Luv tha video....I tattoo out my home and I take it very seriously...I started an apprenticeship but was over looked once tha shop owner found another tattoo artist. So I built my own studio. Me personally I think if done the right way a home studio is better.
That's what's up the home studio dang I might do that myself I do tattoos and I am pretty good I feel I need about 1 more year and then I will do RUclips videos but ya that's awesome home studio for sure man.
I'm from Dallas texas and I've had a few home tattoos. Friend was starting out and because I was at work and my time off was when the shop was closed. I've recently started to learn about tattooing. Been following anrijs straume, bought a few machines and ink he recommended and power supply it's hard getting good equipment. I've seen some starter kits and they did bad tattoos in a shop. It's an experience thing here. If you have a good portfolio and have skill it's not hard. I can draw better than some artist in shops. I'm just still learning technique. But I use disposables and keep everything thing as clean as possible. Evey tat I do right now is free just because it's illegal to tat from home. I want to build my skill. Also I dont have a license to tattoo and you can get one here without being with at a shop. Love your vids, it's been a really big help. Much love from Texas please keep it up.
The requirements to run business such as a tattoo studio you MUST HAVE A BATHROOM in working condition also a separate sink for cleanup near your work station. And proper lighting as long as you are within your city or province bylaws your good to go
Man, I will tell you something. Tattoing at home is the same like tattoing in a shop if you do it in the right way, I mean with safety and clean stuff. 80% of my tattoos were done at home and I never never had an infection or bad tattoos. I have only one tattoo wich was done in a studio in Italy. I was charged with 250€ for a fucking eye tattoo "dimensions 8cm x 6cm " on the forearm , you should know that it's an easy area to tattoo. It should be realistic but the result was not like that. When I started the tattoo, the girl who tattooed me didn't opened the needle in front of me but she had the needle prepared on the machine. She told me too keep that stupid film kitchen for 3 days and not to wash the tattoo, it was a role film that costs 2 euros not Dermalize or quality stuff and outside were like 38C. Now I'm a tattoo artist, I do it at home and I work only with quality machines like Fk Irons or Cheyenne and World famous inks / Eternal. In three years I learned more by myself than if I had done apprenticeship in a shop. In my country it is useless to open a shop, considering that the demand for tattoos is not so great.
I agree with getting an apprenticeship. I recently had one but was let go. I was doing good but was moving up in the shop and the female artist in there felt that she was underappreciated because she was a woman and that it was unfair that I had my own chair while just being an apprentice. I now tattoo at home though I would rather do it out of a shop. Its just hard to find any shop willing to take me in. I was screwed over because of the whole feminine climate. I'm still looking though. Your videos are awesome I found it encouraging to hear you guys talk about starting at home. I started following you after the creative coffee hipster video😂 much love from America.
I got my first tattoo (the start of my left sleeve)from the father of a drummer I played a gig with and it didn’t turn out great. It has been touched up sense and looks ok now. That being said I just moved to Klamath Falls oregon. The shops here are just people who rented a space and don’t know what they are doing. So I asked around and the best artist is tattooing out of his home. I contacted him, and he does this because the shops in the area don’t hold to health codes, and he refuses to work and support that environment. So I think it really depends on the area your at. I’m still gonna fly back to Cali for my tattoos, but I agree that depending on the situation home tattoos can be good
+David Rivera if tattooist knows what they are doing it can be dome good at home. If speaking of environment I would guess that home tattooist might have trouble disposing needles and other medical waste. I have really no idea how's things in states. I've heard that there licencing might be expensive and complicated.
My studio has been from home for 13+ years and I ran into ignorance because I also live where I work. People always assume because you do it from home saving cost and righting off bills that your a chop shop or SCRATCHER someone who actually can't tattoo etc. Ive trained people hired people and did it all from home also people feel you dontd have major expenses because your home they assume your living rent and bill free
It's actually really difficult to have a legit tattoo studio in Slovenia. This is why people tattoo from home and are lots of times better artists than many of studio artists. You cannot open a shop with just certificates of attendance to tattoo seminars and health courses and cross contamination courses. You cannot open a shop with an art masters degree from university + health and x-contamination courses. You cannot open a shop even if you have all that plus have been an apprentice for 1, 2, 3 years... BUT you can have your own studio if you have any medical degree or cosmetics school degree. So there you have it. You need to be either a doctor or a cosmetician to be able to lawfuly open a tattoo studio in Slovenia. *slow clap for Slovenia*
+Jure Pogačnik that is upsetting. There are some countries where you have to be almost like a doctor to tattoo and that pushed tattoo uderground. Also it's strange that cosmetic school degree is on same level as medical degree.
