luckystiff

got this one a coupla weeks ago from Chris Stuart.....

sorry but saying it is never a good idea is just wrong. i am a heavily tattooed long time collector who has also worked in a shop. i also have been in management for about as long as i've been getting tattooed. i can tell you that many shops are run HORRIBLY on the business side. so call managers are usually nothing more than a shop bitch at best. a situation where a non tattooer owning a shop can be a good thing is that person has time to actually RUN the shop, MARKET the shop, Promote the shop. these are things a tattooer worth his salt is costing him/herself money doing themselves. a good owner or hell even if a shop were to hire people to actually MANAGE the place can make night and day difference. want to run the hackers out? have someone marketing you so everytime someone wants a tattoo the first person they think of is YOU. will you cut off their flow fully? no. quite frankly you are always gonna have the cheapos who will not pay for good work. it doesn't matter if you were the only shop in town. if they found out they could get it done $20 cheaper in the next town and had to spend $15 in gas to go there and back guess what they'd do it to save that $5 in the end. those people are a wash and as soon as this business accepts that it'll be better for it. the world is full of cheapskates. some you can get the good tattoo vs bad tattoo through to them. most you're wasting oxygen. i talked about opening a shop that focus' on GOOD artist and pushed the idea of steady guest artist to keep things fresh for locals who want variety. the response from my tattooer friends varied. alot thought it was a great idea because they know my passion for tattooing. the biggest negative came from a long time friend and shop owner who has done more than 100hrs of work on me and pretty close to that on my wife. yet when looking for a "shop girl" won't even reply to my inquiries. i see the good and bad as i've been in shop settings where the owner wasn't a tattooer and took advantage. i've also been in plenty where the owner was a tattooer and took advantage. is it ok for a tattooer to take advantage of other tattooers?...ken....

my right leg by Chris Stuart @ Ace in charlottle,nc.......

Pharao's Horses on my knee cap by Chris Stuart @ Ace in charlotte,nc.......