A tattoo career runs on three things happening at the same time

A tattoo career runs on three things happening at the same time.

Skill, visibility, and boundaries.

Most of us only watch one.

Here's how to tell which one's slipping.

Skill is slipping if you keep looking at other artists' work and feeling behind, but can't say what specifically they're doing that you're not.

Visibility is slipping if you only posted once this week, or maybe you can't describe your own work in one sentence.

Boundaries are slipping if your rate hasn't moved in a year, or your calendar is full of pieces you don't actually love.

Pick the one that hit hardest. That's the one pulling on the other two.

Start there this week, even in a small way. A ten minute fundamentals drill. One post where the caption actually speaks to what the tattoo means to your client. One 'no' to a piece that doesn't light you up.

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