a shop owner came into my store today for a pick-up. i saw tat socks on both legs and we started talking, he mentioned he was a tattoo artist and owned a shop. i told him i was an aspiring tattooist who'd already had a little mentoring (turns out he knows my original mentor), and i showed him the pieces i'd put on myself. he checked them out and then we loaded out his mattress and boxspring. then he told me if i was serious, he had an apprentice finishing up and might be interested in a new one. so if i was interested to stop by his shop. so of course, i went by the shop and we talked. he told me we could just do something part-time and to put together a portfolio and come back and we could talk about things like expectations, schedule, and pay. to say the least, i was doing backflips. so i have been putting together my portfolio and i have a few questions. am assuming a completely digital portfolio is acceptable nowadays; is this a safe assumption? or do i need to put everything on photo paper? how large should a portfolio be? mine is not expansive, but i don't want to let too much time to go by trying to keep do pieces to add to the portfolio and running down photos of the tats i did and somehow forgot to take my camera along. if anybody has any insight or any experiences to share, it would greatly appreciated. thank you.

Check out member G.M. Wells topic: To All You Prospects.... I wouldn't assume digital portfolio is acceptable.

yeah its all about presentation, buy yourself a nice portfolio from the artstore, one of the ones with the plastic sleeves and have at least 10 masterpeices in there.

itoya has the best portfolios

thank you all for the input. i am going to purchase a bound portfolio and i will print my digitial photos to photo paper and assemble a nice hardcopy portfolio. It is something a serious artist is going to want to have. So you really think 10 good photos is enough to start or to go with? that is what i was hoping to hear, but somehow i figured it had to be more. also the owner mentioned how all of his apprentices had been part-time and that worked well. so the more i thought about it, i figured many or maybe even most tattoo apprentices might be a part-time arrangement. for those with apprentice knowledge or those with experience, please let me know on this. i am guessing it is possible; however, it seems logical that the more time you are able to invest the faster you are able to grow and succeed...