Brothers Ink Tattoo is a tattoo studio at 49 Devon Street East in central New Plymouth, holding a 5.0 rating from 60 Google reviews and sharing its latest work on its Facebook page. A tattoo is for life, so treat the choice with the same care: most artists will talk through an idea before any needle is involved, and looking at healed work in a portfolio tells you far more than a fresh photograph. Expect a conversation about placement, size and how a design will age on your skin, since a good artist will often reshape a concept to suit the spot. Aftercare is half the job — a few weeks of keeping new ink clean, out of the sun and away from swimming matters as much as the session itself. For a first piece or the next addition, Brothers Ink sits handy to the shops and cafes of Devon Street, in the middle of New Plymouth.