Tattoo Artist?!

For as long as i can remember i've loved art, i love sketching and occasional painting. I took Art and Design in secondary school and i loved it, although i ruined it for myself when i started to skip classes. I lost out on an awful lot of course work and only managed to get myself a C grade. *Sadface* I tried to continue with this when i started college, but unfortunately (Through no fault of my own) It didn't end well, and i dropped out within the two weeks. So here I am working in a crappy factory to earn myself some money, a dead end job. I'm 19 and i feel as if i'm missing out on a great oppertunity to get myself back into doing art. But i don't know where to start?

I don't have any tattoos at the moment, but i've always loved the idea of putting art onto the skin, it's beautiful in a way. Now i'm not an expert artist, if anything its just a hobby and i understand that i'll never be good enough to just stroll into a tattoo studio and say "Hey give me a job!" What i need to know is; How do i take my first step to becoming a tattoo artist?
January 23rd, 2012 at 11:55pm