That's some good advice!
Yeah, I definitely intend to finish school! I'm an art major, and I absolutely love college.
I didn't really think that paying for training was common, but the more time I spend talking to artists, most of them say that anymore, you have to pay for it! One website (either tattoos.about.com or tattooflash.info) stated that the average price for an apprenticeship in the US is 8-10 grand!!
I think the one thing that I'll have the biggest problem with (assuming I do follow through with this, which is looking pretty certain), is that there's a lot of trash talking and badmouthing. Around here a lot of the tattooists (especially the younger ones that are all in the new skool scene), either say that "so-and-so is a scratcher" or if the guy they're talking about is good it's "yeah, well he thinks he's Guy Aitchison. He needs to remember where the hell he came from." And some of it is well-founded, but some of it is just absurd.
As for a family, that's something way on down the line, if ever. I always wanted to get married young, but I've finally realized that the type of job I want isn't the most conducive to raising a family. And, when, (if) I have a family, they'll come first. Therefore, I'm going to do the things I want to do now, while I still can.
Thanks for the advice!
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