@robyn9882 20749 wrote:

Yeah getting an appreticeship is the right way to go, but if you can’t get one right away then start yourself. It’s not hard to research things and buy equipment. Practice on oranges, dont waste your time buying the fake skin because It’s very hard to use. Make sure you learn about blood bourne pathogens and the correct way to sterilize and be clean. Practice practice practice and when you can get the apprenticeship take it. But when you think about it…who taught all the great tattooist how to tattoo???…themselves

are you kidding about just doing research? Yeah it’s not difficult to go buy a weak $90 kit and start blowing out lines and scarring tissue like it was your job. If you don’t give a shit about you, at least have the decency to take other peoples’ health into consideration. There’s a million and one tattooists…properly trained of otherwise….for every professional there’s 300 scratchers. We’ve got aids, among other diseases in the world. We don’t need a little jerk in his kitchen tat just tattooed a pig’s foot thinking he’s big time. some professionals now may have started by scratching…that doesn’t mean it’s ok for you to do that. We have enough idiots claiming the title of tattooist…DO IT RIGHT or DON’T DO IT AT ALL. Stop trying to cloud the water.

prices vary…

Do i want to do it?
How much time do I have to spend on it?
Do I personally think it’s worth my effort?
Am I into the tattoo?
Is it worth even setting up my equipment and prep time for the tattoo?

I hate tribals. Most tribals people get aren’t really even tribals. Most people don’t even realize that each character is a representation of something and has a cultural background. I.E. Polynesian, Somoan, Moab. Things of that nature. I’ll always quote high on a regular lame tribal because it’s not worth my time, i personally think it’s rediculous and only unimaginative peons get big black solid tribals because they just want a tattoo and can’t come up with something good.

ok….so avatars. there seems to be a little info about them but i can’t seem to upload let alone remove the disable option to get the ball rollin…what’s the deal?

pics of said 15 year old?

go to bmeink.com and look at the user galleries. tons of great ideas all sectioned off into categories

two ways.

– apprenticeship from a professional tattooist. which rarely if ever is free.

-order some equipment and start scratching away.

if i was you, i’d focus less on the latter and get a proper apprenticeship.