r/femaletattooers

I don’t think they stole it either, i genuinely just think they hated the design and didn’t want to tell me.

I’m almost a year licensed, 2 years tattooing and I feel like I’ve hit a wall. I’m booked out for months, im drawing every day, and it doesn’t feel like enough. I’m working constantly to improve and yet I feel like my work is only getting worse. I pick apart every single tattoo I do to the point I don’t even want to post them anymore.

How do you get past this stage? Obviously I’m not going to give up, but I just feel like a fraud. I’m popular enough to be booked out, but I hate 90% of the work I put out. And now this ///: wtf

Hi ! I am looking to get my partner a tattoo gun as she is just starting out. I saw some threads regarding this topic but they were fairly old and I wasn't sure how outdated they were. I know that she is planning on specializing in fine line but since she is just starting out tattooing in general I'm wondering if there is are any machines that are a good medium ? Thanks!

Hey guys I have a client thats requesting a non refundable deposit to be refunded to her and I’d love some honest opinions on whether I shoud.

\- this is for an all day appointment on June 16
\- im not entirely sure our systems can do that, when ive refunded deposits in the past (only twice) my boss had me do it in cash

I suggested maybe moving it to another date that would work for her and she initially sends this, “No I'm sorry we won't be going to Tennessee anymore”

A couple hours later she sends this because I decided not to respond (so I could talk to my boss about how to move forward), “Can I still get the deposit back? Unfortunately We have a funeral to plan around the time we were supposed to vacation.”

This is what the deposit form states before you place the deposit:
We Require a Deposit to Schedule an Appointment with all of our artists here at (shop name). It is a NONREFUNDABLE payment, that will go towards the final cost of your tattoo. If you need to move your appointment you may do this up to two times with no penalty, but must communicate with your artist at least 24 hours beforehand. If you do not show up to your appointment, and fail to communicate with your artist that you will not be there, your deposit will be FORFEIT.
You are also welcome to come into the shop to pay the deposit in person. This is just here for artist and customer convenience.

I know its not up to me to decide if clients are lying but I find it hard to believe that you need to schedule some time to plan a funeral and that youve chosen to plan a funeral at the exact time of your trip? Is this person already dead or are you planning on them dying? I may be the only one not understanding this so please feel free to criticize

UPDATE: I read through all of your helpful comments and they seem to be fairly split. The other thing i forgot to mention is that she made the appointment and placed the deposit only 24 hours before all of this so I’m confused as to how all of this could have changed in that time period. I opted to not respond until i could talk to my boss in the morning which i did about 15 minutes ago. I messaged her back and just asked her to please message the shop instagram so he can handle it. He said he will have to do it through his personal venmo but you all are making me a little weary about even doing this due to scams/chargebacks. If he sends it through venmo and she disputes the deposit charge, then we’ll be scammed out of $100. Shes not from my area or state even so reputational damage is unlikely unless she leaves a bad review which is a big deal to me because we have over 120 reviews and not a single one is below 5 stars. I hope someone sees this edit and can give advice about the chargeback stuff because morally i know i should but im worried about getting scammed.

Hi all! Im a tattoo apprentice and have been tattooing for 7 months now and I’ve been using one of the emalla grand tattoo machines. It was working fine for the first few months, but now has stopped working. The needle won’t adjust anymore and it feels like my needles aren’t as sharp. I’ve tried using different needles thinking it might have been the batch I ordered? but nothing seems to work. I’m thinking about buying a new rotary machine. I was wondering if anyone had some suggestions for buying a new machine that isn’t too expensive or any suggestions on what to try with my machine now. Thank you! 🖤

Hi, i’m about to make a instagram account for tattooing and stuff because I am building a portfolio and stuff. I need HELP with a handle, my last name is Luckey and would love to include it. I like alternative and dark theme stuff! LMK if you have any ideas plsss!!