I'm 36 and I remember my brother coming home with a tattoo that some old guy had done from his house in the late 80s all you had to do was supply him with a bottle of whiskey and let him have a couple to stop his hands shaking.the tattoo was a grim reaper smoking a pipe.the reapers cloak was a dark purple and the smoke was blue but the overall tattoo was neat enough! Also recently my girlfriends friend got in touch with her asking if she wanted to go to her house for a tattoo party? I told my girlfriend there was no fucking way she was going because I knew it would be some guy with a cheap ebay tattoo kit and I was spot on. My girlfriend showed me the results on Facebook and the guy that done the tattooing must have been sitting on a chair with a couple of legs shorter than the others cause the writing went down at an angle and the ones that were meant to be a picture of some sort were absolutely terrible! The skin looked like it had been hammered! A total fuck up I'm so glad I asked my girlfriend not to go! I'm not saying there isn't good home tattooists but you have to be really careful!!!!
I'm a professional tattoo artist for over 20 years I've recently just close my tattoo studio and I'm privately working from home my home studio is probably more efficient than any mainstream Tattoo Studio I tried to keep my quality to the best best quality I can buy I do not hold back on my tattoo inks needles or machines a lot of my customers I know who bring their friends around will complain saying I'm a little bit too expensive because I'm tattooing from home but I am a fully licensed tattoo artist that is tattooing privately now from home because I'm not able to always function to work in a studio so this makes my life a little bit more easier but I do do take the opportunity to go around to people's homes who I do here chatting from homes and I will not criticise them I will not try and run them down in any form or shape I will try and educate them in the best way possible from Cross lamination to sterilisation to cold sterilisation. I'm not saying it's cold it's Hip it's a fashion thing for people just to buy cheap knock off s*** off eBay or Amazon to tattoo from home I had an apprenticeship for four and a half years in a tattoo studio I had seven tattoo artist I worked with an I had to make every single needle configuration for each artist which was long long tedious hours now I'm working for my own life of me as a little bit more eazy I can work at my pace. And I would say about 100% of my stuff is all disposable except for my machines that I can sterilised but everything else is all disposable!!
+Gregory it seems like you just moved studio to home and you must be the good example. On teaching home tattooists - that is very nice from you... Education is the key. I think there should be more information out for both - customers and tattooists ( including home tattooists) about risks, supplies and quality.
You hit it spot on everytime in your videos 😂
Had two tattoos done at home. Both by artists that work in shops though. Perfect work and all done as you would expect
+Curtis Greene what was the reason to get them at home?
Luv tha video....I tattoo out my home and I take it very seriously...I started an apprenticeship but was over looked once tha shop owner found another tattoo artist. So I built my own studio. Me personally I think if done the right way a home studio is better.
You can always learn more when you have more people around you
That's what's up the home studio dang I might do that myself I do tattoos and I am pretty good I feel I need about 1 more year and then I will do RUclips videos but ya that's awesome home studio for sure man.
I'm from Dallas texas and I've had a few home tattoos. Friend was starting out and because I was at work and my time off was when the shop was closed. I've recently started to learn about tattooing. Been following anrijs straume, bought a few machines and ink he recommended and power supply it's hard getting good equipment. I've seen some starter kits and they did bad tattoos in a shop. It's an experience thing here. If you have a good portfolio and have skill it's not hard. I can draw better than some artist in shops. I'm just still learning technique. But I use disposables and keep everything thing as clean as possible. Evey tat I do right now is free just because it's illegal to tat from home. I want to build my skill. Also I dont have a license to tattoo and you can get one here without being with at a shop. Love your vids, it's been a really big help. Much love from Texas please keep it up.
Thanks. That is also a point -opening times and availability. Good luck on your learning journey
The requirements to run business such as a tattoo studio you MUST HAVE A BATHROOM in working condition also a separate sink for cleanup near your work station. And proper lighting as long as you are within your city or province bylaws your good to go
Man, I will tell you something. Tattoing at home is the same like tattoing in a shop if you do it in the right way, I mean with safety and clean stuff. 80% of my tattoos were done at home and I never never had an infection or bad tattoos. I have only one tattoo wich was done in a studio in Italy. I was charged with 250€ for a fucking eye tattoo "dimensions 8cm x 6cm " on the forearm , you should know that it's an easy area to tattoo. It should be realistic but the result was not like that. When I started the tattoo, the girl who tattooed me didn't opened the needle in front of me but she had the needle prepared on the machine. She told me too keep that stupid film kitchen for 3 days and not to wash the tattoo, it was a role film that costs 2 euros not Dermalize or quality stuff and outside were like 38C. Now I'm a tattoo artist, I do it at home and I work only with quality machines like Fk Irons or Cheyenne and World famous inks / Eternal. In three years I learned more by myself than if I had done apprenticeship in a shop. In my country it is useless to open a shop, considering that the demand for tattoos is not so great.
+Fobia OFF which country is that?
Tattoo Shop Talk Romania, people still live with communism in their mind. And not to mention the bribe to open a shop.
