Also called: Apprentice Tattooist
Learns tattooing by working under a mentor: cleaning, drawing and eventually tattooing.
She sets up stations, sterilizes equipment, draws flash designs, and practices on fake skin. Months in, she does her first simple tattoo on a friend under supervision.
Many apprenticeships are unpaid or low-paid.
Approximate: anchored on Bureau of Labor Statistics data for a broader job group.
Apprenticeship, about 0 years after high school. A 1-3 year apprenticeship under an experienced tattoo artist, bloodborne-pathogen training, and a state or county body-art license.
Ways in: Apprenticeship. Training cost: Get paid while you train.
Majors to look at: Fine Arts, Illustration.
Growing about average.
Low risk for 10 years. The apprenticeship is hands-on learning under a mentor; AI doesn't replace this path into tattooing.
Classes: Art, Biology, Digital art.
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