become a tattoo artist

I got 2 brand new tattoo machines from my tattoo artist!!! I’m sooooo motivated to move forward with this and start my carreer. I’m also enrolled in college trying to get my degree in art so I can be a well rounded artist. I was doubting myself, my art and was sooooo discouraged for so long. But I’m sticking to it. This is my dream and I’m not letting anything get in the way of that anymore. After I finish my summer class my tattoo artist is giving me a power supply! I’m so happy someone is finally giving me a break.

xoxoxo

Marilyn Gun-Hoe

well, i’m doing it, learning and stuff. my teacher is awesome, and i hope that i will succeed!!

It started when my mum got one for her 40th and i was facinated, that was when i was 13. In school i couldnt help but to doodle on my arms and my mates arms, mainly swirly patterns going from hands to elbows {no wonder im failing haha} then my friend Michael said ‘you should be a tattoo artist’ and it was like a lightbulb had just switched on. So since then iv been obsessed. My uncle made me a light box so i can do designs and practice tracing, Kat Von D has become an idol, and im also a huge fan of the guys in Miami Ink. I managed to convince my mum to let me get a tattoo but me being so overwhelmed at the idea completely forgot its illegal for under 18’s lol. Anyway so yeah, my goal in life is to become a tattoo artist and have my own shop :D

Ive already designed my own tattoo sitting on my left shoulder, and have drawn designs for seven different people, four of which have gone to artists to gt them done.

I have two tattoos now, both of which I did the line art for. Something about tattoo art just gets me. I love it. I know becoming a tattoo artist would be perfect for me. It is such a great form of expression, and its so vibrant and personal. I have been looking for something to do with my life, so I can be happy. Tattoos are interesting, and I know that becoming a tattoo artist would give me a chance to have work that I am actually passionate about. :)

Any advice would be highly appreciated!

i want to become a tatoo artist

I’m already apprenticing, but I want to be able to tattoo actual people instead of practice skin, and have my own steady stream of clients.

I love art. I’ve been drawing ever since I could pick up a pencil. My favorite aesthetic is the human body. I’m a bit of a rebel at heart, especially when it comes to girls with ink. When I think about a grueling tattoo apprenticeship ending with my own equipment and my own skills, my heart goes a flutter. It matches me, my life, and its such an exciting medium.

I am searching for someone who will take me as an apprentice.

No doubt about it I’ve wanted to do this ever since I was like 11 yrs old. I don’t know how or where to start. Should I try to get an apprenticeship? Should I just say fuck it and just start? I mean I know how to draw I’ve been an artist my whole life but drawing on paper and tattooing something on someone’s body forever are two totally separate things…..maybe I just put too much thought into it…I just want it so bad….I don’t think I’ve ever wanted something so bad in my life.

kicking ass all over the place. i quit my job to find my motivation. it took me a couple of months, a couple thousand dollars down the drain and a sudden bout of courage that lasted a week of soliciting studios before i then accomplished my goal. i, ladies and gentlemen am on my way to realizing a long standing dream of mine.

yah i dont believe it either.

i am learning so much stuff. right now i am not doing anything i consider cool. cleaning and more cleaning can only be so interesting. but you know it is a real chill place, i like the people i am working and learning under. they give me chicken wings and pizza. i get to disassemble parts, and play with the tools, and read the magazines. i get to watch movies when we arent doing anything. i am not being paid however to sit on my ass, so they send me out to get the word out.

last weekend i wasnt in my best form. i left some clamps out i was practicing with. that is a BIG nono, we could be shut down for that. i would be sad if that happened. i had to mop the floors twice. then when we got busy, and i could have capitalized on demonstrating my insane creative design skills… what do i do… but bolt for the door with some bullshit excuse. cuz… i suddenly…. didnt… have…. anything to do… but help. and i didnt. i feel that has set me back a month from touching skin… at least a month. i mean my master was cool about it. didnt seem to want to kill me the next day about it, but it is eating me alive.

advise?

what are some ways to demonstrate that i am ready and willing to begin my skin indoctrination?

did i mention i am also double apprenticing to the piercer in the store?

yah man. i want to learn to do it all, ALL forms of body modification trade. i have some wicked cool ideas i think… and this is my humble opinion…. will REVOLUTIONIZE the industry. intense no?

yep. this is not a passing fancy. this is something i want to do for the rest of my life. this is my career goal.

stay tune.