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Who else watched this and was like "Hell yeah man, I can put my nose to the grind and do this myself!" Sooo inspirational

25 shop owners are mad that this video is telling people that they don't need to be slaves to learn how to tattoo

I have been tattooing for 15 years. We didn't have these videos back then. And apprenticeships were nightmares. I learned on my own. I applaud you for what you are doing giving artists a backing to the fundamentals of tattooing. Thank you man and stay safe. ☮️

I’m an apprentice right now, I think I’ve got the best mentor on earth. My job there is to draw all day watch tattoos being done get critiqued and clean up the shop after we close. I’ve learned more in the few months I’ve been there than I did in high school.

I'm so happy that I found this channel. I tried to apprentice for years like YEARS and I was turned away for being female or not having a degree in art or just because I didn't have 4k to be an apprentice. I finally am financially able to get the equipment I need to be my own boss. Thanks for giving great advice and has helped me out tremendously!

I'm self taught as well. After spending my life trying to find my place in the world I on a whim bought a cheep tattoo machine off Amazon and I ran with it. So so so many late nights and early mornings absorbing every single piece of information I could find. So much practice and a billion set backs and oranges later. I've found my happiness. Its been such a hard journey but I opened the doors to my shop 3 weeks ago. Its been the greatest few weeks of my life to date. I feel like I busted my a$$ to be where I am. Thank you for sharing your story, I'm grinding for my two kiddos hoping some day ill have something to leave behind for them.

This is the most informational video on apprenticeship I have ever seen. I’m just starting out as one!

I used to work at a shop for 14 hours a day and essentially be a complete slave, to the point that i was also having to preform sexual acts to even stay. "Know when to get out" Is the most important line i could tell anyone. Thank you for making me not have to rely on someone who wont have my best interest

Hey man, I found your channel by accident and it's the most relatable stuff that I saw till now. Your apprenticeship experience even though I never got to one I can fully feel you. The pep talks I got from "professional" artist portray apprentice as something sophisticated almost, how you will learn things about the shop, tattoo machine, designing tattoos etc. but you know... you gotta be ready to clean the toilet pretty much every day. And you know what? Most of my friends who went through apprenticeship had to do pretty much same things as you (even taking food for the guys in the shop, cleaning, doing stuff completely not related to the apprentice) and this makes me feel kind of disgusted about this industry. I do know not everyone is like that, but the knowledge that so many artist are going through something that is so not professional like this is incredible. I love your videos, I think there are very useful and inspiring, keep up the good work!!!

This was incredibly sobering, I've been teaching myself for the last 9 months, I've done some decent pieces, some real bad ones on myself before i knew the difference been a shader and a liner. But I've been invited to work at my friends shop but as my own artist. So now I gotta watch my friend and learn as much from her as I can and teach myself on my own. I'm scared but it was good to here someone speak on the realities of it all.

Honestly who needs an apprenticeship when there’s this dude. Been wanting to start tattooing and thinking about an apprenticeship but I’ve always been worried about the unnecessary drama and whatnot that seems to come along with it. Just found your channel looking for tattoo gun reviews while thinking about buying one, as usual. Now here I am, a few hours later and still watching your videos 😄. Let me just say, you are so inspiring and helpful for us newbies. I think I’m finally going to order all of the supplies after watching your tattoo supplies video (exactly what I needed). Thank you! Amazing work & advice. I’m so excited about this!

