Tattooing 101's - Artist Accelerator Program
Learn to tattoo at your own pace with the help of professional tattoo artists in a structured, easy-to-follow online course
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90-Day Step by Step Tattoo Artist Blueprint
Become a professional tattoo artist in 90 days...
even if you've never held a paintbrush or tattoo machine before!
Our professional tattoo artists walk you through the program’s 9-step roadmap that anyone can use to go from complete beginner to professional tattoo artist in as little as 90 days.
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Artist Accelerator Program Sneak Peek!
Inside the program, you’ll get everything you’d learn in a traditional tattoo apprenticeship:
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Tattoo Artist FundamentalsWe’ll discover the artist mindset, sanitation for tattooing (plus getting your Bloodborne Pathogens certification), and how a tattoo shop works. |
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Tattoo Equipment and DesignBuild your drawing skills and learn how to create professional tattoo designs, paint flash, master digital design, and present your work to clients. We’ll also explain how to set up and break down your tattoo machine, as well as how to choose the right equipment for every tattoo, step by step. |
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Tattoo Techniques ExplainedOur artists help you master the three skills you need to complete any tattoo - lining, packing, and shading - as well as help you build out your portfolio, attract clients, and prepare to get into a tattoo shop. |
Course Curriculum
*** START HERE - New Student Check-In! ***
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A1 - Start Here!
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Start1 - Welcome To Tattooing 101's Artist Accelerator! (5:34)
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Start2 - Accelerator Framework - How to Navigate (5:35)
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Start3 - A Brief History of Tattooing (10:33)
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Preview4 - Learning the "Language" of Tattooing (3:45)
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Start5 - Time Management & Calendar Creation (25:35)
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Start6 - Profit Pyramid (7:11)
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Start7 - Mindset Models (14:08)
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Start8 - Quiz
A2 - Sanitation
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Start1 - Introduction (2:39)
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Start2 - Common Mistakes (4:55)
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Start3 - BBP Certification (17:44)
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Start4 - Station Setup - Barriers (3:48)
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Start5 - Sharps Disposal (3:11)
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Start6 - Breaking Down Safely (4:27)
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Start7 - Ultrasonic (2:36)
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Start8 - Cleaning Tubes (6:51)
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Start9 - Autoclave (7:24)
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Start10 - CPR and First Aid (5:02)
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Start11 - Quiz
*A3 - Shop Life
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A3.1 - Organization
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*A3.2 - Stencil Application
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Start*1 - Introduction (1:51)
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Start2 - Stencil Making by Hand (9:13)
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Start4 - Thermofax (4:20)
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Start5 - New Printer Style (4:15)
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Start6 - Shaving - disposable and straight razor (5:11)
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Start7 - Alcohol Prep for stencil (3:44)
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Start8 - Stencil Flow (6:17)
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Start9 - Sticky Stuff (6:23)
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Start10 - Drawn on (20:01)
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Start11 - Quiz
A3.3 - Joel - BONUS - Stencils
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A3.4 - Station Setup
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A3.5 - Joel - BONUS - Station Setup
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Start1 - Intro - Joel Disclaimer (0:45)
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Start2 - Joel - Basic Tattoo Setup Overview (8:23)
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Start3 - Joel - Basic Equipment Overview pt 2. - Accessories (3:46)
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Start4 - Joel - Basic Machine Setup (11:27)
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Start5 - Joel - Powering your Tattoo Machine (5:41)
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Start6 - Joel - A/D, Ink, and Paper Towels (7:03)
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A3.6 - Positioning for Tattoo
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Start1 - Introduction (1:45)
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Start2 - Furniture Overview (3:34)
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Start3 - Setting up your Furniture (7:03)
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Start4 - Furniture Barriers (5:35)
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Start5 - Furniture Ergonomics (3:28)
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Start6 - Client Positioning - Head and Neck (5:35)
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Start7 - Client Positioning - Torso and Back (4:35)
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Start8 - Client Positioning - Legs and Feet (3:59)
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Start9 - Client Positioning - Arms and Hands (4:50)
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Start10 - Quiz
*B4 - Welcome to Year 2!
