Confessions of a Tattoo Artist - Part 1

Amazing stories from the early days of modern tattooing, featuring tattoo artists like the great Lyle Tuttle. Filmed at the 30th National Tattoo Convention held in Concord NC, this is the first part of the third video in a series of in depth interviews done with the who's who of the tattoo world.

[@TheDrunkardHu]

... and i can't wait to see the next video.

[@spookysixx]

thanks for posting awesome

[@izzysmomtattoos8274]

I scrubbed tubes, hand made the artists stencils, set up their stations, broke down their stations, set up appointments, ran for their food, cleaned the hole shop, cleaned out their cars and washed there bikes, picked the cigarette butts out the stone drive. My first apprenticeship was brutal. My boss at one point dumped the sharps container out onto the floor and had me lay the used needles in it flat to save space. It was a very humbling experience.

[@TheDrunkardHu]

darren rosa... i understand. respect to all.

[@TheDrunkardHu]

i want to be a tattoo artist. not just a tattooist/er. i want to shed a positive light on tattoo as a medium, i'm persuing it in the legit fashion, with an apprenticeship with the studio with the most talent in my region, and i'm not asking for anyone to give me that for free. i see this video as a retrospective tattoo shop owner telling me to fuck off. but as a result of my will to seek the means of tattoo as well as my respect for the history, and hardships... i'm there, asking for nothing.

[@xcesar4impx666]

tuttle, ,,,, the beginning of the end,,,,,

[@Ever3j]

love janis joplin

[@beedojohn]

somehow as 40 yrs. we/nt by I,m sleeved and the chest and leg

[@PrjRAPTOR]

Why are these people upset that society is starting to enjoying tattoo art? I think tattoos are more about art than an arbitrarily attached subculture.