Sun, 15 Jun 2008 13:56:36 -0700 feedback@ink-trails.com (Ink Trails Tattoo Forum) IP.Blog 60
I don’t worry about competition with anyone else but myself. I want to do better then I did last week every single week. I just don’t understand why some people come back with perfect smooth solid lines while others come back with a piece I don’t even want to admit was mine?

Tattooing and running my shop is bringing me down. I just don’t know if I have the thick skin I need to have to tell people, “No, I can’t do that for free.” “Sorry, I can’t do a portrait in a space the size of a quarter, it just won’t turn out.” “You have to sit still if you want it to turn out.” “I can’t trade an old lawn mower for tattoo work.” “No, you can’t pay me later for the work I do today.”

I want someone to tell me to hang in there, it will be worth it, you’re doing a good job, but no one knows me so how could they. My family and friends try, but they don’t understand this job. I want another artist to look at my stuff and tell me if I should be attempting this at all. Maybe I’m thinking I have something that I don’t. It’s like the million little girls out there who dream of being Miss America or some top model, but they just don’t have what it takes. How do you know unless someone who knows tells you?]]> Thu, 12 Jun 2008 16:08:59 -0700