buzz;31871 wrote:
um question

how do you make a portfolio?

by my knowledge a portfolio is work that you have finished or finishing, not just drawings and flash.
so how do you make a porfolio to be a tattooist but you are a scratcher so to speak?
it is a very hard game to get into but in my opinion you have to start somewhere especially when a…[Read more]

eveline;31837 wrote:
hun i understand that it’s is ur opinion just saying i have tryed at studios arround my area and i do have a nice portfolio but as i said it isn’t that easy, although i am determined artists aren’t so much, because of mother duties and my job i can not comit myself to every day in the studio and that is what studios expect,…[Read more]

Not yet old sport 😉

eveline;31833 wrote:
oh comon i don’t agree guy aitchison has studio at his house u gonna call him a scracher? how about aaron cayne his tattooing at his house and makes machines there as well. proffesional tattoo artist is someone who does profesional work doesn’t metter where if someone was lucky enough to get aprentecip good for them and it…[Read more]

Just my opinion but…….

If you work from home and have no training or indeed mentor to help you along the path then you are a scratcher. If people really want to be “professional” then how can they achieve that without any form of training ? Just picking up a tattoo MACHINE and starting to tattoo people is the very definition of scratcher.

Bandit

@wildbeauty123 29 wrote:

You go to a beauty school/course and you can do a specified course that specializes in it. It is very easy and should not take a lot of time.

Hahahaha. No such thing my friend they are all rip offs. It can take three to five years to learn to tattoo properly and should be by apprenticeship ONLY.

I am a pro artist and have been for donkeys years 😎

Firstly without seeing the machine in person it is impossible to tell. It could be any number of factors 🙂