I agree with getting an apprenticeship. I recently had one but was let go. I was doing good but was moving up in the shop and the female artist in there felt that she was underappreciated because she was a woman and that it was unfair that I had my own chair while just being an apprentice. I now tattoo at home though I would rather do it out of a shop. Its just hard to find any shop willing to take me in. I was screwed over because of the whole feminine climate. I'm still looking though. Your videos are awesome I found it encouraging to hear you guys talk about starting at home. I started following you after the creative coffee hipster video😂 much love from America.
I got my first tattoo (the start of my left sleeve)from the father of a drummer I played a gig with and it didn’t turn out great. It has been touched up sense and looks ok now. That being said I just moved to Klamath Falls oregon. The shops here are just people who rented a space and don’t know what they are doing. So I asked around and the best artist is tattooing out of his home. I contacted him, and he does this because the shops in the area don’t hold to health codes, and he refuses to work and support that environment. So I think it really depends on the area your at. I’m still gonna fly back to Cali for my tattoos, but I agree that depending on the situation home tattoos can be good
+David Rivera if tattooist knows what they are doing it can be dome good at home. If speaking of environment I would guess that home tattooist might have trouble disposing needles and other medical waste.
I have really no idea how's things in states. I've heard that there licencing might be expensive and complicated.
Tattoo Shop Talk it is, and the shops charge HUGE rates for artists. It’s become undoable for some artists
My studio has been from home for 13+ years and I ran into ignorance because I also live where I work. People always assume because you do it from home saving cost and righting off bills that your a chop shop or SCRATCHER someone who actually can't tattoo etc. Ive trained people hired people and did it all from home also people feel you dontd have major expenses because your home they assume your living rent and bill free
People need to be educated
It's actually really difficult to have a legit tattoo studio in Slovenia. This is why people tattoo from home and are lots of times better artists than many of studio artists. You cannot open a shop with just certificates of attendance to tattoo seminars and health courses and cross contamination courses. You cannot open a shop with an art masters degree from university + health and x-contamination courses. You cannot open a shop even if you have all that plus have been an apprentice for 1, 2, 3 years... BUT you can have your own studio if you have any medical degree or cosmetics school degree. So there you have it. You need to be either a doctor or a cosmetician to be able to lawfuly open a tattoo studio in Slovenia. *slow clap for Slovenia*
+Jure Pogačnik that is upsetting. There are some countries where you have to be almost like a doctor to tattoo and that pushed tattoo uderground. Also it's strange that cosmetic school degree is on same level as medical degree.
I believe south korea is the same. But wow, that sucks
That sounds terrible for the tattoo industry. Wow I wonder what degenerate passed that law.
I'm 36 and I remember my brother coming home with a tattoo that some old guy had done from his house in the late 80s all you had to do was supply him with a bottle of whiskey and let him have a couple to stop his hands shaking.the tattoo was a grim reaper smoking a pipe.the reapers cloak was a dark purple and the smoke was blue but the overall tattoo was neat enough! Also recently my girlfriends friend got in touch with her asking if she wanted to go to her house for a tattoo party? I told my girlfriend there was no fucking way she was going because I knew it would be some guy with a cheap ebay tattoo kit and I was spot on. My girlfriend showed me the results on Facebook and the guy that done the tattooing must have been sitting on a chair with a couple of legs shorter than the others cause the writing went down at an angle and the ones that were meant to be a picture of some sort were absolutely terrible! The skin looked like it had been hammered! A total fuck up I'm so glad I asked my girlfriend not to go! I'm not saying there isn't good home tattooists but you have to be really careful!!!!
+Eddie Jones tattoo at house party in never good idea even the artist is good. So many distractions and so many wrong decisions can be done
I'm a professional tattoo artist for over 20 years I've recently just close my tattoo studio and I'm privately working from home my home studio is probably more efficient than any mainstream Tattoo Studio I tried to keep my quality to the best best quality I can buy I do not hold back on my tattoo inks needles or machines a lot of my customers I know who bring their friends around will complain saying I'm a little bit too expensive because I'm tattooing from home but I am a fully licensed tattoo artist that is tattooing privately now from home because I'm not able to always function to work in a studio so this makes my life a little bit more easier but I do do take the opportunity to go around to people's homes who I do here chatting from homes and I will not criticise them I will not try and run them down in any form or shape I will try and educate them in the best way possible from Cross lamination to sterilisation to cold sterilisation. I'm not saying it's cold it's Hip it's a fashion thing for people just to buy cheap knock off s*** off eBay or Amazon to tattoo from home I had an apprenticeship for four and a half years in a tattoo studio I had seven tattoo artist I worked with an I had to make every single needle configuration for each artist which was long long tedious hours now I'm working for my own life of me as a little bit more eazy I can work at my pace. And I would say about 100% of my stuff is all disposable except for my machines that I can sterilised but everything else is all disposable!!
+Gregory it seems like you just moved studio to home and you must be the good example.
On teaching home tattooists - that is very nice from you... Education is the key. I think there should be more information out for both - customers and tattooists ( including home tattooists) about risks, supplies and quality.
+Gregory thanks for the input