D3FiANC3;86198 wrote:
Just because some of the greats started out this way doesn’t mean that it’s an appropriate path nowadays. People are more educated now and much more aware of the health risks involved in tattooing. Doing tats on live people without going through the proper channels is irresponsible. You’re putting people’s health at risk and you’re also probably scarring them for life with some crappy tattoo. Then again, if someone is stupid enough to get inked by some guy doing tats in his kitchen, I reckon you both get what you deserve. If you really want to practice before you get an apprenticeship, then do it on fake skin which is designed for this purpose.
I don’t believe I said I was doing house tats… Because, well, I’m not.
Using practice skins is a great idea, which I applaud. But it doesn’t do you any good to practice if you don’t know what you’re doing. That’s all I’m saying. For those who cannot afford an apprenticeship, but can afford a machine and some skins, then there should be somewhere they can go to ask professionals the best way of doing something. ONE THREAD.
This place used to have a lot of threads like that. Yea some of them were bad, but some of those people probably got valuable advice that helped them out.
