Tattoo Apprentice

Star Lord

Just noticed on their site, that Snakebite are looking for a new tattoo apprentice...
Just thought I'd give you guys the heads up!

http://www.snakebite.ie/

Will

oh wow thats pretty cool, shame they aren't looking for a piercing apprentice

good luck to anyone who applies

CianRyan

yo wilburt
stevens green are looking for a piercing apprentice.

i was talking to the girl in there for like ten minutes about it untill she mentioned you have to be 18, and im only 17... damn

Will

i know i applied already man, got turned down unfortunately.
thanks for the concern though

The Artist

Wilburt wrote: »

i know i applied already man, got turned down unfortunately.
thanks for the concern though

can ye tattoo eg(tattooist) have ye done work on any body?(god im nosey!)

Will

i cant draw to save my life, would never dream of f!cking someone up with a tattoo gun ever.
plus ive no portfolio made up, no art school, nothing. they'd laugh me out of the place.

The Artist

Wilburt wrote: »

i cant draw to save my life, would never dream of f!cking someone up with a tattoo gun ever.
plus ive no portfolio made up, no art school, nothing. they'd laugh me out of the place.

at least ye are trying,im the same but do see a lot of work done by others.you seem to have a knoledge of tattoos.Is there tattooists on this forums?

Will

davey, ive been looking for a piercing apprenticeship, not a tattoo artist apprenticeship.
just because i have a smidgen of knowledge about tattoos does not and will not make me a good tattoo artist. main reason being i cant draw stuff to save my life.

there are one or two tattoo artists on this forum i believe

Gauge

Booo it's impossible to find an apprenticeship in Cork...

Will

Gauge, you wanna be a tattoo artist? i didnt know that

Star Lord

Gauge wrote: »

Booo it's impossible to find an apprenticeship in Cork...

Move to Dublin!

Gauge

Wilburt wrote: »

Gauge, you wanna be a tattoo artist? i didnt know that

I like to draw :pac:

Will

thats cool, you should throw some pics up on IAM or something then would love to see some

The Artist

Gauge wrote: »

I like to draw :pac:

draw a pin up girl and il judge the outcome of the pic,not a matchstick man ok:D:D

Le Rack

yeah steve was tellin me bout this last week, ye gotta have major skillz n they're on the look out for people with some college experience in art, or like course experience if ye know what i mean...would LOVE to do it but my stuffs not up to par and i never did a portfolio...:(

Gauge

I have college experience in art!

Ah well...

Le Rack

so move to dublin!

CianRyan

god knows dublins better than cork anyway
ha

Gauge

Apprenticeships pay enough to cover rent in Dublin, right? :P

CianRyan

well it would be sweet if it was, but if its like piercing its unpaid for the first six months or so.

but god i havent a clue about tattoo apprenticeships! haha

Will

yeah you live the high life on apprenticeships!
but has to be done if ya wanna have a look in

Crumble Froo

Gauge wrote: »

Apprenticeships pay enough to cover rent in Dublin, right? :P

night job!

Will

no harm emailing em your cv Gauge, what have ya got to lose

The Artist

Wilburt wrote: »

no harm emailing em your cv Gauge, what have ya got to lose

if gauge is sucessfull i want a tattoo done by gauge!

Gauge

One matchstick man pinup tattoo coming right up davey180

I'm going to be in Snakebite next month to get my conches punched, so I'll definitely inquire, even if it's just out of curiosity. I'm still in college and travelling this summer so the timing wouldn't be the best either

The Artist

Gauge wrote: »

One matchstick man pinup tattoo coming right up davey180

I'm going to be in Snakebite next month to get my conches punched, so I'll definitely inquire, even if it's just out of curiosity. I'm still in college and travelling this summer so the timing wouldn't be the best either

I'm going to be in Snakebite next month to get my conches punched

conches is a sea shell?
oh my god how stupid iam its part of the ear isnt it? sorry about that as i found the image of one that someone post,god back to school again for me lol

TYR ->

Cheers for the notification. It says to send a CV, what justice would that do to us with averge Joe job history?? I thought they'ed just want to see a portfolio of some of your drawings and interview you??