I’m completely self taught.I just got into a shop about 2 months ago. I started tattooing 20 years ago when a friend of my brothers asked me to work in his shop. I told him I’ve never tattooed, he mentioned that if I could draw I could tattoo. So his faith in me and excitement of working in a shop ,and run it ,with no boss hands down I said yes. So I’d been working there about 6 months when realize there is so much more about this craft that I absolutely had no idea what I was doing. When I first saw those machines they looked foreign to me. One shader,and one liner by superior tattoo. They both looked the same. There was no KZfaq at the time I knew of to learn. So I shelved tattooing for 11 years .Vowing not to tattoo until I could get mentored. This was going to be a lot harder than I thought it would be. In the 90s you couldn’t just go into a shop with your portfolio and get an apprenticeship. A lot of the tattoo artist were still old school. And was still guarding the secrets for which had been held down to the by there mentors . I had no hope getting into a shop at the time. And then it hit me . I need to learn this on my own. I started researching the history. Reading everything I could to get knowledge of tattooing anyway I could. In the beginning of KZfaq there was a lot of false tattoo information to discourage people from tattooing . It took years and thousands of hours watching KZfaq videos, taking notes, listening to multiple tattoo artist on line to try and form a logical consensus from a mass amount of videos. I didn’t know how long it would take, I just knew to do this I’m going to need as much knowledge about this craft to be able to do this at any respectable level. So the work had begin . Totally consuming I’m every thought. Every moment. At night in my dreams. I had found that one thing! That one thing that everyone in there life is searching for. There life’s dream. Who they want to be for the rest of there life. And I found it . So that sparked even more hunger inside. So I bought a new coil machine setup. It was called a 357 magnum by hildabrant tattoofrom Canada. They sent me a little video and some info. And I learnt a lot in a year to year and a half I was back into it. I had practiced on the synthetic skin. To no prevail. Then a couple really close friends of mine had offered to be canvases whenever I needed. So we did a lot of work. Over multiple sessions. A lot of things I learnt was by tattooing myself. My legs mostly. I had told my friends I wasn’t that good at the moments but later, when I became better would fix them. They were fine with that. But as time passed I realized my machines were going out of tune and I wasn’t getting anywhere learning. Because I couldn’t tell if it was me or my machines or what. So I sold all my stuff! I told my self that when I get enough money to be able to invest in my craftmAnd buy shop quality machines and do everything the way they do in the shop. From knowing all the cross contamination stuff and having all the barrier supply’s I needed. When I got back into tattooing I had all the supplies I needed it took a min to get there’s a lot of stuff you need. So I bought some nice rotarys, a decent power supply and standard needles. I hadn’t purchased cartridges yet I wanted to eliminate any additional variables. So I kept working kept honeing my skills. I didn’t know how long it would take or if I would ever get a chance to work in a shop and finally become a legit tattooer . It was all consuming the best I’ve ever felt a month and 3 weeks ago I finally got into a shop. I’m doing well . Doing beautiful work and still learning this amazing craft. Every time I tattoo I learn. So don’t give up, believe in you, invest in you, learn and work hard and anything is possible, just be patient. Thanks to videos like this and the awesome community of tattooist that are willing to share there knowledge to help the tattoo industry is amazing. Thanks so much

Hey dude I'm just starting out trying to teach myself. I'm ex British Army and worked with a team from the Marine Corps in Afghanistan. Just want to say thank you for all the videos and the time effort you're putting in to help others regardless off some negativity you may receive. Keep it up. Helped me out loads so far.

You've defmotivated me to keep moving forward with tattooing! I've been self teaching myself because all the shops I go to and ask for apprenticeships they get highly mad, act as if I've disrespected them or even ask for thousands of dollars to hold that position that I would never get back. I practice on real pig skin, my wife and myself. Just recently upgraded my power supply and bought the Dragonhawk Mast Tour and am waiting for that to come in. I'd love to show you some work I've done to get some solid input if possible as no one else wants to do that with me :/

Really glad I found this channel. This video has motivated me to keep trying to learn as much as I can.

I seriously love these videos! Thank you so much for all the help.. excited for this journey for sure.

Would love to see a tour of your tattoo shop as well, and a story about the room you started tattooing in when you went off on your own!

This is me right now. I’ve been to a couple of shops and got rejected mostly because they weren’t looking for anyone or they wanted someone with experience. So I’m here watching your videos learning from you I feel like your my coach. I’ve been “tattooing “ for 2 years but it’s mostly like family , friends, some of theirs friends- friends, I even wanted to just not tattoo anymore because I didn’t see it going anywhere.

Thank you for putting yourself out there and speaking your opinion... cause in this industry it is very judgmental. This vid is absolutely inspiring. In my case a tattoo artist gave me some tips and helped me order what I needed to start off. He gave me tips during the 3 tattooed he did on me. After that my husband volunteered for me to practice cause he absolutely believes in me. I did basic tattoos , but he always sees something in me that I don’t even see . So he throws detailed tattoos at me and I am glad cause it has helped me lots.

You have taught me more than any one could of, you werent afraid of tattooing yourself to teach us and we really apreciate that, thank you so much

I really appreciated watching this video. I’ve had a lot of people say I’m wasting my time and money on tattooing but I really love doing it. I’ve done 4 tattoos (not including the 6 I’ve done on myself)with amazing feed back and happy clients. Watching all your videos is how I’ve been learning! So thank you, thank you for putting content out here to really help new artist.

