Koriwhat

[DMC]

When someone accepts you as an apprentice, you're not supposed to be a flunky. I can see someone taking advantage of an eager person wanting to learn, just to save money on help, and the recent spate of reality TV shows about tattooing, like everything else on there, puts an unrealistic slant on it so young people probably are flocking to it thinking they are going to be the next Kat Von D or something.

Reminds me of the house flipping thing and how people lost their asses on it.

[koriwhat]

I've been watching Miami Ink lately and there is this aprentice japanese guy, he gets put through all kind of mockery and .

Is that the way it supposed to be for all aprentices?

That's like being back in Junior High like you said.

it's dumb man... there's those out there that are willing and will help you learn and hone your skills but most just with you for a yr then start showing you or completely drop you for the of it.

i was in a weird situation and though i didn't really get much , i did get ed with a tad bit but i'm not 18-20's and i didn't give a how i was "supposed" to act towards other tattooers; i'm too old to shut my mouth if someone is trying to get under my skin and so i made at least 1 enemy which is fine by me.

it's like high school but like i said, if you surround yourself with the top echelon of artists in town, you can only succeed too. i try to make friends with the top of the top here so maybe one day i can work with them and learn a little from them.

btw, the shops i've been at would make all those reality shows look worse than they do. i've seen some crazy in the shops i've been in.

[koriwhat]

Maybe i just don't understand the hostility. You've come a long way from tatting up grapefruits and buying needles off of craigslist.

i've never bought anything off craigslist.

btw, harlemho! that's all i was trying to convey.

[koriwhat]

When someone accepts you as an apprentice, you're not supposed to be a flunky. I can see someone taking advantage of an eager person wanting to learn, just to save money on help, and the recent spate of reality TV shows about tattooing, like everything else on there, puts an unrealistic slant on it so young people probably are flocking to it thinking they are going to be the next Kat Von D or something.

Reminds me of the house flipping thing and how people lost their asses on it.

trust me, everyone wants to tattoo and it's ridiculous. i got into tattooing by luck, plus it's definitely not for everyone and everyone in tattooing isn't necessarily for tattooing. i've met plenty that chew people up and do crap work because they think they're rockstars, the money is good, and they have people telling them they're great but i don't associate with those few. i associate with those that are eager to get better, not satisfied with all previous tattoo's, and want nothing more than to do a solid job and make enough dough to survive.

personally, i just want to travel. i don't want to be on LA ink.

[koriwhat]

i'd show yall more work but no matter the quality, i'm sure i'll get hated on in this thread sooner or later so i'll just leave yall with that one piece to look at.

btw, i do traditional japanese, traditional americana, and realistic portrait's.... pretty much everything but i don't do script(cause i suck at drawing/writing it out), biomech/bioorganic bs, etc... my work is still raw and i have yet to find my style, usually you don't do so for yrs to come, but i really like americana and realistic work the most.

[Axe Murderer]

Do you still live in San Antonio? I'm still waiting for you to confirm when I should come down so we can fight

[Kai]

can you tattoo me a grapefruit with a pic of Darth Vader doing a donkey show? Do you take PayPal?

[Trill Clinton]

Kori, is the Southpaw tattoo shop in universal city any good? what are your thoughts on platinum tattoo off of 410 n Starcrest? I think they're ty.

[Stalin]

^ that gif is so hot, brah

[Trill Clinton]

^ that gif is so hot, brah

lol

[redzero]

Why would anybody want a tattoo of an elephant?

[HarlemHeat37]

I'm starting to believe Koriwhat is in ducks's category, tbh..it must be an elaborate troll job, some Bump ..

elephants
showing Roger Mason his calf tats
following Dejuan Blair and creepily taking pictures of him
bragging about free tattoos as the highlight of your year