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Hold out for better or take apprenticeship?

  • 27-09-2012 01:32AM
    #1
    Sunsetfeelings
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2 ✭


    I need your opinion/advice

    Should I wait until I find a tattoo apprenticeship working with better tattoo artists or take the gig now with artists who are only okay for the experience and keep looking?


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  • #2
    Orim
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,971 ✭✭✭Orim


    In general it's easier to find a job when you have a job so I would take on that premise.

    I would imagine that there is more people looking to apprentice then there is available slots so again I'd grab it. I would also think that at least for the beginning the average artist will teach you just as well, possibly better then a better artist.

    That's my 2c anyway. We'll just have to wait for some of the more experienced guys to come and tell me I'm talking through my hoop.


  • #3
    piercingdanny
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 58 ✭✭piercingdanny


    WAIT WAIT WAIT !!! If you're not impressed by their work then stay away. You'll only spend a couple of years banging your head against a wall. Use the time to get a portfolio together and start calling into studio's whose work you aspire to be like and ask them for some constructive critiscism. Be ready to get knocked back a few times but persevere with updating your portfolio keeping the critique in mind and if your skills are up to the task you could be lucky. Also think about some 3rd level courses in art. I know a lot of people turn their noses up at the thought of them but I've seen someone come from a course in animation and take up tattooing in no time at all because of the foundation learned in the course. It gave this person a foot in the door in the studio as their artwork and portfolio was out of this world. Learn from the best out there and your progress will be a lot quicker and run a lot smoother. If you're not impressed by the standard in the place that has offered you a start then stay well away from it. It's much harder to unteach bad habits than it is to learn the right way from the start.


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