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SOFIA Hand Made Tattoo Machines
Custom Tattoo Machines, with mass produced prices! These machines have: one of a kind unique finishes, custom coils, custom a-bars, hand tuned springs, beautiful hardware, and flawless tuning. Check them out Here.
If you have a tattoo machine that you want customized, frame modification, new finishing chemical paint applied, or just want it to look cool – send it in to SOFIA & Co. for a refurbished “new-old-look” today!
Each tattoo machine is a one of a kind, so if it is for sale on the website then it is still available – you can check out the past machines and sold machines as well on the website. Want something off the wall, and totally custom? Do you tattoo a certain way and want a detailed description of how your machine was setup? SOFIA & Co. will send you photos of each step in the process so you can see your tattoo machine being built – each tattoo machine comes with a DVD video that shows you how THAT SPECIFIC MACHINE is tuned, and why. You can NOT find that from any other builder out there for these prices. Hurry, these machines are not staying in stock long!
Showing posts with label learn tattoo. Show all posts
Showing posts with label learn tattoo. Show all posts
Friday, August 20, 2010
Monday, August 2, 2010
How do I become a tattoo apprentice?
How do the Tattoo Books Online websites like TeachMeToTattoo.com and Tattoo-Apprentice.com help a new tattoo artist like me out? Shouldn’t I get everything I need from the individual who is mentoring me? Why should I even look at the forums and the books?
Answer:
You might be perfectly fine learning from one individual, you might learn a whole lot more from that individual than you would from any of the books or websites that we have created. This is true. There is a small portion of individuals who will apprentice and leave their apprenticeship really satisfied. In a perfect world you would learn everything during your apprenticeship…
We don’t live in a perfect world, and we don’t pretend to act like people who are buying are books are always an apprentice in a real studio either. We are not going to say “we only sell to professionals” because this would create a “catch 22” and be impossible. How do you become a professional unless you apprentice, how do you apprentice if you can’t find a studio to take you? We do believe in the tattoo apprentice program - and we encourage and emphasize it.
There is a lot of information that we put out, some of it is original – other parts have been around for a long time. The difference between the books and websites we put out and the competition or other choices you have is this: Relevance, Organization, Easy to Follow, Current, Interactive, and Real.
We are relevant to your trade and your industry. We try to ensure that you become relevant as well through information sharing.
We keep our materials organized and easy to follow. These are textbooks, but they don’t read like a physics manual.
We keep our texts and websites current. We try to scour the internet for the most recent news and information so that we can get it out to you. We stay abreast of modern techniques and tools that are impacting you and your profession on a daily basis.
The materials on our websites are always interactive. We have forums and message boards, email support, video tutorials, self paced tattoo lesson plans, road maps to chart your progress, and more. The key to the concept is that there is a workflow that is tailored to the tattoo apprentice and was designed by professional educators working side by side with tattoo artists.
The data we provide is REAL! We will not tell you that we can make an amazing tattoo artist out of you in a matter of days. We will not try to pretend to know all the secrets to the tattoo industry. We will give you the real facts and some of them will surprise the heck out of you; while others will make you say: “That was it?”
Monday, April 19, 2010
Squidoo Tattoo - I am involved now
Not sure how it happened, but I am involved in Squidoo -
Yolanda made me do it -
Either way: check out the links
Squidoo Tattoo Page
Squidoo Quiz For Tattoo Apprentices
Yolanda made me do it -
Either way: check out the links
Squidoo Tattoo Page
Squidoo Quiz For Tattoo Apprentices
Moving the Tattoo Blog
For most recent Blog check out the new website.
http://www.Tattoo-Apprentice.com/
I will see if it works out that I will post the blog on both sites,
but I am still new to this whole "blog" thing - and I will do my best.
I know for sure you can get the most recent stuff on the Tattoo Apprentice website.
http://www.Tattoo-Apprentice.com/
I will see if it works out that I will post the blog on both sites,
but I am still new to this whole "blog" thing - and I will do my best.
I know for sure you can get the most recent stuff on the Tattoo Apprentice website.
Sunday, February 14, 2010
How do I become a tattoo artist?
Reality TV shows, Tattooed musicians, Tattoo Flash Design website, Online Tattoo Supply superstores… Tattoo has been everywhere for the past 5 years or so. Is the industry finally calming down from this cyclical bump? You get the groups of tattoo artists who will tell you, “I hope so – we have too many scratcher wanna’be tattoo artists already.”
You get the groups of tattoo artists (less often) who will tell you that the business is one of those types that will go up in a down economy. Its hard to talk about anything these days without hearing about the big “E” word. Yup, economy is embedded in our 2010 vocabulary now.
You see a ton of tattoo artists out there trying to get their books and DVDs out as well. I know that there are a lot of young people (young in tattoo years) who want to get involved in tattooing. What does it take to get into the tattoo scene? Is there really money in the tattoo industry? Do you really need artistic talent to be a tattoo artist? Do you really need to do a proper apprenticeship? Is a tattoo machine that costs $49.00 in a catalog just as good as a $500.00 one that you can only purchase if you work in a real studio? These are all good questions that the new tattoo artist really wants to know about, and if you are anything like I was 10 years ago then you are scouring for information about tattoo everywhere (and that includes the internet).
