One year from today I'll be starting my apprenticeship. Until then, shop bitch, I remain.

Now I just have to get this guy $8000 by then. h: :nervous: :noes: It's gonna be kinda hard for me to put aside 500-600 bucks a month, but, I really have no choice, need to crack down on myself. I could always go back to Borders as a "third" part time thing.. but holy crap that's a lot of jobs and little spare time. :hs: But hey, I told myself I'd be tattooing by the time I was 30. And I'll most likely be finishing up the apprenticeship by the time that rolls around. :reechy: I'll figure out something, I'll talk to my brother, he's good with teh investing and money matters, so I'm sure we can work out a decent budgeting plan.

hooooboy....

 

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.

 

how much longer til you do my tat janna

 

Damn...I don't think it cost my brother that much...must be your location

 

how long do you expect to work under the boss?

 

Reading ownz you.

 

Could be? Like I said.. it varies

9 months to a year. Depends on how well you do. The last apprentice he had started in January, and he's out on his own at the end of this week.

 

how should i know when you turn 30? gosh

 

congrats, and we'll see you on new jersey ink...