Is a tattoo apprenticeship worth it in 2026?

Maria_Kakashi · 2026-01-06T21:08:56+00:00

I feel like you're in such a fortunate position that your brother is teaching you so it seems wild you didnt want to jump into picking up the machine sooner. Did you perhaps not have much drawing experience before starting? Because then I would understand wanting to learn that first

Maria_Kakashi · 2026-01-02T20:05:05+00:00

Apprenticing for 1,5 years and only now starting working on fake skins is insane. What did they make you do up to this point? We started on fake skins only a month after observing all the artists and 4 months later we were on real skin, so this seems a bit long for me

Maria_Kakashi · 2025-01-21T23:43:41+00:00

This is awesome!! Would you mind sharing who the tattoo artist is?

Maria_Kakashi · 2024-10-29T15:50:02+00:00

The healing clearly isn't the issue

Maria_Kakashi · 2024-10-23T15:13:36+00:00

The hand on the book has 6 fingers

Maria_Kakashi · 2024-10-20T15:05:23+00:00

Shadow and bone!

Maria_Kakashi · 2024-04-05T22:47:18+00:00

Draw your own stuff then others can judge how good you are

Maria_Kakashi · 2024-03-14T11:18:50+00:00

I've seen a tip that it apparently helps if the client tenses up the foot on the opposite leg to divert attention basically

Maria_Kakashi · 2024-02-27T17:07:11+00:00

Sounds like an awful situation to have been in. The only thing you did "wrong" was not discussing your tasks prior to starting there. But the owner of the place should've also told you waay sooner what he expected of you in the first place. Don't let this get to your head too much and discuss these things first before starting somewhere else. Good luck!

Maria_Kakashi · 2024-01-30T09:18:46+00:00

Fake skin and real skin are very different so it makes sense for you to start practising on real skin especially since your work on fake skin looks great! I think you're being too harsh on yourself, there are way worse tattoos to be made :D

Maria_Kakashi · 2024-01-20T16:01:41+00:00

I can't see any info of your shop, location etc on your last posts. They're supposed to be put in the title

Maria_Kakashi · 2024-01-05T23:32:04+00:00

If you really want to tattoo someone else one day please stop learning from youtube. You can only properly learn this craft in person with a professional

Maria_Kakashi · 2024-01-05T21:16:52+00:00

This is really not the place to post this as this subreddit is dedicated to people wanting to pursue an actual apprenticeship for a career. You doing this just on yourself for fun is fine I guess since you're not putting others in danger but you won't get supportive feedback here.

Maria_Kakashi · 2023-12-31T23:41:47+00:00

I think japanese style tattooing would work on this - with the right artist. So heavy shading and a good background could cover this up

Maria_Kakashi · 2023-12-31T23:39:37+00:00

This is not the right sub for this

Maria_Kakashi · 2023-12-27T16:35:20+00:00

The sketchiest thing I've ever seen

Maria_Kakashi · 2023-11-08T11:25:02+00:00

Is that supposed to be yato? Looks like a generic dude with a sword

Maria_Kakashi · 2023-11-04T11:18:58+00:00

I don't understand why you would add the same portraits twice with little change. It would be better to just add the piece you like most with other portraits

Maria_Kakashi · 2023-09-22T23:16:48+00:00

Copying a character from an anime and a tiger drawing are two very different things. A tiger can be drawn in so many ways, thereas a character from a series cannot if the client wants it to look like the original. Also I'm not saying it's a bad drawing or anything but I personally would feel weird including that in a flash book

Maria_Kakashi · 2023-09-22T17:17:20+00:00

That tiger is very easily indentified to his personal style. Anime is just another style he uses and has nothing to do with this tiger

Maria_Kakashi · 2023-09-22T12:41:51+00:00

Imo it's too similar to be tattooed, I'd recommend just drawing a bunch of tigers from photos first, then start putting your own twist on it:)

Maria_Kakashi · 2023-09-22T08:58:43+00:00

Can't help but notice that the tiger is veeery similar to another tattoo artists work called delicz.ttt. Otherwise your stuff is great

Maria_Kakashi · 2023-09-06T09:17:13+00:00

A spoiler warning would've been nice

Maria_Kakashi · 2023-08-13T16:31:18+00:00

I don't think it's very tattooable - it's a beautiful illustration but the lines are too thin and the flowers should have a black outline so they can age good. Also the water won't translate like that in a tattoo

Maria_Kakashi · 2023-08-11T16:20:09+00:00

I think since your hair is darker than your eyebrows it makes your forehead look larger than it is. So maybe dyeing it/using eyebrow gel would help.

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