i wont tattoo anyone till im good and can use some help

i picked up quipment , practice on fruit skins, and mostly myself, what else can i do considering the shops in my area suck butthink theyre the best. so i use myself and either think doesnt stay or it looks like im using crayons. ive tried different setting , inks needles machines , ive tuned annd rebuilt machines , if anyone can give me a couple ideas anything would be appreciated. im running out of room. thanks to whoever reads this

I truly love how instead of going and pursuing an apprenticeship you would rather teach yourself. Then you make the excuse that there are no good tattoo shops in your area and they all suck? Not even knowing all the shops in your area I do know of Brass City Tattoo and they push out some preety damn good looking work. So hmmm.. lets see. You now have a good shop to where you can pursue an apprenticeship. Your welcome. And as for an answer to your question THROW YOUR MACHINE AWAY. Now if your intrested in the best way to get an apprenticeship I would gladly help you. But hey don't let my post get you down. There are plenty of Kitchen Magicians on here who would love to tell you how much they know and how good they are even though when you do actually get to see there work it looks like shit. There is two roads in this industry kid. Apprenticeship and Kitchen Magician. Your call.

whats the problem? you're a scratcher!