I'm starting to consider taking up tattooing, but I dont want to spend $300 on a 'getting started' kit or spend $4000 for school for tattooing. Anyone have any ideas? I know apprentice-ship would be a good start, but don't a majority of apprentice-ships pay very little or not at all?
If anyone within the Crystal Lake, Elgin, Huntley, IL area is looking for someone to add to their team, or has any suggestions - please let me know.
2006-11-03 06:22:52 · 15 answers · asked by Anonymous in Beauty & Style ➔ Skin & Body ➔ Tattoos
I've been in the industry for over 7 years. You should absolutely not take up tattooing if you haven't been trained. People can be permanently scarred. Tattoos that are too shallow won't last, ones that are too deep can cause keloids, the ink can spread under the skin, or can even develope into cellulitis. I have seen people so messed up by "scratchers" what they have can never be corrected. Not too mention the necessity for medical sterilization needed for instruments. There is more to tattooing than the art. You need to be educated on cross contamination, illnesses that affect how tattoos will heal, the laws in your state, etc. You need to be educated on different aftercare procedures, allergy-inducing inks, needle making, stencil making, etc.
2006-11-03 06:33:19 · answer #1 · answered by Kel 5 · 3⤊ 1⤋
What an apprenticeship lacks in big money, it will more than make up for in acquired skills. You will learn how to do the job safely and see how the business works from the inside out.
If you're serious about tattooing, an apprenticeship with a talented, skilled, and successful tattoo artist is really the only smart way to go. If you're not serious, then don't waste the $4000, the $300, or the time and money making a machine. Go find something else to do.
2006-11-03 06:40:49 · answer #2 · answered by tamesbadger 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Most apprenticeships won't pay, but that's just how things are. If you aren't willing to have a true professional teach you and show you what to do, then you aren't serious at all. You have to spend the money to one day make money, so either bite the bullet or do something else. If you can't afford classes and the gun, then you'll have to take what you can get (keep in mind, most of those classes won't amount to anything later on). Plus, if you learn from a professional, they will have much more sound and helpful advise and you'll get a better feel and hands on experience that'll do you better in the long run. Kel is right in what he/she said
That probably sounds rude here and there, but I worked and went to school full time when I was learning how to just PIERCE people and there is less to that then tattooing. I'm now working on learning basic tattooing and its not easy and I don't get much now. I made next to nothing and its now paying off and will pay off later
2006-11-03 06:42:41 · answer #3 · answered by 4eyed zombie 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
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How to make your own tattoo machine w/o spending $300?
I'm starting to consider taking up tattooing, but I dont want to spend $300 on a 'getting started' kit or spend $4000 for school for tattooing. Anyone have any ideas? I know apprentice-ship would be a good start, but don't a majority of apprentice-ships pay very little or not at...
2015-08-19 04:32:11 · answer #4 · answered by Almire 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
we made one and worked well. We took a bic pen and broke it off part way from the top leaving a hollow tube. We took a tooth brush and heated it at the head and bent the brissel part (while hot) so it was an L shape. We attached a small dc motor we bought at radio shack and glued/taped the motor to the wide L part of the toothbrush, leaving the pin like plunger(the part that spins) hanging over the handle of the toothbrush. We took the plastic ballpoint part of the pin(the part that holds the ink) and pushed it onto the motor plunger, then ran it back through the broken pen outer tube then glued and tape the tube to the handle of the tooth brush, then melted the needle to the ink tube after removing the ballpoint tip and hit it with a dab of super glue after it cooled. We ran wires from an old HO toy train transformer to the motor, and the speed lever on the train transformer allowed us to adjust the speed of the needle. Dab the end of the india ink and put a decent tattoo on my arm. Just make sure everything is well built and solid. It was very comfortable to draw with. Hope this makes sense without a pic but its how us poor old hippies did it back in the day.
2016-03-22 13:10:44 · answer #5 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
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2016-11-13 10:00:59 · answer #6 · answered by wexler 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If what you want is to try it to see if it is something you would like to do, you can do a search of how to build your own tattoo machine. I would not suggest doing anything with it but grapefruits though. It is not a sanitary way to tattoo and the feel of a homemade tattoo machine is a lot different than the feel of a real one.
2006-11-04 03:32:00 · answer #7 · answered by Joy 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋
okay...not to be rude but...
It would be best to go to school out of all your choices. Get a loan or something. Because...if your tattoos don't look very good on people, you could have a serious lawsuit on your hands. So, unless you've actually tattooed people before, don't do it.
And yeah, apprenticeships don't pay much of anything.
2006-11-03 16:13:14 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
You pay for what you get. Seriously.. My opinion, get the gun, well more than one gun, for different types of lines. You'll need all types of cleaning stuff, like for the machines. It is not cheep to get started. Don't go all half ******, there are such things as AIDS. You need a heath card. If you don't want to put out the type of cash it takes to really give it a go,Leave it for the professionals.
2006-11-03 09:33:26 · answer #9 · answered by vegasvuxeb 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If you can't shell out $ for a descent machine, then you shouldn't be tattooing.
2006-11-04 13:00:27 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