Will

well they will wanna weed out the average joes from proper applicants. maybe host your portfolio online and link em to it or something

TYR ->

Hmm, Ive been working as a chef, waitress, bartender. But have completed a PLC in Art and Design. Hopefully get back to Ireland in time to give a call up to them

Will

well if youve a portfolio with tattoo related art on it, its a start

Pauleeeeeeee

You better believe I'll be applying for this!

daiixi

TYR -> wrote: »

Cheers for the notification. It says to send a CV, what justice would that do to us with averge Joe job history?? I thought they'ed just want to see a portfolio of some of your drawings and interview you??

Probably the usual: that you actually have work experience, that you can stick with a job for a decent amount of time, what you have experience in and what levels of education you have. I'd say that including a portofolio / proof that you can draw is probably an advantage.

armageddon_pony

actually im thinkin of gettin tattoo gun n stuff and start tattooin.. have to get some of my drawings from PL and supply meself with some stuff and do some more drawings.. build up a small flahs and then thinkin of gettin machine n all the needed stuff

Will

ask your mate too for some pointers, the guy who inked you.

The Artist

Originally Posted by Gauge
One matchstick man pinup tattoo coming right up davey180

im still waiting

The Artist

Gauge wrote: »

One matchstick man pinup tattoo coming right up davey180

i drew mine

would i be susessful applicant?:D

Gauge

That's an extremely literal take on matchstick men.

The Artist

Gauge wrote: »

That's an extremely literal take on matchstick men.

worth a try:D

[Clo]

Hmm. I wonder what level of skill you have to have as an artist to be a tattooist, surely the hardest part would be doing the tattoo as opposed to drawing it?

The Artist

[Clo] wrote: »

Hmm. I wonder what level of skill you have to have as an artist to be a tattooist, surely the hardest part would be doing the tattoo as opposed to drawing it?

university degree in arts id say.

Star Lord

[Clo] wrote: »

Hmm. I wonder what level of skill you have to have as an artist to be a tattooist, surely the hardest part would be doing the tattoo as opposed to drawing it?

You'd have to be a very talented artist, as you have to be able to draw the images perfectly on paper, doing them on someone's skin is a skill that has to be learned after the talent has been proven to be enough on paper.

spinandscribble

davey180 wrote: »

university degree in arts id say.

how would an arts degree help?

rain on

spinandscribble wrote: »

how would an arts degree help?

ha that reminds me of conversations my mother said she always used to get into after I left for college.. "Where's your daughter now?" "UCD." "Oh Cork, lovely. And what's she studying?" "Arts." "Oh she was always good at drawing.."

Star Lord

spinandscribble wrote: »

how would an arts degree help?

That's just being pedantic, it was quite obvious that he meant an Art degree.

Mr. Rodrigez

Yeah tattoo apprentices dont get paid usually for the first year!
Ya have to spend bout 6 months just cleaning the shop before ya even TOUCH someones skin.
Its meant to be bollox hard!
Im still looking for one!
SOMEONE APPRENTICE ME!! Haha.

spinandscribble

DamoElDiablo wrote: »

That's just being pedantic, it was quite obvious that he meant an Art degree.

theres no "uni" in ireland with an art degree. hows THAT for being pedantic? thats why it made me wonder, it was the combo of the two mistakes that made me wonder what he meant.

The Artist

spinandscribble wrote: »

how would an arts degree help?

skills,learning the art,brushes,drawing etc.Get my meaning.

The Artist

DamoElDiablo wrote: »

That's just being pedantic, it was quite obvious that he meant an Art degree.

or college? its the same as uni?

Star Lord

davey180 wrote: »

skills,learning the art,brushes,drawing etc.Get my meaning.

Davey what she was nit-picking at, was that an "Arts" degree is something that's used to refer to a jumbled degree where people do a variety of different subjects.

spinandscribble

i really wasnt nit picking i honestly thought he meant on arts degree in a uni as opposed to an art degree in a college. a uni in ireland is different to a college. something about being a national uni ect, all i know was it was beaten into me by a careers service person that theres a difference.

spinandscribble

DamoElDiablo wrote: »

Davey what she was nit-picking at, was that an "Arts" degree is something that's used to refer to a jumbled degree where people do a variety of different subjects.

and they're all academic subjects (ie. essays, presentations, lectures, sit down exams)unlike art.