My Tattoo Apprenticeship Portfolio 2023 

This is insanely good, I'm on quite a similar road as you, and your works showed me i need to put A LOT more time and effort into my designs, good luck with the apprenticeship!

thank you, this has motivated me to start drawing again! All the best

Your video gave me so much advice as someone also working on there portfolio for tattooing,thank you!

I'm in love with that blue dragon dseign, everything from the clouds to the shape of the body is perfect, good stuff bro!

miguel, you give off such a good vibe. Your art is beautiful and I'm wishing you the best! 💙💜

So many new artists joining the youtube community, so many inspirations 😍

I'm mind blown by the beauty of your are man, keep on creating!

Just shows art is everywhere, whoever you are whatever profession or status in life, its a beautiful symbol of passion and life

this is amazing!! i wish you the best on your tattooing journey, you are very disciplined and talented

Came across this video on my tattoo art feed & you have inspired me. Especially when you said she was like why did you stop tattooing cus I did for the same reason... I truthfully feel like being called a scratcher is so bad but how are you supposed to learn? Your work is epic!

Literally in the same boat as you !!!! It’s hard to find a shop to take you in 🙃 I took a break and started up again in hopes to not give up on my dream , but seeing this gave me motivation to not give up and push harder while taking things slow hehe but your work is so amazing do not give up , you’ll be an amazing tattoo artist!

Beautiful portfolio and love listening to your voice!

Great Portfolio!!! You are talented but also worked hard!!!keep up you are gonna be top Tattooer!!!

Im currently on the same journey as you, cant wait to hear more from you, you inspired me to not give up and continue my grind and hard work, apprenticeships here in my country are rare af but alot of artists who did work on my tattoos actually said the same thing, we all started at home, just do your job, try to always improve and in the future you ll find a studio who has a spare spot for you and you can go for it then. Thanks again Miguel!

This is really impressive! Beautiful.

This is amazing work. Just beautiful 🤯

wow love that canvas painting so trippy

This video is AMAZING and I'm so glad I found your channel! Your art style is really unique and i appreciate how you put this video together. Plus wow your portfolio is so good! I'm inspired now to keep working towards tattooing :) Keep up the great work!

Hi! I am just starting out my tattoo apprenticeship journey and I have been doing a lot of research online about other people's experiences. I like to see their portfolios, hear their personal mentor stories, the ups and downs of rejection and growing from constructive criticism. So, thank you for sharing your story! Every story I hear makes me that much more knowledgeable on the world of tattooing. :)

Omg this is one of the best portfolios I’ve ever seen! Great job my guy

Good luck on your journey!

This was super cool! I hope you find an apprenticeship soon, I have been wondering whether I should create a portfolio so this was really helpful

I got this for inspiration for my portfolio but now I’m thinking I suck :( keep it up! You have such talent

you are so talented and your art is truly gorgeous omg. i really want to be a tattoo artist and watching this gave me motivation, great art work man !

awh i loved this video youre awesome dude

FANTASTIC portfolio and I love how you set it up! If you don't mind me asking where did you find the portfolio itself? I have been looking for one such as this that is transparent in the front!

This is so great. I have a lot of trouble finding actually good illustrators that are also tattoo artists.

this is amazing. thank you for sharing. 👍

Sooo nice! I'd love to see more videos from you :)

Very good work, amazing talent !

keep going love the video very inspirational

You are my new inspo now

thanks you a lot i needed so much to hear all that, good luck for the future!

I like your art! Your snakes give me a lot of cool ideas.

Keep tattooing even if you don’t get in anywhere it will pay off I promise! Your really good better then pros I seen in the USA!

Love it !! You make me wanna draw!!

If you like things associated with luck you would like the potion in Harry Potter associated with luck it was called the Felix something when I read the book I was in awe!! I’m also in awe at your art work you’re a beautiful creator!! Much love

That’s so sick! ❤

This is amazing!! You’ve got a lot of talent you’d make a great artist :)

always good to stumble across a mano

I’m sad there are no more videos!!! Great video to watch!

This is funny because I wanted to become a tattoo artist at first and tattooed a bit when I was younger but now I want to become a concept artist/illustrator studying animation ^^

everything about this video is so professional and well done, I was surprised when I saw how small your channel was. Subbed

Muito bom! Estou pra montar um portifólio de iniciante também, esse vídeo me ajudou bastante em pensar como organizá-lo. Parabéns pelo trabalho :D

amazing work

love your portfolio!! which pen did you use for the black drawings? in the beginning? are they also digital art? thank you for the response🥰

Absolutely beautiful work. No doubt you have it as a tattoo artist. May I ask what markers did you use for the colouring?

That dragon was breathtaking!

For a second i thought you drew them all on paper by yiur hand, jesus. Still amazing.

estive procurando vídeos de portfólios de designs de tatuagem e de longe o seu é o melhor que vi por aqui! sou do brasil e também estou nessa jornada de começar a tatuar (já tatuei alguns familiares), mas ainda não tenho um portfólio montado com designs próprios por não saber muito bem qual estilo seguir, visto que gosto de vários. o seu trabalho me chamou muito a atenção justamente por seus desenhos serem nos estilos que tb pretendo trabalhar com, então agora tenho uma ideia de como mesclar os diferentes tipos e fazer um portfolio mais coeso! obrigada!! confesso que estou um pouco receosa de sair à procura de estúdios para ser aprendiz porque muitos deles são de pessoas que estão há anos na área e não são muito abertos a receber pessoas novas, ainda mais sendo mulher (e numa cidade pequena onde tattoo artists não são tao valorizados, e sim os que trabalham com tatuagem comercial) 🤐 enfim, me encantei muito com teu trabalho, espero que tu cresça bastante na área pois suas artes são INCRÍVEIS!!! com certeza irei te acompanhar daqui pra frente :)

Keep at it!!

be prepared to expand upon the nuance of doing requests as you have done with you're friends. as i understand it, clientele bring in references, a mock up of what they would like most of the time for you to fine tune

I’ll gladly take the blue dragon piece!! It’s beautiful 😻

How do you print out your art from your iPad? It’s so good!! I’m rebuilding my portfolio and it’s so inspiring and motivating to see other people’s awesome portfolios ❤

nice portfolio deffinetly keep going in in person... even if its just to get a tattoo and hang out... if you hang out enough then theyll usually eventually put a mop in your hand

you are going to blow up. believe in your self, get into self esteem. You are great. Amazing work no doubt.

