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.
In a reputable place (which also tend to be the places that do the best ones) you will need to provide ID proving how old you are. However, if you are under 18 and you are hell-bent on getting a tattoo, my suggestion is to go around all the tattooists you know of first. 1st, see if they require ID. If they do, then they're out of the question. If they don't though, look around, look at their designs.