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Make Your Own Tattoo Biography

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From my childhood to my early teens I was raised in Terre Haute, Indiana. My later high school years were spent in Sarasota, Florida where I also attended the Ringling School of Art and Design. In my early twenties I moved to Hollywood, CA, and I have been here ever since. My current age is a youthful, vibrant 48! I am a tattoo desI had a successful career as a graphic designer/commercial illustrator, but I didn’t feel fulfilled. I’d go to work every day and my talents were exploited for the sole purpose of selling a product. No one cared if my art evoked some profound human emotion or touched people in a positive way; nor was there concern if I was knowledgeable of the great masters and the impact of art on society as a whole throughout time…my job was to make a product package that caused people to BUY, BUY, BUY!!!! I kinda felt like a pi

mped out hooker!

At that time a lot of my tattooed friends expressed that they liked my personal drawings and paintings and wanted me to design tattoos for them.  I did this for quite some time until one friend in particular insisted that I not only design his tattoo but also tattoo him myself.  I then decided to learn the art of tattooing as a hobby for close friends, tattooing out of a spare room in my home.  The requests from friends became more frequent, and my home could not accommodate them all, so I decided to rent a small studio space to carry out my hobby.  I started to charge for my services to at least cover studio rent. Tattooing friends grew to tattooing and charging others I did not even know and I suppose, some 20 years of tattooing later, that is what I’m still doing today…a hobby/passion that I love and just so happen to get paid for!

3. If a man wants to become a tattoo artist, how should he prepare? How do you learn the skills and artistry necessary to succeed at the job?

One must seek out an apprenticeship to become a tattoo artist.  First and foremost one must already be an artist well-skilled at drawing and hopefully painting as well; I can teach anyone the technical skill of tattooing but your tattoos will only be as good as you can draw.  Be careful in seeking out an apprenticeship; it is quite common to get ripped off. Many would-be tattoo gurus are nothing more than charlatans seeking someone to pay their rent, degrade, fetch donuts and sweep their floors without delivering a sound education. Find a tattoo artist who respects the craft and is genuinely concerned about your learning.

Be prepared to pay handsomely; you are investing in an education no different than what some pay for university.

4. I assume most tattoo artists want to one day own their own shop. But how do they get there? How do you get hired for your first job and then go about attracting clients and making a name for yourself? How did you get to where you are and what tips do you have for others?

After completing an apprenticeship you must build a body of work in a portfolio and shop around to various studios for employment. Most of this leg work can be done via email or web links to your work. Your portfolio will speak for itself and could gain you an interview and subsequent employment. After some time spent tattooing in an established studio you will gain a clientele that requests you personally, which in turn sets you up for the possibility of eventually opening your own shop.

Opening your own studio is quite an undertaking; most artists are poor businessmen, and therefore you must hone your business skills as sharply as you have your artistic talents; not doing so is the #1 cause of failure of tattoo shops (or any artistic endeavor for that matter). Check your state and city laws concerning the legalities of opening a shop; there are many restrictions that vary state to state, and you must comply or be shut down. The absolute and #1 compliance you must meet is that of health code and blood born pathogen training; I don’t care if you can tattoo like Michelangelo if you are infecting your clients with a new strain of the plague!!!

5. What separates those who become successful tattoo artists from those who never get anywhere with it? What qualities must the successful tattoo artist possess?

It’s been said “we are all created equal”…sorry, that doesn’t fly in the world of art; otherwise, all of us would have decorated a corner of the Sistine Chapel. You must be prolific with an exceptional talent in drawing and hopefully painting as well in order to excel above the masses of tattooists in an ever growing and now socially accepted medium. As I’ve already mentioned–I can teach anyone the technicalities required to tattoo, but your work will only be as good as you could previously draw and/or paint. You must be a “people person” in order to do well in this career too. A good portion of your day will consist of dealing with client’s first time tattoo jitters, constantly answering the same questions over and over to each new client, and deciphering a myriad of individual life stories that will require you to be a bit of a counselor/psychiatrist/shaman in order to translate your client’s wishes and life experiences into a piece of art. Nobody likes that “I’m a bad ass too cool for school tattoo guy” crap anymore; if you’re not nice, approachable, and genuinely concerned for your clients’ needs then they will not want you to be involved with something as intimate as tattooing their bodyigner/artist specializing in custom work.

I make people happy; I make their dreams come true. I transform them from frogs to princes, from ugly ducklings to beautiful swans, from Clark Kents to Supermen. I’m the genie in the lamp. I’m Santa for adults. It has been said “the body is the temple,” well then I’m the guy who installs the stained glass windows!!! I empower people and show them who they are and who they can be. I am the facilitator of many rites of passage.

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