According to the BLS, carpenters earned a median salary of $40,500 in 2013, or $19.47 per hour. During that period, the highest-paid carpenters earned about $73,100, while the lowest-paid earned $25,120. The motion picture and video industry pays the highest for carpentry work.
Steps. 1  1. Finish high school. 2  2. Consider your artistic talent. 3  3. Pick up a Copy of Basic Fundamentals of Modern Tattoo. 4  4. Apply for an apprenticeship with an experienced tattoo artist.  5. A tattoo machine is not a gun, if you insist in calling it a tattoo gun you will be ridiculed by the staff.
I do not promote predjudism,so, to say as a tattoo artist you have to have a tattoo, is ludicrous. So to each his/her own. If you want a tattoo get it, get exactly what you want and get it exactly where you want it and accept nothing less or you will never be satisfied with it. do not promote predjudism,so, to say as a tattoo artist you have to have a tattoo, is ludicrous. So to each his/her own. If you want a tattoo get it, get exactly what you want and get it exactly where you want it and accept nothing less or you will never be satisfied with it.