This was so incredibly inspiring and motivational. I’ve been trying so hard to get into tattooing but it’s definitely discouraging at times. This was really what I needed to know and hear so thank you!

Your videos have helped me out ALOT man I’ve been wanting to tattoo since I was a kid and my first tattoo I did on myself is HUGE but thanks to your videos my tattoo is beautiful. Ur the reason I keep practicing Mann hella inspirational !

Really needed to hear this. Thank you so much for your videos! 🙏

You're awesome man, I appreciate your story and your journey.

By far the best tattoo channel that i can actually follow a long with. I've been tattooing for just a short while, and your videos are very educational for me personally. I've done a bunch on myself, and each one is getting better. Thank you for taking the time to share with us!

I have a great deal of respect for you as a person and it's fantastic to watch your journey unfold. Anybody that takes the opportunity to watch your videos will learn as much about being a good person as they will about tattooing. Thank you for everything man.

Thank you so much for telling everyone your story. I've been watching you for a while now and I'm working on my portfolio everyday. Lately I've been extremely anxious with finding a apprenticeship somewhere because I have heard a lot of horror stories around where I live of apprenticeships like what you experienced. Im still a little nervous but watching your video helped clam my nerves and excite me about looking for one again. So thank you for that.

This is as real as it gets!! Great channel, amazing videos.

I have a lot of respect for your journey and for making your channel. Thank you for sharing your experiences. A lot of us are going through something similar!

I just want to thank you for all of your posts and being so kind as to teach people the right way of getting started tattooing and what it entails. I’ve doubted myself for the longest time becoming a tattoo artist because I’ve never felt good enough to have my art permanently on someone but my family has always said otherwise and your videos have made it possible for me to actually get out there and try and learn more about tattooing. I really appreciate all that you’ve done for multiple people, not just me, who want to learn to tattoo and how to get started.

It’s honestly so crazy how it seemed like you were talking about me in the beginning. Picked up tattooing In the military, tattooed myself and others, got out used my benefits and got a job to support my wife and 3 kids. Literally everyone wants a tattoo and I’m pretty decent I just don’t know about an apprenticeship.

Really appreciate you sharing! I’ve had a lot of no responses for apprenticeships so your video is really encouraging.

Thanks Art, this info is key. I was told the same by a friend of mine that is a tattoo artist. I showed some of my work and his response was ok, not horrible but keep practicing and try to find a mentor. Same thing he told me I heard from you. Thanks for the informative videos.

You truly are a genuine and humble person. I'm pretty knew in tattooing and seeing this video gave me confidence I can learn on my own with help of your videos.❤🙏

I found this channel a while ago, but recently started watching more and more videos because I love the art of tattooing. I’ve wanted an apprenticeship for a while (and still do), but I also have a baby on the way that will be born in a few months and will be my first priority. I am hungry though and I’m gonna keep working on new art and flash and build a big enough portfolio. I appreciate you and these videos, man. I hope you and your family are staying safe

Man! You’re a blessing brother. I receive my first machine Monday and I’m going to take everything you said to heart. God bless you bro. Thank you for serving!

Thanks for the convo!!!! Great information, continue this journey.

Took me a min to get to this video but its what I needed to hear!! Understand what I gotta do to insure my goals are met. Keep rocking brother✌👊✌👊✌

Thank you so much for these personal stories. This is amazing.

Dude, thank you so much for the inspiration. I just recently got into tattooing and at first, I was very undecided wether or not to go for an apprenticeship, but thanks to your helpful videos I know I can become a great artist. Know that I will follow each and every single one of your steps and techniques. Thanks again bro.

You built a community of legends! Love your comment sections

I just recently found your channel because I'm wanting to learn how to tattoo and I went and watched this video from a year ago and it totally helped me make the decision to do it on my own instead of apprenticeship. I look forward to watching all of your videos and learning as much as I can from your techniques. Thanks so much for doing these videos there are a great help.

I just want to say thank you so much, this really hit home for me. I'm currently teaching myself how to tattoo, and just from watching your page I have so much more of an appreciation for this art form. I have always had an interest in tattooing from a very young age. I have always drawn and now I'm pursuing my dream.

Thank you brother. I will watch all your videos. You have no idea how much help and support you offer for us new to the game.

I've been apprenticing for 2 months and I've learned the most from your videos! Thanks for everything!

I want to thank you for all the videos, means alot for all the advice

Great advice, I've been drawing since I was 3 years old and got interested in Tattooing several years ago. I was self-taught and I totally agree with your advice. I tattooed myself several times but only tattooed friends once or twice. When I'm comfortable I'll be able to ink someone on the real level.