What does it take to get into the tattoo “scene”? – It takes a lot of patience and observation. You have to check out a lot of studios, perfect your drawing and painting skills, get a ton of tattoos on your own body, and talk to artists. You have to really be dedicated and also be smart. You can easily be taken advantage of as a young apprentice by someone who might not even intend to teach you anything about tattoo.
Is there money to be made as a tattoo artist? – Kinda sorta not really… Sure there are tattoo artists who charge a ton of money, but they are really saught after professionals who have made a name for themselves. What a lot of young artists don’t realize right off the jump is that you really make your money doing the small stuff. Small stuff being the tribals, scripts, hearts, flowers, flash, flash, flash, and until you are sick of it… flash. It sucks, but if you are all about the money aspect of tattoo then get used to doing what I call “yard work”. Those of us who love the craft and trade of tattoo will gladly do a sleeve for someone for next to nothing (so long as our own bills are already in the green). It depends on the piece though. Art is art, and if you are an artist then you will love the art you do. Beware getting into tattoo thinking you are going to do awesome tattoos that are multi session and cost big bucks right off the jump. (don’t forget you have to give the studio owner his cut of the $ as well).
What about talent? – Yes and No.. I know a lot of tattoo artists who are not very good artists, but they make a living. They don’t get to do the fun stuff, but I think those guys are the ones who don’t really care about the trade that much to begin with anyway. If you think you are good at one medium (ie painting or pencil) then you will really test yourself ot learn the tricks of tattooing. It take a lot of time and practice. It is not like paper where you can just rip it up and start over either. You need to have well planned pieces and execute them in a timely manner and keep it clean. The more artistic ability you have the better off you will be. Art is subjective though, so what one guy thinks is good – another might think is not.
I will hit on the machines, apprenticeship, and other stuff in a later blog. I do go into a lo tof this stuff in my book Basic Fundamentals of Modern Tattoo, in a no B.S. way that will help you get the un-sugar coated truth about what it takes and how you should go about becoming a tattoo professional. (Not just another tattooer who traces flash all day)
You get the groups of tattoo artists (less often) who will tell you that the business is one of those types that will go up in a down economy. Its hard to talk about anything these days without hearing about the big “E” word. Yup, economy is embedded in our 2010 vocabulary now.
You see a ton of tattoo artists out there trying to get their books and DVDs out as well. I know that there are a lot of young people (young in tattoo years) who want to get involved in tattooing. What does it take to get into the tattoo scene? Is there really money in the tattoo industry? Do you really need artistic talent to be a tattoo artist? Do you really need to do a proper apprenticeship? Is a tattoo machine that costs $49.00 in a catalog just as good as a $500.00 one that you can only purchase if you work in a real studio? These are all good questions that the new tattoo artist really wants to know about, and if you are anything like I was 10 years ago then you are scouring for information about tattoo everywhere (and that includes the internet).
What does it take to get into the tattoo “scene”? – It takes a lot of patience and observation. You have to check out a lot of studios, perfect your drawing and painting skills, get a ton of tattoos on your own body, and talk to artists. You have to really be dedicated and also be smart. You can easily be taken advantage of as a young apprentice by someone who might not even intend to teach you anything about tattoo.
Is there money to be made as a tattoo artist? – Kinda sorta not really… Sure there are tattoo artists who charge a ton of money, but they are really saught after professionals who have made a name for themselves. What a lot of young artists don’t realize right off the jump is that you really make your money doing the small stuff. Small stuff being the tribals, scripts, hearts, flowers, flash, flash, flash, and until you are sick of it… flash. It sucks, but if you are all about the money aspect of tattoo then get used to doing what I call “yard work”. Those of us who love the craft and trade of tattoo will gladly do a sleeve for someone for next to nothing (so long as our own bills are already in the green). It depends on the piece though. Art is art, and if you are an artist then you will love the art you do. Beware getting into tattoo thinking you are going to do awesome tattoos that are multi session and cost big bucks right off the jump. (don’t forget you have to give the studio owner his cut of the $ as well).
What about talent? – Yes and No.. I know a lot of tattoo artists who are not very good artists, but they make a living. They don’t get to do the fun stuff, but I think those guys are the ones who don’t really care about the trade that much to begin with anyway. If you think you are good at one medium (ie painting or pencil) then you will really test yourself ot learn the tricks of tattooing. It take a lot of time and practice. It is not like paper where you can just rip it up and start over either. You need to have well planned pieces and execute them in a timely manner and keep it clean. The more artistic ability you have the better off you will be. Art is subjective though, so what one guy thinks is good – another might think is not.
I will hit on the machines, apprenticeship, and other stuff in a later blog. I do go into a lo tof this stuff in my book Basic Fundamentals of Modern Tattoo, in a no B.S. way that will help you get the un-sugar coated truth about what it takes and how you should go about becoming a tattoo professional. (Not just another tattooer who traces flash all day)
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