What should I look for in a tattoo artist?
• Does not have the proper training in either tattoo art or of running a professional operation. • Does not know and/or care to use responsible sterilization methods. • Promises to provide tattooing services for an incredibly low fee, for free, or in exchange for something else. • Chooses not to apprentice through a legitimate tattoo shop because of one excuse or another (but lacks the knowledge one needs to work in or run a professional shop). • Will hurt you because they don’t know what they’re doing. • Will give you a permanent tattoo you will regret for the rest of your life. • You should stay away with a ten-foot pole. • Never, never, never get work from a scratcher unless you are willing to accept all the hazards listed above.