I do appreciate your work and vids. I'm just starting the dive. There's so much to learn! Thanks for your contribution! Cheers!

I'm so stoked I found this dude. I'm a late bloomer and now ive finally found time in my life to pursue my true passion. Thank you for all the knowledge and advice I've learned more from these vids in the last week than I've learned from others in the last month. No BS I'm 37 and just starting and learning on my own

Hey Just wanted to say thank you for these videos. I wanted to start tattooing back at the age of 18 and found someone to let me apprentice under them. They were family of a friend so I thought I had a great in- they got me set up with basic equipment and promised to teach me- but I got assaulted and never went back. Any time I mentioned to another artist that I was looking to learn, I got laughed at and brushed off so I gave up. My machine has been packaged up for the last 7 years and during quarantine I decided to dust it off and try again. Ive been practicing and have been doing all the self teaching and reading/watching I could and resources like these have been great assets. Excited to get back into it!! Its refreshing to hear from another artist who is willing to help others instead of looking down on them. Thank you!

Thank you for being here!! Thank you for showing us your Knowledge! I’ve been binge watching your channel. I’ve gotten a apprenticeship they took my money sat me wanted me to buy there place and didn’t really take the time to show me just told me this or that and said that I didn’t take it serious enough. So I left. I’ve been teaching myself. Last person I talked to about an apprenticeship said what I drew was impossible to tattoo. I just tattooed it on my fake skin. He wanted to charge me 3,000 to learn, and was only going to teach me according to how much money I gave. I can’t thank you enough for you sharing and being here! I’m gonna go watch some more videos now 🤘

God bless ya man!! Thank you so much for sharing everything. Your experience, your self-taught skills and overall knowledge of the field, and just trusting your gut ultimately! I think time is more valuable than money especially when you have a family of your own. Good call leaving, I'm currently just beginning the tattoo journey. I decided to hell with an apprenticeship: I'm a single mom and I have anger issues with certain things. I'm better off alone and your channel helps me so much rn taking notes and all haha. Be easy!

Cheers for the vid man! Your videos inspire and educate us, but to those folks who knock that - they probably forget all the practice and more practice that viewers are doing to get better at this. I think most people want to do this as correctly as possible, but many can't afford to drop everything for an apprenticeship, due to commitments. After I send this, I am going to hand draw a stencil I have already drawn 3 times, tattooed twice, only because I care enough that I want to do my best on the reel skin, and improve from my last tattoo. Your videos help us to problem solve and get better faster. Thanks again Dave! - All the best, Brenton.

I really enjoy your channel my friend . My apprentiship was a complete joke aswell... i appreciated this story

I appreciate you taking the time and sharing your experiences on KZfaq. I’m from the old school and remember tattooing before the internet. I feel You and others who share knowledge on our craft/skill, is very useful to everyone, new school and old school. Keep up the good work

That's a crazy ass shop you worked at, sounds like hell glad you made it out and are in your own shop

You dude are great! Iam an artist and looking to get into tattooing. You are the best in terms of sharing useful info! Thanks mate! 🌺

I am so happy I came across your video! I just started doing tattooing, and I have had some people say I don’t have what it takes and others who say I can. I’ve been practicing, and did one on my leg. It doesn’t look bad, at least I don’t think so.

Hey man! I really admire and appreciate your point of view. Tattooing is something I've wanted to do since I knew about it, I was around 14 years old. But others' opinion always pushed me away from it. Now that I have a family and a stable job, I decided to start making this dream come true. I am from México, and looking for recomendations on equipment and stuff I stumbled upon your videos. I started watching them yesterday and today I found this one... Respect bro! You are completely right!. I wish you the best and thanks for your videos. Regards! from avocado's world capital. Uruapan, Michoacán.

I'm currently Active duty as an aviation structural mech for the navy and I've been studying a lot and doing so much research on how to tattoo I've tattoo'd myself and have watched other tattoo me and have gotten a good understanding, but I do want to actually start tattooing and doing it right. Your videos have helped so much and I really appreciate it you're straight forward and dont have some bullshit opinion like everyone does all you care about is teaching people to actually tattoo. So thank you really appreciate your channel its given me a lot of motivation.

You've come so far and I'm so proud of you! That shop didn't deserve you and your incredible talent. You did it!

