Hi, since I can't find a lot of info on this power supply I was wondering if anyone here has some experience with it?

I like that it has several features to understand machine parameters, like the design a lot, but the price tage seems pretty hefty .. what supplies have you worked with? Currently working with coils

I've been an apprentice for 1 years and 4 months now. I've been using coils. I love my coil but I've been wondering if it'd be worth me practicing on fake skin with a rotary while business is slow over the holidays. I'd like to hear honest feedback about making the jump from coils to rotary. Pros and cons just any feedback on the matter is helpful. My mentor uses coils as well and he uses a rotary from time to time but normally sticks to setting up a coil for most sessions. I'm really attached to my coil but I dont want to hold myself back if a rotary will improve my work.

Just make my instagram, trying to grow my account. I’m moving to skin this week and these are some of the smaller stuff I’m going to be doing. I’d love some CC and/or advice moving to skin! Thanks alot

Sheet done in beautiful Los Angeles:)))

well, i was let go of my apprenticeship today. it was my mentors wife who delivered the news. they cited my boss was attempting to destress and things just werent a good fit. there was no mention of my skill progression.

i had been on fake skin for a few weeks then started real skin in august. pretty unfortunate, there was little warning beforehand so im kind of beating myself up on what i couldve done to prevent it. its my 2nd apprenticeship, and my 1st mentor went to jail hence why i had to get another lol.

another step on a rocky road i guess, makes me sad my mentor couldnt even tell it to my face 😔

so i ask reddit, what should i really do when it comes to searching for a good mentor? my area is full of apprentice mills, so its tough to even have passion for the craft after a while. im also curious how many of you signed contracts for your apprenticeship, as the one i was just let go from was binded by an 18 month contract to stay there after i got my lisence, or id have to pay a few grand to leave (unless i got fired).

Seriously considering quitting my apprenticeship as new things come to light. Is it crazy that I was made to redo an artwork 4 times with shitting input like "Google neotrad and study it" and "Im half blind and I can tell u miss inked this area".

I didnt have a strong portfolio, i know that but right now I definitely feel like I'm being hazed?

I abruptly got taken off fake skin because "I wasn't improving" AFTER i was forced to ink clients.

The other apprentice and my boss are bumping uglies too. While I kinda forced it out of him during the initial interview I didn't think she would have more power than me over mailers/flyers/shop signange. To clarify, Im doing these using time i coild be practising or drawing and using my personal home computer to prepare prints for CMYK proofing to meet their deadlines.

I feel like a mule and that I've learnt all that i can here. It's toxic and im miserable. Not using a throwaway coz i want to be able to find this.

My master tattoo artist handed this to me the other day and told me I had until the weekend was over to sign it. I’m unsure if I should or not. Everyone is telling me not to and there seems to be more pros for him and cons for me for this. What do y’all think?

Hello all!! I am just reaching out to this subreddit because I feel sometimes like searching for my apprenticeship is like a thousand social cues in a new language I don’t even understand haha.

But here’s my situation: I have bounced through a couple shops and rejections and now I’ve found an artist who said they would be willing to take me on as an apprentice. They gave me instructions for my first assignment and told me to email them some of my work on the assignment if I wanted. They let me know the owner would be out until 12/3, and that they had to get my apprenticeship approved by them so I should expect to hear from them then with the owner’s answer. They also let me know they primarily answer and send emails in the morning. One other thing they said that feels relevant to my question— they told me they were really glad I came in person and don’t think apprenticeship application should happen over email.

I was really happy and excited and motivated and worked on the assignment really hard and emailed them my progress a couple days later. I haven’t heard back from them on that email.

Fast forward to today, tomorrow is the day they told me the owner and I still haven’t heard anything from the artist at all. If I don’t hear anything during their email window tomorrow morning, should I:

A) go in in-person tomorrow since both the artist and the owner will be there so I can show my portfolio and my work on the assignment and show that I’m dedicated (risk: seeming impatient and doing too much)

B) go in in-person on Wednesday if I don’t hear back from the artist tomorrow (risk: more patient but I also don’t know if the artist and owner will be there)

C) email the artist tomorrow to follow up and check in (risk: seeming impatient and not diligent enough to go in person, especially since the artist mentioned their preference for in-person)

D) email the artist on Wednesday to follow up and check in (risk: more patient but not in-person)

Anyway, I know this was all a lot, but thanks to anyone who made it this far and I really hope to hear back from yall with some insight :) thank you!!

Wanting some critique on this piece :) my first time with acrylic ink and a somewhat trad art style. Advice and critique appreciated! (yes I know I went outside through lines a couple times, and my pencil lines are underneath) :3 and for the love of god how the hell do you blend/fade acrylic ink 😭

So i might have the chance to getting an apprenticeship at the shop that i reeeeeaally hoped to be accepted!!

Now i am putting together my physical portfolio. I am already drawing and painting for some years, and will definitely put some watercolour/gouache and graphite pieces at the end of the binder, and obviously inked drawings will be the majority of works shown.

But i am wondering if i can also add some sketches from my sketchbook i really like, even though they dont have perfected lines?

We dont have too many shops around and it would be weird to just walk in and ask (i am not from the US, and it is not common here to just ask for critique), thats why i am asking all of you haha.

Hello strangers!

My wife is a tattoo apprentice. I make enough at work to allow her to be an apprentice full time.

Quick summary: She has been practicing tattooing since around year end 2022. She apprenticed around year end 2022 to year end 2023. Her mentor allowed her to tattoo on real skin, they felt she was capable of it by that time. Where we live there isn't any licensing, but she did take the blood borne pathogen test, and has continued to renew it each year since. When she left her last apprentiship year end 2023, she spent most of this past year looking for other apprenticeships and practicing at home on fake skin, or tattooing friends/family who volunteered. Her abilities grew a fair amount, but she eventually hit a wall she felt she needed the guidance of another apprenticeship to get past. The previous shop she worked at saw her work she had been doing, and they were impressed. They asked her to come back as a junior artist a couple months ago. Seems like they were struggling to retain apprentices, so they could use the help.

She has been tattooing since she has been back there, taking walk-ins and appointments. She doesn't get a ton of work yet, but that's to be expected. Maybe a tattoo a week give or take.

My question: her mentor says he only wants her to tattoo on real skin at this stage. He doesn't want her tattooing on fake skin because he believes it will build bad habits, because fake skin acts differently than real skin. I am not an artist by any stretch of the imagination, so I don't want to assume I know anything. But given I saw her get a lot better while she was practicing daily on fake skin, it feels odd that that's not allowed. Especially given she might get one tattoo appointment a week. She spends her time doing drawing assignments, chores, watching the door, shadowing when she can, etc. Is it normal for mentors to not allow fake skin while someone is tattooing on real skin?

Finally filled all pages of my portfolio 🥳 hoping to speak to some shops this week 😅

Any recommendations for Procreate brushes to do mostly clean lines for tattoo designs? The ones I have vary in thickness or have smoothing and I´m finding them a bit annoying

Thinking of adding this to my portfolio, thoughts? I love working with realism and I'm not sure if it's something I should continue with whilst developing a portfolio or to strip it back to basics with some simpler stuff. Would love some cc / advice. Sometimes I just don't know if I'm wasting my time drawing particular things, just feeling a bit lost