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Old 06-11-2008, 09:24 AM
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Work on your portfolio.......that will sell your ability before a sleeve of s&!tty tattoos will!

Now on the person you are and loving tattoos. I don't fit the bill 100%. I work in the corporate world and have always been considered a prep. I have clothes from both Abercrombie and Stranglehold. I like music from the Dropkick Murphys and Rise Against to the Avett Brothers and Damien Rice. I don't fit in perfectly with any group and sometimes its awesome and sometimes it sucks. But one thing, i've always loved artists, i've always been amazed by musicians and people who can sit down and draw(James Thorpe, your ninja drawings in 4th grade still blow my mind...thanks for letting me trace them.). I couldn't wait to get my first tattoo and i did that my first town pass after joining the airforce back in 1993(a black and grey skull on my leg). I only have 5 tattoos. I love tattoos. But i've also learned that i love better ones more. I Love my Devries piece and i hate my KOI(local shop). I'm waiting for Kore Flatmo to bless me with an appointment and i'll keep waiting as long as it takes! NO more s&!t tattoos for Terry. If you love them you'll make sure you get them done by the BEST!! (BB - that newest tattoo posted is sick brother...i love that s&!t, i want one!!!). I want Bond, I want Josh Woods, I want Nick Baxter and Bob Tyrrell.
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Old 06-11-2008, 09:38 AM
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interesting way of looking at it... and I said on me where its visible I dont like.. I wouldnt want to go in for a job interview in something else and then not be able to get hired cuz i have so many tats. and I hate it when ppl stare at me which tattoos bring in lots of attention.. like i said i am still an apprentice so I have to get other jobs in order to pay for it all.
yeah well, i dont tattoo either, but reading your statment, yeah you have to get other jobs to pay bills for now.... I think you need to really look at your self, it sounds to me like mabie you arent really wanting to tattoo for a career and thats really what your afraid of, the future...... you sound scared.......
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Old 06-11-2008, 09:41 AM
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and if you dont want people to stare at you then never leave your house..... mabie people are stareing at your piercings????? mabie your zipper is unzipped and your weiner is flopping out and thats what they are looking at..... OR even better, mabie they want a tattoo and you are an artist and you want to tattoo them and you are basicaly self promoting but letting them stare at you... its only putting $$$$$$$$ in your pocket if you get tattood and show them off and talk to people and book an appt with them.... i say stop being such a pussy and go out there and make it happen!!!!!!
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Old 06-11-2008, 10:47 AM
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I tattooed for 2 years without full sleeves as well.

but my legs were sleeved and I lived in FL and TX so I wore shorts at work.

HOWEVER the reason I was waiting was so I could save up money to FLY somewhere to get my sleeves done.

the minute I had enough money, I was on a plane.
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Old 06-11-2008, 10:48 AM
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Ijust didnt want sleeves from where I was working at the time, I wanted to get them done by someone I could LEARN NEW exciting ideas from.
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Old 06-11-2008, 10:49 AM
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i agree with terry on this one but still stand by my original statement. Terry loves great art and artists and chooses to adorn his body with their work, but he himself is not a tattoo artist. An amazing portfolio can get you to where you want to be but i wouldn't have had nearly as many customers if it wasn't for my own tattoos (which i'll be the first to admit are not the best).

people will never want to talk to you about tattoos (despite how much knowledge you may actually possess) if you don't have them. They'll look at you and think "why should i trust this guy who doesn't have any visible tattoos". and by having to remove a piece of clothing to show them it's basically like you're trying to convince them.

Ask almost any artist, almost every client believes they know everything about tattoos. The only clients that don't are the ones that trust you completely.

it's a general stigma around the tattooing community that tattoo artists need to be heavily tattooed, a stigma i am more happily to be a part of. You only get to a high level in this career by completely immersing yourself in it, learning as much as you can from as many people as you can. Getting tattooed by the people you admire and look up to.

If you don't want people staring at you don't get tattooed but get outta this business. Its like trying to poop without peeing even a little.
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Old 06-11-2008, 11:43 AM
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i want to emmerse myself in reese cups and boobs at the moment.
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you and me both my friend
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Old 06-11-2008, 12:00 PM
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i had a job paying 36k a year and i had both of my forearms fully done before i quit to tattoo full time, and that was a desk job where i had to be presentable.

it's what you make of it, this isn't a weekend warrior industry. this is a give all you have, including your skin industry. I would never let anyone touch a needle to my skin on any part of my body that they don't already have covered.

and like bb said, why would you get into a job doing tattoos if you don't like how they look!!!

you're starting to make me wonder sir, you made the obvious statement that you've been doing tattoos outside of your apprenticeship!!! Rule #1 broken right there, does your mentor know this?

Yes he does because it's my mentor that told me to do them... I know how to tat I just needed to learn all the things on cleaning and safety and such. However I already knew that too cuz I used to volunteer at a hospital and you have to have BBP, First Aid, And CPR certification. And Its difficult because my mentor is my dad so I've been around tattoos/tattooing my whole life
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Old 06-11-2008, 12:05 PM
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you have a dad? Lucky!!!
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