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Artist Questionnaire:
Please take your time and answer as many questions as you can.
**NOTE: The more you say the bigger part in the book your shop will take up.
Thank you for agreeing to submit your information about yourself and
your history with the art of tattooing. Tattoo artists submitting
information for this project will be published in a hard cover book.
please fill out the answers below with as much detail as you can. This
is a great opportunity to be part of an amazing book. Also get
exposure among tattoo artist and tattoo fans around the world. Thank
you again!
1. How long have you been tattooing?
2. What got you interested in the business?
2a. What was it that initially gave you the tattoo spark?
3. How long did you apprentice and when did you get into drawing?
4. What did your family and friends think about you getting into the tattoo business?
5. So, do you enjoy the job after all these years?
6. What would you say is your favorite part of the job?
7. Whats your favorite tattoo to do and whats your favorite style of artwork?
8. Whats your favorite type of client?
9. What type of art form do you believe tattooing is closest to and why?
10. What do you think about the people that say "The only people that get tattoos are freaks, rebels, and bikers" and what would you tell the kids of tomorrow about body art?
11. Are there any famous clients you have tattooed and who?
12. Is there any people out there, alive or dead, that have influenced you, took you down a path or helped you in your career?
12a. Changed your style?
12b. Helped mold you?
13. What artist have you worked beside,in the past years? Any one interesting? Crazy? or just fun?
14. The good old question - What would you recommend to someone wishing to get into the tattoo business?
15. So, what do you think of the "scratchers" that are out there? Any thing you would tell them? Does it have a bad reflection on the whole business?
16. Do you think it can become even more accepted as an art form or still will it have its criminal past?
17. Where do you see yourself in 5-10 years? Still tattooing?
18. When/How did you know that you wanted to be a tattoo artist?
19. When did you get your first tattoo and who did it?
20. Do you feel that women are under-represented in the tattoo world? If your a women do you feel that men (clients or colleagues) treat you differently because you're a woman?
21. What advice would you give to a virgin about there first tattoo? (a tattoo virgin)
22. How do you get your influences to create your work?
22a. Are you heavily influenced by tattoo culture?
22b. What is tattoo culture?
23. Are there any tattoos you would refuse to do?
24. What do you think is in store for the future of tattooing?
24a. Do you think we should be concerned?
25. How does it feel to mark people permanently and how do you build that trust?
26. Has anyone treated you differently because your a tattoo artist?
26a. If so, why do you think?
27. What profession do you think tattooing is closest to and why?
28. What's your favorite tattoo you own/have?
28a. Who did it?
28b. When did you get it?
29. What fellow artist do you want to get a tattoo from next?
30. How important is it for a tattooist to love to get tattooed as much as you love to give them and why?
31. What was the most memorable tattoo you did and why?
32. Are there any body parts you won't tattoo and why?
33. Have you ever had a bad tattoo experience and what was it?
34. Do you support supply co. that sells to the public?
34a. If you could tell them off and let them know what they are doing to the industry, would you? If so, now is your chance..
35. What would you say to someone who has had a bad tattooing experience?
36. What do you think about tattooist that also do piercing and do you think they should stick with doing just one?
37. Do you have any regrets in the industry and if so what are they?
38. Do you have anything to add about your shop or the artists you work with?
39. Who or what is your biggest influence in your work and why?
40. What was the most difficult tattoo you have ever done?
41. What is the most important advice you can give some one new to the art of tattooing?
42. What do you think it takes to have a successful career in the tattoo industry?
43. Is there anything else you would like to add?
44. What is your favorite body part to tattoo and why?
45. Please share any other comments or views or questions to the public you might have.
LOS ANGELES TATTOOING
Slinging Ink In The City Of Angels
Shop Owners Questions
A. How did you open your shop?
B. How did you find the location and why did you chose the location?
C. When did you open your shop?
D. What would you consider your shop to be, a street shop or a custom art studio?
E. What kind of clients do you get in your shop?
F. What percentage of the work leaving your shop is black/gray and color?
G. How do you advertise or market your shop?
H. What would you tell a person that says anyone can own a shop or says its easy to run one?
I. What kind of insurance do you have to have to run a business in Los Angeles?
J. What do you do for the health of your tattooist and clients? Safety?
K. What makes your shop different then the next?
L. What does it take to run a successful tattoo shop?
M. Give us a brief description of your shop.
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