How much do tattoo artists earn?

Question

How much do they earn?
What sort of hours?
How long does training take?
Do you have to have lots of tattoos to start with?

Answer 1

Tattooist should (recommended) spend at least 2-5 years watching and working with a licensed tattooist and learning from them



Depending if the tattooist is working for a company or runs his own business, but can earn a percentage of teh tattoo they did to earning the money they made from the tattoo which on average could be £50 an hour.



Hours could be the usuall 9-5 4 days a week or whatever they are contracted to if they work for a company and you dont have to be covered in tattoos to be a tattooist. I know tattooists with not on etattoo themselves, they simply tattoo cos they are good at art.



What ever the outcome, under no circumstance practice tattooing on any person from home and definately dont charge money, it is illegal and dangerous. Also tattoo under supervision of a professional if training. You must be licesnsed and the council will want proof of your capabilities and knowledge of health and safety and hygiene

Answer 2

The amount you earn depends on how many clients you get and how much you charge for the tattoos. You need to have steady hands, and artistic mind, and you need to be able to draw pretty well to be one. To become a tattoo artist, I dont know exactly what you need but a couple things you have to do is go through training and learn how to tattoo people. Then you also need to get a certificate from the state or county certifying that you are a professional tattoo artist.

Answer 3

Earnings depend on the artist. Most are charging about $150 per hour now, however, they may not tattoo everyday! If you do two one hour tattoos in a week, you've only earned $300. Six one hour tattoos in a week, you've made $900....but, you have to pay taxes on all the money that you make and there is a lot of money that comes out of the fees that we charge. Rent, utilities, ink, needles, sterilization, incidentals such as paper towels, ink cups, cross contamination protection controls, etc...People never think about that when they are pricing a tattoo! It comes out to be about the same if you own the business or rent a booth. A renter gives up at least half or more of their fee and an owner has to cover ALL of the expenses of running a business. You can make a living being a tattoo artist, but you won't get rich, I promise!



Hours are maddening. Usually we work pretty late. People want to get tattooed outside of normal working hours! So that means we work the weird hours and never have dinner at the same time everyone else has dinner. It is not very conducive to relationships or raising kids!



As far as training, to start...you will need to be a decent artist. It takes about a year of technical training, but many, many years to become really good. There is no erasing! You get one shot to do it right!



You don't have to have "lots" of tattoos. However, I think that anyone inquiring about getting a tattoo would not be comfortable with an artist who didn't have any tattoos! There is no way that you can begin to know what your clients go through if you've never experienced it. They look at that seriously!



Whatever you do, never, never tattoo out of your house. You can not possibly begin to understand cross contamination and blood born pathogens without proper training. Also, the health department regulates tattooing and body piercing, they will not certify someone scratching out of their house and if you get caught, there can be serious repercussions. Legally as well as medically. You are putting people at serious risk every time you puncture the skin. If you don't know what you are doing it can land you in hot water!



Hope that helps. Good luck.

Answer 4

depends on how many tattoos they do