Tattooing In A Small Town - Honest Tattooer Podcast

[@davidholland3564]

I live in a small rural Alabama town with almost 7k people and we just recently had a tattoo shop open up a few months back. I hope they are able to stay open

[@marcelomunster9059]

That was a great but quick episode. I live in the third biggest city in Brazil and we have a great tattoo scene here. Thanks for a few guys that went to the US back in the late 90ies and brought a bunch of books and magazines we have a big influence of american traditional style and that clicked right away with the São Paulo and Rio de Janeiro skateboard/Hardcorepunk band scene. But we dont have that street shop mindset, most of our work comes from social media and a lot of studios dont even bother to put a sign on the street because isnt a thing anymore. We have hundreds of closed doors studios but just a few street shops. I work in a street shop but in the last year I did 3, or 4 walk-ins and thats crazy when I compare to my friends that work in Florida, New York, Washington-DC. It is awesome to learn about your work, everytime you have a guest on the show Im checking on instagram immediately so Im able to compare my work, measure whats lacking, see what I can do to improve. Im aways wondering if my work is good enough because one of my all time dreams is to leave in the US doing my thing, tattooing and traveling. Youre doing a great job, Im always tuned.

[@honesttattooerpodcast]

Thanks for your generous and informative reply. Good luck on your journey and hopefully one day we will see you in NYC!

[@yourtwistedlies4275]

love the positivity and honestly. You guys are great.

[@honesttattooerpodcast]

Thank You!

[@ifwefindsomething]

I worked in a small town now I have moved to a city one hour away from there. So basically went from 6,000 people to about 160,000 people but never “slammed” unless it’s tax season. I have been at this for 15 years but only 8 years full time and now I’m kicking myself for not moving sooner but at the same time I miss that small town because I had those familiar spots something I haven’t experienced here in the city in two years. People don’t care to build on things it seems. Anywho I could talk on this for a long time thanks for sharing y’all’s perspectives.

[@classic.deluxe]

Another great conversation with great insight. Always love listening to another perspective about this trade. Keep it up!!!

[@leigh7507]

My city in the UK has about 80k people but 15 or so tattoo shops. It helped to keep tattoo price per hour to be around £40 to £60 per hour. Good for customers, bad for the worker.

[@beauxjones8793]

I’m my little TX town we have 8,000 people and 3 tattoo shops

[@AVNGD]

“Try that in a small town” or whatever that one dude said

[@GoodKyn]

Firing your wife is wild 😂