Guys keep working and don’t get discouraged! I recently had a tattoo artist tell me if you get to 30 it’s too late because you’ll go blind from old age before you get good. People will tell you all kinds of ridiculous things like this to discourage you! Dont listen, it is possible!

Are you design or draw this art? So amazing

Your art is amazing 😻 what do you use for art supplies? Like the black ink and colors? Or is everything printed out on a computer and printer?

Saudações do Brasil! Quando eu estava interessada em aprender a tatuar, montei um portfólio de desenho e entrei em contato com vários tatuadores da minha cidade, também fui muito desmotivada (principalmente pelos tatuadores mais antigos) e acabei desistindo na época. Voltei anos depois com toda a determinação do mundo e finalmente encontrei pessoas que acreditaram em mim, hoje eu tatuo há 4 anos e tenho meu próprio estúdio.

I love what you do, i couldn't hold myself back from telling you your blue work in progress snake have its scaled backwards ^^'

your artwork is really beautiful

Wow!

wow awesome ink designs

I’ve only done a handful of tats but I really liked doing them and they weren’t bad for a beginner. I would love to make the jump but my nail career is kind of in motion now, i’m so afraid to switch

great looking portfolio!

this is amazing! what paper did you use?

Oh my god this is amazing! The designs blew me away, glad you found a mentor because you definitely have the talent and potential! Hope you don't mind me asking but the designs on your portfolio (the ones on the first few pages) were they digital art or were they traditional art that you scanned? I've just always heard that they should be traditional/the original drawing if possible, so I wanted to know --if they were digital--, if they gave you any trouble because of that. Thank you, hope to see more of your journey!

Love your art so much!!! Trying not to get discouraged hearing someone as talented as you was turned down so much, since your spades above me. And I’m coming to it so late in life (turning 40 next year). Been an illustrator most of my life though… can I ask how you went about creating your awesome portfolio? I’d love to put something like this together- so polished and appealing! 🤜🤛

Do you hand draw those borders? This is a stunning portfolio!

I’m blown away!!! I agree with the receptionist, I think ppl were trying to throw you off but they were just haters(lol) I hope to be tattooed by you one day✨🙌🏼

Cool my friend ,,,, saludos desde México hermano ,,,😎✌️

All of them look great, hope one day you can put something on me!❤

What size is the portfolio? I love your style 🎉

These look great! How long have you been drawing, and when did you start digitally?

Eres demasiado bueno

Amazing! I am currently working on my portfolio and would love it if you did a video showing how you got such a high print quality and where you got your portfolio binder from!

nice ❤❤

ik this is an old video but anyone afraid of the hygiene aspect could take a health and saftey course around piercing and tattooing and try to keep things as hygienic as possible especially if you have a spare room in your house

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What do you use to get such a clean line when drawing ?😊

ong i wish i had one of those😭

Question, are the ink looking pieces, are they done traditionally or was the linework done digitally?

Is your portfolio all digital traces of your actual work? I have an iPad and know it would be cleaner to make digital transfers of my work for portfolio purposes but I don’t know if it is frowned upon to put digital pieces in there. I wonder if they just want to see what we’ve done on paper. Any insight on this would be much appreciated. Excellent work!

your digital art looks way better tbh

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Just curious, did you hand draw and paint these onto that paper or are some of these done on your iPad and then printed onto the paper? Love the portfolio and inspires me to begin re-creating a portfolio myself.🙌🏼

Put more videos out please Please please please

Man, if I had a tattoo shop, I’d have apprentice stations

Good video mate did you found something in the end ? I'm in the same situation I did some tattoos before and I live in uk and I didn't know you have to apply for like apprenticeship 😢

The women you talked about seems so nice 🥺

You’ve already got a great design sense, and your forms are beautiful. I’d encourage you to follow the woman’s advice about continuing. I don’t think you’re in the camp of “scratchers”, because you’ve started from the perspective of tattoo ART, not silly tags on people. And if you haven’t had any hygiene problems, you’re doing it right. Just continue with your mentor, study what others do with their technique to refine your skills. I bet you can be a successful tattoo artist if you stick with it. Good luck.

i was wondering if any of these were hand drawn, because i really want to be a tattoo artist but i can’t afford an iPad so i’m struggling because free-hand is really difficult for me, especially with symmetry

When it comes to making a portfolio does it all have to be made digitally or can it be traditional?

Muito bom! Podias dizer que materiais usaste para os desenhos? Foram mais desenhos digitais ou manuais? :)

7:00 the scales on the snake are in the wrong direction. dont let any tattoo artist see that...

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what app do u use for digital drawings? also, amazing art😍

Como é que fazes um portofolio de tattoos?Era um bom video a se fazer

You live In Portugal so I assume you fala português Curti muito sua arte, desenha muito mano Eu também curti as bordas das folhas que usa, onde posso encontrá-las ?