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27
Jul 2013
2:40 AM GMT
   

houghts of heroes in tattoo field

We cannot imagine that there would be tattoo heroes twenty years or even ten years ago. The staring up of the Tattoo Hero is suddenly the hottest event in Ottawa, largely due to a TechCrunch who post on the still-in-alpha company, and I couldn’t go anywhere at Startup Fest in Montr�al last week without hearing the company’s name or having some founder pull me over to chat with Tannahill and his cofounders, Waselnuk and Minh Dao.

In its simplest form, Tattoo Hero is about proudly displaying your latest ink. Users upload their photos to the site, where others can like or comment on them. That’s the real magic, of course, as those who are looking for tattoos can find a great design and then message the artist about getting it — or something like it — simply by browsing the Pinterest-y site.

“If you love this tattoo, you can find who did this tattoo, where he’s located, and message him … and book a consultation,” designer Dao told me.

But the Tattoo Hero vision is much bigger than that.

At the same time, Tattoo Hero is yet another startup slashing through old-school business models, taking the magic of social and the scale of the internet to reinvent the somewhat skuzzy image of tattoo parlors with a clean, beautiful design … and to give tattoo artists a whole new place to present themselves and sell their skills.

Tannahill, who got his first tattoo at 18, is not only the CEO but gives the company some visual legitimacy as well with tattoos on his arms and legs. His wife has “cut him off at the neck,” and though his first tattoo has since been covered with something better, he celebrated his marriage with a detailed ball-and-chain tattoo. Waselnuk also has tattoos, he said, but “you wouldn’t want to where they are.”

The company launched just last week, and it’s been a bit of a blur for the founders.

“We just went live with our alpha this weekend,” Tannahill said. “We were featured in TechCrunch yesterday, so that blew up our website and knocked it down … it’s really exciting and our Twitter’s blowing up.”

The artist acquisition strategy has been getting the top artists on board, mostly in the Ottawa area. But the company is looking at taking an angel investment to enable more reach besides the organic pick-up it’s seeing across North America.

“More people have tattoos than iPhone,” Waselnuk told me.

And don’t they deserve the same quality?

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19
Jul 2013
2:54 AM GMT
   

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19
Jul 2013
2:57 AM GMT
   

Tips on how to Fit Ballet Shoes

How to sew in your elastic
Elastics are purposely left off the shoe when purchased so the dancer can sew them on in exactly the best spot. Heres the way to do �it.
�1. Fold down the heel of one's ballet shoe flat against the lining and use a pencil to mark where the folded upper meets the binding.
�2. Stitch one side of elastic onto the sock lining and binding but be cautious not to stitch through the drawstring or the ballet shoe upper.
�3. Put around the ballet shoe and pull the elastic over the instep, location a pencil mark exactly where the elastic meets the binding and stitch the elastic for the other side.
Ballet Shoes - The way to Match Ballet Footwear
Ways to discover the proper size
When standing in first position with 1 foot pointed, there must be adequate space for any superior pinch in the back with the pointed foot. There need to also be enough space to move about the toes rather than them becoming forced in to the front on the shoe. If youre not confident which size to go for, we suggest going for the slightly bigger size instead of going for a pair which can be slightly too little.
Keep in mind to keep in mind regardless of whether youre acquiring your ballet shoes for practice or an exam. If youre purchasing for practice, the teacher in all probability wont mind a bit bit of growing space. On the other hand, if youre shopping for for an exam, the examiner will need to see the complete expression of one's foot so ensure your shoe fits nicely.
Really should I go for leather, canvas or satin?
That is seriously down to personal preference or the specifications of dancing college uniform. Leather ballet footwear are slightly extra high priced but theyre normally additional durable and harder wearing than canvas or satin footwear. Some dancers feel that leather ballet shoes enable accentuate the pointed foot and seem far more elegant whereas other individuals favor the really feel of canvas or satin.
Full Sole or Split Sole?
Kids or students new to ballet ordinarily get started with a complete sole because it presents a lot more help for the foot. When the dancer becomes additional experienced they might find that they favor split sole ballet footwear. This is simply because split sole shoes allow the foot to create a stronger pointe, as the sole is split between the heel and toe. On the other hand, selection of shoe hardly ever tends to make any difference to dancing ability.
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