Well, he took the plunge..

[Ginevive]

Well, something new happened in our life recently My husband was doing construction but has decided to go into tattooing fulltime. He works as an independent tattoer/contractor at our friends' shop. His business partner with the construction company he owns has agreed to buy him out.
We have dreams of having our own shop eventually.. Mark had one for a few months back in 2001 but they closed it down for being near a school..
I see this as a little step toward our ultimate goal together: to own a working shop and even eventually have people just tattooing and pulling in most of the money. I even am thinking of learning how to tat.. many women want a female artist, and there really are not as many women into tattooing in this area.. I have done a few tattoos on friends, but I will not claim to being a tattoo artist at this point! I love designing tattoos for people, and have done maybe 30 or so thus far.
So that's a little update on life now.

[recycling goddess]

congrats girl!!! it takes a lot of courage (not to mention talent) to make it in the tat industry and wish you both all the best!

as far as you go... as an artist... girl you have talent seeping outta your pores! you'd be a GREAT tattoo artist!!!

and you can practice on my skin if you want!

[Shadowspider]

Very cool!!!!
Best of luck with the new endeavor and I hope the best and much success for you and your husband.
Being able to see your hopes, dreams and goals come to light is awesome; you guys will get there!!!!

[Ginevive]

Thanks both of you If nothing else, I would definately "run" the shop; cash people in; draw up ideas for them; that sort of thing.
I have to get over my own nervousness. I was shocked to learn how different tattooing is from drawing or painting. It is this vibrating machine with a needle that you have to know just how deep to put through the skin. If there are multiple needles in it (called "mags") you would use it for thicker lines and for coloring. In coloring, you can't go in lines as this will show up; you have to do small little circles of color. I am not even a novice but I could prattle on and on and probably bore everyone to death with the info I absorb from him!
The first time I tattooed was hysterical; it was 2001. I helped mark color in the flames on his ankle where he could not reach, as he tattooed himself. There was a little coil no the machine that stuck out and zapped; I zapped Mark's toe with it! He was good about it, and in a few weeks we were dating and the rest is history.
We met because a mutual friend knew that I wanted to get into tattoos and re-introduced us; we had known each other vaguely from parties beforehand but never sat and talked.. the rest is history as they say.

[Shadowspider]

LOL a whole new come one line:
when in doubt, zap 'em... works every time!

[Ginevive]

lol! "worked for me.."
Not recommended in picking up those who work at the electric-chair factory though..

[python.princess]

i love your new avatar jen!

[Ladydragon]

congrats Jen now you can talk to me forever about tats cause i'm teaching myself how to do tats. I've designed some for my hubby, and did two of his tats to practice. I'm still leary about coloring & shading, so both his tats are just outlines at the moment.

[recycling goddess]

i've done some colouring in on my hubby's sleeve. it turned out great and i'd love to do some more.

i'd love to tat for a living but i can barely draw stick people and from what i understand... there isn't a HUGE market for scribble tats!

[Shadowspider]

Heck, you could practice on me too. I'm easy. My skin is so white, you hardly have to even touch it to get the ink to take hold and I've got two tats that could really use a face lift.
I'd just have to figure out what would be the cheapest method of shipping myself across the country.