Thanks for the info and sharing your story. I am 40 years old and just started my tattoo apprenticeship at the beginning of this year. I have been a professional artist and designer my whole life and tattooed in my 20's but never got proper training and eventually left the field to focus on fine art but always wanted to get back into tattooing. After getting work at one of my local shops for the past year, they offered me an apprenticeship with no contract. They liked my drawings and paintings and we all felt like it was a good fit for everyone that I sign on and get licensed there. I've been lucky to be able to work in a shop where they focus on training and the quality of work over making me do shop work (but I still do plenty of that too!). Hearing your story reminds me of how lucky I am. thanks again! I have been watching/listening to your videos all day. Keep it up!

super inspiring man, You're the main source of tattoo knowledge on youtube i even got the Q2 to follow along with you man.

Just want to say it’s great that Iam not the only one out there thinking the way you are recommending etc I’ve been self teaching/ getting tattooed/reading / tattooing close friends, And myself, watching talking, applying for apprenticeships and asking a million questions about tattooing just on 3 yrs now, but it has been a struggle similar to your self with a full time job and a family with 4 kids ! And in my 40s, It’s been a tough road so far but enjoying the shit out of it so far, Iam just in the process of building my home art/tattoo studio, as we speak 👍 enjoying your channel mate keep,it up 🤘

Hey, man. I just want to say thank you so much for putting yourself out there and being honest with your audience. All the videos I’ve seen from you have been ridiculously helpful. I’m trying to approach tattooing and you have put me along with a lot of people in the right direction. Much respect bro!

Love your channel Man...You gonna make me a monster with the knowledge you give , I will send you a thank you letter soon

Hey man I’m so glad I came across your channel you’ve been so helpful and inspirational with everything. Like you said nobody wants to teach anyone to tattoo cause it doesn’t make them money and it’s not worth their time. Luckily someone I got a tattoo from recently offered to take me under his wing given that I’m a “artist” and have always wanted to learn. I’m working and spending what money I can on all the tattoo supplies I could need and not cutting any corners. Def gets expensive buying all the sanitary and safety equipment but it comes with the territory and I’m glad you emphasize that with every video. Gonna be tattooing some fake skin hopefully by the end of next week when everything comes in and I’ve been studying all your videos so I’m looking forward to it. Thanks again for making this channel and doing what you do to inspire the select few who wanna take this seriously.

Thanks man! I really appreciate your videos. I like your honest way of talking.

Thank you so much for sharing this story, for your wonderful & accessible videos. It is very inspiring. I'll keep looking at your new stuff to learn and support your channel!

So glad I found this video it's really motivated me to go for this , I've always been interested in tattooing but always been discouraged about my art skills from teachers from school I'm not saying I'm amazing far from it but theres something there to work on and now I'm just learning everything I possibly can to hopefully get started

Wow your advice and content is great, it’s nice to hear what artists have been through themselves 👌🏻🙌🏻

Man I respect you 💯 💯💯 in the time I've been tattooing I self thought myself through it all and had no apprenticeship because of things like you have spoken about. I never found a place that was ready to show let alone teach. Real artist will find there way through hard work and determination. Respect Brother!!!!

Welp, time to start drawing up a portfolio, you've really inspired me to try getting an apprenticeship around my area. Will still be watching these to help improve my drawing styles for lines and shading, but I've gained new inspiration to look for an opportunity to start.

Thanks for these videos man, at 38 with kids apprenticeships aren't for me. I'm a Journeyman Electrician and venturing into a skill that I have always wanted to try, my art according to others, has always been good, winning art contests in Brazilian County in Texas but tattooing was always intimidating. So the fact you're putting these videos an info out there, it's a great service to the art and to the trade. Thank you!!

This makes me wanna learn on my own, if I’m gonna go to a apprenticeship route and do crazy things that are non tattoo related then I’ll just learn on my own and on my time and not waste it on bs.

Wow man I've been looking at all your videos I learned so much started on people and its gowing really good and I can get paid with respect .. I'm from Israel I have health problems and the Coronavirus iv bin home since then so I started to practice more every day and now I'm good to go but I still watch all your videos 👍 just wanted to say thanx so much and you explain the best there is 👍👍👍👍👍

I love your videos man, it's helping me alot. Im trying to be a tattoo artist, in my town the tattoo artists already told me they don't want helper or somebody to teach. And i dont have money to go to a course of tattoo so i learning myself. It's takes a lill bit of effort cause i shiver alot but i will not quit my dreams. U give power to keep going. For reals thank you

Thanks for this information and your time. I'm in the mountains of Georgia. You've been a great help in all of your videos!

