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So I've got a few questions regarding apprenticeships.

First: heres what i already [think] i know:
1-Do NOT have any habits when it comes to tattooing.
2-DO have a good portfolio.
3-get in good with the artists
4-Get work done.


now to my questions..
Right now i am unable to get ANY tattoos from a professional cause 1-ill lose my bed. the people i live with HATE tattoos. So i have 2 i did on myself [i will put up a picture]
so theres my problem with getting work done.
Now, my fiancé has gotten work done at a local tattoo shop the guy who did his hand piece knows my biological dad [who owns a shop cross country] and he knows thats my blood. so that raised an eyebrow of interest. question here: can i use that to my advantage.

Ive done a few tattoos on my fiancé, and on my friend. The ones i did on my friend look like they were done at a shop she's super happy with them [the gun i was using was working well at this point]

my fiancé's were kinda screwy cause HE had to adjust the gun. HIS fault lol he set it up for HIS use. xD but no seriously though i think i did "ok" on those ones.

now what i have to use:
I have a few pieces of decent art, some tattoo sketches, some font sketches.

Talent

Professionals in my bloodline.

What i have done so far:

Started off doing pick n prick on myself [cuz hell at least i can't sue myself. and if i fuck up i know what i want and i can fix it.]

I moved on to doing ink on my fiancé. first one i did with a gun i did on his arm. I had a problem with the pressure i am still completely novice mindset with the whole tattoo gun deal. I know i don't know jack about what I'm doing. i wing it.

i freehanded all my tattoos. took some red bull to get my adrenaline rushing to therefore cut down the pain. lots of ice water to numb it. I know that once you hit a certain point in time while doing a tattoo the skin will reject it due to the fact your body can't handle anymore poking with needles. the skin starts to get a bit swollen before hand so once an hour a break is good [im guessing due to the fact i sat in while my fiancé got his other hand piece at the same shop the guy had him go outside for a break after 45 minutes.] so i have the basic health knowledge a little bit.

I dont wanna screw this up but i REALLY want to get in to tattooing i know i can do it but i also know that at this point i don't know jack about the techniques all i know how to do is draw and i know not to do any tattoos on people who have been drinking [thins blood]

now i need to know...what else should i do to get an apprenticeship at the place my fiancé got his tatts at? the guys who did them do a lot of horror style art which is what i excell at.

and how big does my portfolio have to be. I was thinking the following as a portfolio:

a timeline thing [images of the tattoos I've done in chronological order [all of an amazing 5 lol] to show progression and improvement.

5 different fonts [with a male and female style for each]

5 band logo drawings

2 horror comic book style [vince lock zombies to be exact] portraits.

2 drawings of people

2 paintings

5 zombie drawings

5 various horror drawings

5 girly girl tattoos

5 sports logos.

5 gangster style tattoos

5 religious tattoos.


anything else? i wanna get this done like asap. so any pointers would be great. ill post my current stuff so you all can glance at it and you tell me that i should do more and how much more.