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I got a day job! :D
6 years ago
☠ MOTHER OF WEREWOLVES☠ So I finally got back into the working world... sort of. XD
I'm back in a tattoo shop, and training all over again. It's bizarre and surreal and nerve-wracking and exciting all in one go. So far I'm mostly drawing and doing the daily essential stuff like cleaning and chatting to clients, but I've started picking up a machine again and I'm over the moon about it! It's been 8 years since I last slung any ink, so I'm super rusty, but I am loving being back in the environment!
As I'm apprenticing, I'm not currently earning anything, but with any luck soon I will be because my drawing time outside of work is more limited now!
This is having a few small knock-on effects:
- I now only work full days on digital art on wednesdays and thursdays.
- Art may be slightly slower as a result of the above point.
I will absolutely still be sticking with furry art though. I'm happy here, and I enjoy the drawing!
I could do furry art at work if it was tattoo related, so I might start offering tattoo style experimental pieces?
In the meantime, I'm debating whether I should stop doing ref auctions for a bit as the back and forth now takes a lot longer between my working days, and I HATE to leave people waiting D: Refs seem to take the most time to get all the info for so seems logical to consider them to be cut, at least temporarily?
I've made a couple of tweaks to how I'll be taking YCH orders too, to help smooth and speed things along a bit. I now have forms set up to give out to buyer, which will hopefully be a nicer way to deal with things ^^
Anyway, I hope you're all well!
And ooooooo, I would love to see what tattoos you create.
I was training at the same time as my brother years ago, he stuck with it, illness and a crazy boss forced me out of it, then my brother trained my husband and now my husband is training me. Haha. I’m definitely excited to start doing more tattoo style stuff again, as it’s what made me really fall in love with art :3
Wow, that is quite the story on how all this come to be for your job.
Its really cool that your husband gets to teach and train you. :)
And that's really awesome that you excited about doing tattoo style.
I have a cousin who’s apprenticing as well, working with a living canvas looks hard as hell
It's so challenging! There's so much to consider, and it's definitely harder than working digitally, but super fun!