Nice conversation, but not much MECH talk. Shout out to the trailblazers Giger , Greg Kulz,AaronCain,Marcus Pacheco, Eddie Deutch , Guy Aitchison...

I’m balancing a full time job and an apprenticeship it’s doable just takes alot of work! Be worth it in the end 🙂

was at work and kept forgetting jon's camera was f*cked and kept looking back to just him stoked 😂 🫶 great episode guys

Everyone has their own way of approaching things. It doesn’t mean that the passion isn’t there. The form of art comes in many different forms. I’m sure older artists no matter the type of artist didn’t surround themselves tons of people before they released something amazing to the world. I believe most artists create the best art when they’re in their own thought process, it just so happens that it’s usually when they’re alone.Jon,Matt, and Gabe I absolutely love your podcast guys very interesting topics

I can do realism portraits nearly perfect. But when i pick up my tattoo machine to practise it looks like a toddler used it. Also, on Apprenticeships, ive been to every shop in my town. Its HEAVILY gate kept. New people go free range because we're all told by these people not expect anything for 5 years and grind. I taught myself programming and can run multi million dollar machines. Challenge accepted then. I'll do it myself.

I was waiting and waiting for the tattoo content and it never came. Also, in Christianity all sins are equal in the eye of God. You cant just pick and choose which sins. Marking the body is a sin according to the Bible. Soo yeah.

John be like 😃

Force of Focus is the shizzz. Great tattoo mentoring program. Everyone should check it out. Takes your career to the next level.

What the fuck I'm I watching? Did Jesus tattoo?

Mentor me

Lololol Jon’s camera

After 20 years doing it, people still ask me if i make a living out of it.... i guess some stuff don't change! 😂 take care guys

Glad to know there are other 30-somethings out there who wanna break into tattooing. Seems like a bigger challenge with a house/family to take care of but we can do it.

Why is John frozen the whole video?

I absolutely love that yall are talking about God and Jesus that is really cool

This makes it feel like a tom goes to mayor feel with the camera froze 😂

This is great

Let's hate together 🤣🤣🤣

Another great episode!

love the positivity and honestly. You guys are great.

Hey I’m the guy in the original rant video! Thanks for using my content love you guys!!!

Bro this episode was dope! Do more

Love your guys' podcast 🤘🏼 I've only been tattooing for just under 5 years, but have so much love and respect for tattooing. Listening to your guys opinions and insight into the industry and art is always great! Mad respect and thank you for what you guys do 🤘🏼

hmm clueless take. that bottom piece is healed 5 years already according to the artist himself. There's enough black and gray to hold this tattoo up for over a decade. Same take I see from a lot of inexperienced traditional artist.

Hell yeah

Missed you on monday😂😂 take care!!

Believe it cuz he’s doing it! 😂

fucking love your channel, by far the best tattoo podcast out there.

The thing is, is that a couple that I saw actually really dope, and the lines were definitely clean.

I’m looking for an apprenticeship. Creepy Jason said his shop is in a real rural part of Maryland, so I looked it up and he’s 15 minutes away from me. Should I bounce by and check out the shop? Maybe show him my portfolio?

“If you try harder, you get paid more.” Spit out my morning bacon 😂 thanks for the laughs guys

Old heads always mad when something new comes out. “People just makin shit up” bro all styles of tattoos were “made up”. That’s like old people hating new music as if rock n roll wasn’t new at one point in time. It’s hilariously ignorant 😂

Your that one guy

Thank you for all the good info!! I’ve been tattooing now for about 3 years so it feels good that I’m doing some things right! But getting the stuff I need to work on highlighted is most helpful 👍🏻

That quote At the end Hit hard after all the talk😂 . Good shit guys

Making myself watch! Hard to just listen to critiques!

good episode as always, chipping away at chocolate chips broski

Lol matt needs to go back in time and nerd it up as a kid 😂

Y’all might’ve butchered my last name but you definitely didn’t butcher the critique. Thanks again for taking the time to offer some really good insight. I learned a lot from it and appreciate the hell outta you guys 👊

Gotchu

First! 🎉 congrats on episode Ochenta! Finished my back piece last year.

use neoprene not a sponge

I feel like this tipping culture is such an American thing. Im from Europe and only tip when it actually feel like someone was nice, i tip at restaurants and in taxies. For tattoos? no? i pay for ur service i expect a normal service, i would only tip if i really feel like my artist goes above and beyond. You dont go around tipping ur dentist, ur cashier in the supermarket etc. Alot of waiters in Europe get a fixed salary and alot of the times tips are shared so their not gonna sweat for a tip. However saying waiters in Europe are providing worse service because of the shared or no tips? Like thats a HUGGGEEE cap, no idea where u went but most waiters here are great. If you see anything about bad waiters thats mainly in America.

I’m not tipping once I pass 800$. Honestly tipping for me is dead. I understand in the food service industry tips are relied on, and some services (haircuts, nails, cabs) but I used to work in the Hunts Point Market in the Bronx as a porter, I would stack and wrap pallets of produce merchandise that cost well over 3000k$ and would weigh up to well over 800lbs of product. I would deliver over train tracks, in the snow , rain, and summer heat and on average would only get tipped 1-5$. So yeah if you’re trying to pull tips from me it’s gonna be pretty tough.

Fuck off with the tips you not no restaurants and still wont tip get paid for whatever tattoo im getting💯

The Thing you guys are not getting about European tipping culture is that waiters get paid a fixed amount but they get like 12,5Euros an hour before tax. So "fixed" their yearly income after tax is like 18.000Euro which you cant propperly live of at all. So this whole talk about European restaurant staff not putting in the effort because they are getting their money anyways is simply wrong. You probably just prefer kind of service you are used to. But I dont think the fact that a country has a different etiquette from the one you are used to for service is a good reason to portrait people as lazy idiots. Next time stick to running your mouth on topics you know stuff about.

Definitely think that tips are more measurable to the artist on a lower priced tattoo then extremely higher priced. For example, a $200 vs $2000 session. A 10% tip. Being $20 vs $2000. After the tattooer pays out their 40-50% to the owner of the shop and minus certain supplies and considering in the case of a $200 tattoo, that could be the tattooers only tattoo for the day, they may only make $100 on a 8hr day at the shop. Compared to the tattoo that’s charging the $2000, they still made $1k that day. So that extra $20 or $40 can really be a difference in the first scenario. I don’t the the general public understand that tatters do not get paid by the hour/ that most are on a percentage. If your at the shop for 8hrs you need to charge at least $200 a day too make $10/hr. When you factor in your drawing time at home/prep and clean up time it’s not even $10/hr.

I don't do DMs and always refer people to my email and website. I use auto response on the studio page. My personal page I get around to every couple weeks. But they usually find my email after I don't respond anyway.

The greedy guy making notes of non tippers is wild. Agree with the rest of the lads though. Being spiteful and changing the experience based on a tip is wild to me. I'd never pretend or alter the way I do anything, the price I tell people for tattoos is the price I have as my end figure, if I get tipped, nice.. but if not I'm not gonna sulk with my lunch and go somewhere else to spite someone that didn't tip lol.

Well... It sounds like I'm a big tipper. I always thought it was expected to get $40-50 on a few hour session.