Originally Posted by
white_n_slow
wow, it costs 8 grand for some guy to teach you to tattoo? Thats like 5 times as much as it cost me to get a real estate license :eek3: I hope he's the shit.
Most apprenticeships range from 5-15k, depending. Even more, I'm sure, if you're going to a well known artist.
But yeah.. it's a shitty deal... you do grunt work in the mean time, pay to get taught and work for free basically. But, in the outcome, you figure $100-130 an hour work? Most of the guys in the shop I work for average 1000-3000K a week income. So, the benefits outweigh the initial year of starving.