Thanks again for all of your help. I am just going to go ahead and begin my college courses while talking to local artists about how they got their start and what they did. I don’t mind throwing in 70 bucks, but whether or not the actual site is legit at all is the real question.

I will just attend the courses and play it by ear from there.
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Yeah, I am pretty hesitant to do the online course.. I am so much better hands on, I seem to learn better that way…

However they do have the pathogen and the osha courses I like, but if a tattoo artist won’t even regocnize it as worth it then I guess I should turn the offer down.

I think a good idea may be to find a few great artists in my…[Read more]

Thank you so much! This is EXACTLY what I have been looking for!
I am already planning my classes, drawing one and two, graphic design, human anatomy, etc.

I want to perfect this.
I will perfect this!

I like to think of myself as strong willed and in an unforgiving industry I have to be.
I am pretty good at drawing but definently not the best,…[Read more]

I am thinking about taking college certification programs on Drawing I and II, along with portrait drawing and basic shading etc. Any other ideas on what I should take?

Also going to get certifications from Red Cross on pathogens and human anatomy.

Any other class ideas?
I want to spend at least a year or so perfecting my art. :]