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[howel]

And take jobs. Just sayin’.

@Johnny wrote:

That looks real good mane. It think it goes something like this though “love it… Or enter it illegally and try to change the national language”

[howel]

Are you from the UK? (completely unrelated, sorry) It’s just that “telly” and “Tom, Dick and Harry” are both VERY British things to say.

I’ve also noticed that the people who are “inspired” by these shows to become apprentices generally aren’t the caliber of artist that I would be comfortable with putting art on me permanently. If a person is called to tattoo people, their art will demonstrate that fact, and the same is true for those who are not. I’m still working on my portfolio and I mean, I’m in 11th grade and I’ve known for YEARS that tattooing is my calling, but I don’t trust the quality of my art or the sharpness of my skills yet to even ATTEMPT to get an apprenticeship, let alone actually ink anyone. I just think that there should be a way to prove yourself as devoted to the trade, rather than just someone who’s had a whim. Tattooing is a career, not a hobby. I mean, I guess it could be a hobby, but apprenticing is SERIOUS stuff, so people shouldn’t like, jerk off the artists who are looking for serious people to train. It’s just completely unfair to those of us who love tattoos and the art of tattooing and want to share this love with others.

(that’s my motivation for seeking an apprenticeship. Tattoos are deeply personal, and I want to be a part of that experience for people. I want to help people experience that. IT’S HELPING PEOPLE!!!! YAY!!!!)

@Loopi wrote:

I got this too!

When looking for my apprenticeship I got brought in to a room with a load of tattoo artists they belittled me with comments like “so you wanna be a tattoo artist like Kat von dee” and “we cant offer you a camera to follow you around all day” …. I stood there 27 years of age and felt like a 5 yo. tempted to punch the big guy to show the smaller ones to STFU I stared at the last one to give me a smart comment and told him maybe if he stopped watching crap telly he might have a client to tattoo.

I throw on the odd episode of Miami or LA ink to see what people are getting tattooed then practice drawing and tattooing it, i do not tune in every week to see what drama kat has written in to her script for that week.

Every tattoo artist I have come across has expected me to be a ” i <3 Miami/la ink" chick, I have been painting people for years now before those tv shows made it appealing for every tom dick and harry. I just want to move my art from a couple of hours to permanent.

[howel]

Being a comic fan and aspiring graphic novelist as well as a tattooist in the making, I’m lovin the joker ink, dude. I am a DC comics girl all the way, and The Killing Joke is one of my favorite Batman stories. Good choice. I might’ve considered one of the joker images from The Jigsaw Man. (It’s an Arkham Asylum: Tales of Insanity book. Really good. You get the back stories to a couple of villains. I highly recommend it.)

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