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A rule of thumb is a tattoo artist doesn’t want to hire an apprentice that has already tattooed from home
Tattoo artists don’t like to work, and breaking any bad habits you have along with reteaching you everything is a lot of work

your best bet is to make a really solid art portfolio of really high quality drawings, and pictures of any other art…[Read more]

I actually made a similar page not long ago

https://www.facebook.com/RebellINK?fref=ts

lookin good
i see you like the new school style :)

that’s a super rad sketch :)

I only use Hildbrant needles, and grips :)

Knew a guy that wrapped a paper towel folded to fit the tube (4 folds works) and taped together. Looked like it gave him a nice cushion. Have you given the fish grips a shot?

Yep it’s an epidemic, from people I know, we got one shop out this way saying 10 grand for a one year apprenticeship with the comment, (try to goto college for less than 10k a year!) BAH!!! I would never charge an apprentice for the learning. My last one was made to sign a 5 year contract, 2 years apprentice, 3 years working for me exclusively for…[Read more]

One mans scratcher is another mans artist. Or whatever. Saying that because the top post is absolutely right. “shops” hate out of fear that they will get less work and actually have to start turning out good customer service, better ink and so on to stay inking. We recently got started on opening a retail location and I started looking for an…[Read more]

I never could get the hazing crap, understand it I mean. My apprenticeship was a lucky one. I was mentored by a woman who said “well i think you know how to use a mop so no I don’t want you to clean anything, let’s work on your skill as an artist”. That stuck with me. I was yelled at a few times, stupid beginner mistakes that I made. But never…[Read more]

I’d have to say that with the exception of just bad quality crappy ink, the ink you end up picking is as varied in some cases as the parts you use. Just because some people “swear” by one brand or another doesn’t mean much. I hit an economical speedbump and at the same time had an issue with almost all my basic colors. I ended up buying a set of…[Read more]

the issues I’m having with it are the excessive use of exclaimation points. IE: “!!!!!”
It just seems unnecessary, and unprofessional
as well as the page on what you use. you should have a section for just the studio. pics of the studio, machines, disposable needles, etc
and your whole website is put off by the part with Mags in it. its OUTSIDE…[Read more]

Welcome
Glad to have you ehre
hope to see some of your art :D

welcome
next time make a new thread instead of piggy backing on someone else’s

well in that case! :D

My dream has always been to tattoo at some point in Japan, and/or Australia. I’ve always been a huge fan of both countries since I was very young. That and Australian accents are super hawtness :)

@lsheffler wrote:

Next time say np girl or chick or ma’am or something. Haha

oops my mad! haha i dont remember you posting your gender, so I just assumed! Sorries! :)

+1 to what rob said. Hildbrant’s spartan is a really solid and rad power

http://www.tattoomachineequipment.com/hildbrandt-tattoo-machine-power-supply-pw11

it also comes in yellow…[Read more]

Intenze Zuper Black is tribal ink
it doesnt have any undertone
My ex girlfriend has many tattoos–including solid black leopard prints–and they are still blacker than black
you were probably using fake ink
my father also got his first tattoos using the Zuper I have ( I normally used Alla Prima)
and they are still solid black

as far as the others…[Read more]

haha np man just glad I could be of assistance

no problem
there are other people around that help, but a lot of them are super busy. I usually make time to check the forum a couple times a day

the guy who runs the site has like 30 other projects on the go so he doesnt get a lot of time to check on the forums, and stuff. plus he travels a lot

one of the global mods recently opened his own…[Read more]

I’ve heard some good things. I mainly use Hildbrant as I like their prices, and they do not have a minimum order size like a lot of places do. I can go in, and order a 4$ armature bar and have that be the extent of my order. :)

I havent heard any good things about skin candy personally. check out http://www.tattoomachineequipment.com they have very reasonable prices
you can get 3 bottles of Kurosumi 6oz for 45$ if i remember correctly