.

In my first post on the subject A blackout project: The HIVE tattoo, I talked about my feelings, impressions, and expectations from a more personal point of view, along with all the excitement I felt after having gone through all that so recently. However, there are other details that are just as important that I don't want to overlook and that I want to share now, along with the video that shows the tattooing process, which I finally finished editing, haha.

In the video, besides watching the artist's creative process and execution, we can begin to learn a little bit about her, something I would like to explore further in the following sessions because I think it is very important to highlight the person behind the work.

Josabeth talks to us about her presence on social media and her former anonymity, which led some clients to believe she was a man before meeting her in person to get a tattoo, highlighting the stigma that existed around women in the tattoo world. We also talk a little about music and have a few laughs along the way.

I hope you enjoy the video and that it will be useful for anyone interested in learning more about blackouts. As far as I can tell, there are no vlogs talking about this on Hive, so I would like to provide all the relevant information through the videos I will be recording in the upcoming sessions. If anyone has any questions, please share them with me so we can discuss them in future episodes.

Pocas semanas atrás sucedió todo esto. Yo sigo súper entusiasmada y contenta, así que pienso seguir hablando y detallando las la experiencia sobre este tatuaje.

Josabeth González is a Chapinian (Guatemalan) artist who specializes in blackwork tattooing, particularly blackout and blastover designs. For those who don't know exactly what each style is about, I recommend visiting her Instagram profile [@bacteria.negra](https://www.instagram.com/bacteria. negra/), where you can see designs created with lots of black ink on large areas of skin. She has also posted a photo of our work with the #HIVE logo on her profile. If you happen to stop by, let me know if you found it. 😉

Now when I think about it, I believe I got to know her almost by heavenly grace, haha, because when I started following her work on social media about two years ago while she was touring Spain, I had no intention of going to Guatemala, so I think she came into my life in the best possible way and with enough time in advance for me to familiarize myself with what she does and feel confident enough to contact her to start the blackout project I had been dreaming about for so long.

La artista: Josabeth González

So, let's talk about the price 🤑. When I got back to the reception, I paid in cash the difference between what we had agreed when I booked the appointment and the final price, because to secure the booking I had to make a deposit or transfer of 300 Quetzales ($40) to the artist, which would be deducted from the final price of the tattoo. We initially agreed on 4,000 Quetzales (approximately $520), which could vary if something in the design changed during the session, but in our case, the price remained the same.

Before leaving, I jumped at the chance to swap stickers with Josabeth. I only had a mini version of the @worldmappin pins with me, which I printed at Lake Atitlán to share with the new members of Hive Hub Guate, so I left her a couple.

I'm glad she liked them and told me she was a fan of stickers, as we could clearly see in her workroom, haha. So now this tattoo studio is located on the #worldmappin map, and there will surely be more posts attached to that location.

My first experience with Josabeth was super cool, and I'm really happy that she turned out to be such a nice, respectful, and talented person who's in charge of doing this blackout project for me. I can't wait to continue with the sessions, despite the pain, hahaha.

I hope you guys enjoyed the video, and I look forward to recording some more details for next time.

Thanks so much for joining me on this adventure!

Rock on!🤘

El momento de la verdad, hablemos del precio 🤑 al volver a la recepción pagué en efectivo la diferencia restante de lo que habíamos acordado cuando reservé la cita, pues para asegurar la reserva había que hacer un deposito o transferencia de 300 Quetzales (40$) a la artista, que se descontarian del precio final del tatuje. En un principio acordamos 4.000 Quetzales (aproximadamente 520$) que podía variar si algo en el diseño cambiaba durante la sesión, pero en nuestro caso el precio se mantuvo.

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