A celebrity tattoo artist says you can learn a lot about someone by looking at their tattoo placement — and shared the best spots on the body for hiding your ink

• Eva Karabudak is a Brooklyn-based tattoo artist who has inked Sam Smith and SZA.
• Karabudak says you can learn a lot about someone by looking at their tattoo placement.

When getting a new tattoo, the placement is something that many people take into great consideration.

Whether your goal is to show off your ink or to avoid pain, its placement can make or break a tattoo experience.

One person who knows this all too well is Eva Karabudak, a Turkish tattoo artist based in Brooklyn who has inked the likes of Sam Smith, SZA, and Joe Jonas.

Karabudak is founder of the tattoo studio Atelier Eva, and she previously told Insider she charges a minimum of $600 per hour for her designs. She said that the placement her clients choose often gives her a sense of who they are as well as their lifestyle.

Those who get tattoos on the inside of their arm or leg may be trying to hide them

Karabudak said many people may want to get tattooed on a part of the body that can be easily concealed, such as the inside of the arm.

She said the main reason some of her clients don't want t to show the design is usually because of their job, or because it's their first time getting inked and they want to get used to it.

"If they're changing their design idea lots of times, I usually say, 'Let's do something small and not visible so you can feel comfortable,'" she said.

However, she noted that some people might also be wary of their family's opinion.

"I think it's either the job or the family. My family is super religious, so my first tattoos were on my legs. So it depends on their lifestyle," she said.

Celebrities often want to get meaningful tattoos without sharing them with the world

Meanwhile, Peter Jenkins, Karabudak's husband and business partner, said celebrities may want to conceal tattoos that have a private meaning.

He said one of Karabudak's clients, who he couldn't name due to a confidentiality agreement, recently got a tattoo to symbolize their connection with their significant other.

"But the placement he chose, you're never gonna see it or anything like that because it's not for the public view, it's for him," he said.