How to Become a Tattoo Apprentice
Develop your skills by drawing regularly and pushing yourself.. Put a portfolio together that embodies your flexibility to market yourself.. Get a college degree in a visual art if you want to stand out.
Steps
Develop your skills by drawing regularly and pushing yourself.
Develop your skills by drawing regularly and pushing yourself.
Put a portfolio together that embodies your flexibility to market yourself.
Put a portfolio together that embodies your flexibility to market yourself.
Get a college degree in a visual art if you want to stand out.
Get a college degree in a visual art if you want to stand out.
Get a hepatitis B vaccine to stay safe in the shop.
Get a hepatitis B vaccine to stay safe in the shop.
Look online to find reputable artists that you want to work with.
Look online to find reputable artists that you want to work with.
Search a tattoo parlor's website to see if they accept apprentices.
Search a tattoo parlor's website to see if they accept apprentices.
Show up at the shop with your portfolio and introduce yourself.
Show up at the shop with your portfolio and introduce yourself.
Talk to each potential mentor and examine their portfolio.
Talk to each potential mentor and examine their portfolio.
Hang around the shop so the artists can get to know you.
Hang around the shop so the artists can get to know you.
Be persistent in asking for an apprenticeship and don't give up.
Be persistent in asking for an apprenticeship and don't give up.
Accept any offers to work as an apprentice at a shop you respect.
Accept any offers to work as an apprentice at a shop you respect.
Complete basic tasks around the shop as you're directed.
Complete basic tasks around the shop as you're directed.
Create preliminary sketches that match the needs of the mentor's clients.
Create preliminary sketches that match the needs of the mentor's clients.
Learn how to set up the equipment and mix ink.
Learn how to set up the equipment and mix ink.
Provide free tattoos to friends and family to get some practice.
Provide free tattoos to friends and family to get some practice.
Get certified as a tattoo artist by applying for your license.
Get certified as a tattoo artist by applying for your license.
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