You are so motivational! I am terrified especially due to the present state of the world but I am also determined and your videos are helping me keep my eye on the prize. Thank you so much.

My mind set is right in line with you in this whole topic

I’ve watched all your videos. I’m so glad I found you. Learned so much stuff in such a short period. I got into this because I wanted to do SMP but ppl started asking me about tattoos so started practicing and practicing

Thank you I've tried to explain to my family it's not just as simple as knowing how to draw that there is alot more to becoming a tattoo artist. Love your videos very helpful

Love your videos and the way you explain step-by-step in simple words! This video in particular has inspired me to continue and not stop. I'm about 1 year of tattooing and sometimes I get down to feeling "I'm not doing things right", but as you said it, just keep doing it and learn from every new tattoo. I am up for the challange 💪🏻 Thank you for sharing your journey ❤

Thank you for all of your videos! They have really helped me out!

Man I'm so happy I discovered your channel, thank you for your important videos

I've been wanting to learn how to tattoo, and this channel has been extremely inspiring so far. Tattooing is something I've always wanted to do, and I'm finally going to do it

REALLY really needed this talk. I've been feeling a little low and really needed this advice, thank you so much man! You're an amazing mentor 💚✨

You're channel is the best for this type of stuff. Thank you keep making videos

First off, thank you for your service. Second, thank you for your videos. You're the Bob Ross of the tattoo world for me. You're helping me lead myself into a goal, I didn't know I was capable of doing.

I really like the videos you make. I particularly appreciate this one. I've been wanting to tattoo since I was a teen but was always intimidated by the thought of apprenticeships and didnt know how to get started otherwise and this type of information wasnt available when I was a kid or at least I didnt know how to find it and then the desire fizzled away BUT now (in my 30s) after a couple months of doing my research on machines, needles, inks, techniques, exercises, etc. that flame under my ass has been lit again and its burning strong. I stumbled across this video and it's really an inspiration, thank you dude.

Holy hell.... i needed this video NOW more then ever😭 I hate being told “no” or worse yet just being shoved under the rug. If someone would just talk with me and give me a chance, they would see the passion, love, and respect I have for the tattoo industry. I’ve put myself through art school, while working two jobs AND raising kids. If that doesn’t show commitment, I truly don’t know what does. I will keep grinding and do whatever it takes to achieve what i’m working towards. Thanks for sharing your story and advice!!

I am 18, I dropped out in 10th grade due to my mental health issues. I have always had a passion for art, I recently started doing acrylic nails and I invested a lot but I feel like it’s not really my passion. I want to start learning how to tattoo. I just honestly don’t know where to begin. I want to do things the right way but by being a dropout I know it’s going to be hard. I want to be my own boss . I love tattoos I can watch thousands of tattoo videos without getting bored. I know lots of females struggle hard in the tattoo industry, but I know I will bust my ass to accomplish what I want. I love your videos they really help me .

That’s why I appreciate you sharing your knowledge ^^ Thank you! For being amazing teacher

This really made me feel encouraged! I am 18 and I’ve been really going through a lot like career wise. I’ve always been all about art and I sell my art as a vendor at festivals around the city (due to covid everything is closing down and really making me feel like I’m not doing enough for my art) and having that kind of taste of what I want made me hungry for that again instead of working my retail job that literally pays me so little for dealing with so much drama! I am not into drama either lol! I’ve always been the person who listens at work. Ive always wanted to be a tattoo artist since I was in 6th grade but I would push it to the side but now it’s actually has been at the back of my head non stop. I’ve asked around my city local tattoo artists advice, where to start, etc and I never get a message back. It’s been really discouraging but I’m glad there’s artist like you who understand! I’m glad I stumbled upon this video at.

As a former Marine as well just want to let you know that you are an inspiration to my wife and myself. We follow your guidance to a T. Please keep it up your a great help to us. Semper Fi.

Thank you for your service sir. Also thank you for all the great videos on tattooing

Thx for your. Story broski, im inspired

I started Tattooing 2 years ago, Its not my full time job though and a lot of videos, tutorial and blah blah bla is out there for me to watch and I just got confused and confused over and over again. So "long story short" when I started watching you and subscribed to your channel I realized that your probably the most realistic Tattoo teacher here that I can find. so Thumbs up and God Bless. Oh btw I have been using some of your techniques from your other videos and its been helping me alot. Thanks to you!!!