{"id":52939,"date":"2015-05-19T13:00:00","date_gmt":"2015-05-19T06:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/how-do-i-become-a-tattoo-artist\/"},"modified":"2017-04-26T09:40:26","modified_gmt":"2017-04-26T02:40:26","slug":"how-do-i-become-a-tattoo-artist","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/how-do-i-become-a-tattoo-artist\/","title":{"rendered":"How do I become \u2026 a tattoo artist?"},"content":{"rendered":"


\nBeyond artistic talent you\u2019ll need dogged persistence and humility \u2013 and it\u2019ll be at least a year before you\u2019re let anywhere near a machine\u201cBlood-born pathogens, air-born pathogens \u2013 you can get cellulitis, skin infections. I\u2019ll show you this photo of someone who got tattooed by one of his friends at home,\u201d says Phil Kyle, reaching for his laptop. He shuts down an episode of 1980s horror series Tales from the Darkside and opens an image of a tattoo gone seriously awry \u2013 from one stomach-churner to the next. \u201cIt\u2019s awful, a serious infection.\u201d It certainly is. Patches of coloured ink are pooled with yellow-green pus, the actual illustration all but obscured by the infection. Poor technique or bad hygiene? \u201cBoth,\u201d he says exasperated. Kyle, 45, is a tattooist and the owner of Brighton\u2019s Magnum Opus Tattoo, the lauded shop he opened in 2007 and where he works with five other artists. It\u2019s a large open-plan space \u2013 light, airy and meticulously clean, the walls covered in retro tattoo prints, skateboard decks, punk rock posters, and paintings. Continue reading…
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\nSource : theguardian.com
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