Yep, I design all my tats, but this one was really just collecting prexisting designs and arranging them pleasingly and slightly modifying them. The ravens are modified from the Ravenswood wine logo, and the celtic dragons were found whilst googling for knotwork. I beefed up the wings though to make it fit better. I can't wait to get shading and colors going on. Maybe in a couple weeks!
I thought about tattooing as a profession for probably three years before I actually went around looking for an apprenticeship. I had a large portfolio of work with me and that helped me land one within two weeks of shopping around to see what was available in my area - I actually had a choice of shops, so that was very cool. It's expensive, so I went with the smaller shop that was willing to let me pay as I went rather than the cost up front. I was there three nights and one day a week for a few months before I was able to use a machine, and I actually went very fast. I learned on my boss, which showed a huge amount of faith in me on his part, and after three months of practicing on friends of the shop I was able to start working on others on a limited basis. A few months later and I was in full swing, but assisting that was the fact that I quit my day job one month into the practice phase to start tattooing full-time. It's the hours that you are there working that really accellerate the learning curve.
I wne to the movie with you!!
I don't see you updating about it!!
I didn't see you come online. Sometimes I have my back to the computer cause I'm watching TV adn I don't check my MSN list. If you see me, you can talk to me.
I don't believe you have any.