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*B4.1 - Basic Drawing Techniques
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*B4.2 - Drawing for Tattoo Designs
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*B4.3 - Drawing Walkthrough - Sailor Jerry Rose Study
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*B4.4 - Matt - Drawing - Freehand Rose Designs
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*B4.5 - Lettering Introduction
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*B4.6 - Joel - BONUS - Rooster Drawing Walkthrough
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*B5 - Colored Pencils - Kanji Study
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*B5.1 - Colored Pencils - Flash Design
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Start*1 - Introduction (1:20)
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Start*2 - Intro to Colored Pencil Flash (2:39)
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Start*3 - Linework for Colored Pencils (15:58)
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Preview*4 - Adding Black - Depth on a Flat Surface (10:46)
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Start*5 - Adding Color pt 1 - The First Layer (24:02)
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Start*6 - Adding Color pt 2 - Building Your Blends (7:26)
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Start*7 - Adding Color pt 3 - Smoothing it Out (8:30)
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Start*8 - Repurposing Your Work (3:09)
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Start9 - Quiz
*B5.2 - Flash Introduction
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Start*1 - Introduction (1:11)
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Preview2 - Tattoo Flash - This paper will make or break your paintings. (7:45)
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Start3 - Old school transfer method (9:30)
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Start*4 - Light Boxes and Travel - Lining Flash the Easy Way (2:20)
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Start*5 - Advanced Lining - Brushes (9:36)
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Start*6 - More on Markers - Lining Flash (10:56)
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Start*7 - Nib & Ink - Takin' it back to the old school (8:04)
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Start*8 - Preserving Your Brushes (4:25)
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Start*9 - Painting Wet on Wet (3:17)
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Start*10 - Paint Type Overview & Setting Up (7:28)
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Start*11 - Opacity of Acrylics vs Watercolor (4:49)
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Start*12 - Blending Acrylic vs Watercolor (10:22)
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Start*13 - Blending with Washes and Cheat Sheets (4:46)
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Start14 - Quiz
*B5.3 - Painting - Kanji Exercise
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*B5.4 - Color Theory
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*B5.5 - Traditional Rose Flash Painting
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Start*1 - Introduction (0:43)
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Start2 - Direct Drawing - No light-box or transfer necessary (6:30)
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Start3 - Lining With Markers - No Nib Necessary (12:52)
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Start*4 - Black Shading - Leaves and Tings (11:27)
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Start*5 - Black Shading - Rose Buds (8:11)
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Preview*6 - First Color - Leaves of Green (11:46)
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Start*7 - Brown Town (2:05)
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Start*8 - Really Red (14:47)
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Start*9 - Glorious Gold (3:56)
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Start*10 - Sealant - Protect your Paint (2:18)
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Start*11 - Trim & Border (9:10)
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Start*12 - Backing it up with Background (8:30)
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Start13 - Quiz
*B5.6 - Get Digital - iPad Introduction
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Start*1 - Introduction (1:28)
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Start*2 - Setup and Walkthrough (11:32)
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Start*3 - Installing Brushes (14:07)
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Start*4 - Importing Reference and Building Sketch (12:19)
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Start*5 - Digital Linework (18:14)
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Start*6 - Digital Shading (32:38)
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Start*7 - Digital Color (34:55)
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Start*8 - Customer Placement (6:31)
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Start9 - Quiz
*B5.7 - Get Digital - Photoshop Introduction
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Start*1 - Introduction (0:52)
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Start*2 - Photoshop Walkthrough (10:33)
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Start*3 - How to Create instant Linework (6:37)
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Start*4 - Inverting Designs to Easily Create Stencils (7:49)
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Start*5 - Referencing Images for Stencils (33:42)
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Start*6 - Presenting the Design to a Client (5:20)
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Start7 - Quiz
*B6 - Introduction to Needles
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*B6.1 - Machines
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*B6.2 - Tubes
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Start*1 - Introduction (0:37)
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Start*2 - Tips, Grips, and Tubes (0:36)
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Start*3 - Disposable Tubes (7:31)
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Start*4 - Stainless Steel (3:42)
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Start*5 - Stainless - A Deeper Dive (4:55)
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Start*6 - Cartridge System - All in One (5:29)
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Start*7 - Hybrid System (4:12)
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Start*8 - Stainless - Disposable Tips (1:22)
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Start9 - Quiz
*B6.3 - Inks
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*C7 - Lining Introduction
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*C7.1 - Introduction to Artificial Skin
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*C7.2 - POF - Kanji Exercise
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Start*1 - Introduction (0:40)
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Start2 - Work Surface and Stencil Application (11:00)
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Start3 - Liner Setup (8:00)
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Start4 - Mag setup (3:23)
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Start5 - Machine Barrier Setup (3:10)
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Start6 - Outlining Part 1 (11:35)
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Start7 - Outlining Part 2 (7:59)
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Start8 - Outlining Part 3 (8:55)
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Start9 - Solid Black Fills (15:52)
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Start10 - Shading - Blending Black and Red (14:18)
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Start11 - Shading - Tip shading (17:22)
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Start12 - Quiz
*C7.3 - Joel - BONUS - Advanced Lining
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Start1 - Intro and disclaimer (0:29)
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Start*2 - Joel - Advanced Lining Lesson #1 (5:29)
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Start3 - Joel - Advanced Lining Lesson #2 (7:09)
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Start*4 - Joel - Advanced Lining Lesson #3 (5:29)
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Start5 - Joel - Advanced Lining Lesson #4 (8:35)
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Start*6 - Joel - Advanced Lining Lesson #5 (7:21)
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Start*7 - Joel - Advanced Lining Lesson #6 (10:07)
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Start8 - Quiz
*C8 - Introduction to Shading
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Start*1 - Introduction (1:15)
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Start*2 - Shading vs Coloring - What's the difference? (10:33)
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Start*3 - Shading and Coloring Techniques (20:05)
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Start*4 - Machine Setup (12:29)
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Start*5 - Solid Color (11:41)
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Start*6 - Whip Shading (7:07)
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Start*7 - Blends (9:54)
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Start*8 - The Grays (13:47)
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Start*9 - Common Pitfalls (7:31)
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Start10 - Quiz
*C8.1 - POF - Traditional Rose Tattoo Exercise
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Start*1 - Introduction (0:46)
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Start*2 - Linework (15:08)
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Start*3 - Linework pt 2 (24:34)
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Start*4 - Cleaning up and Touch Ups (4:44)
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Start*5 - Shading Outer Leaves pt 1 (11:56)
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Start*6 - Shading Outer Leaves pt 2 (11:56)
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Start*7 - Shading the Rose (11:51)
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Start*8 - Intro to Color - Brown (6:51)
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Start*9 - Intro to Color - Green (8:33)
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Start*10 - Intro to Color - Turqoise (6:28)
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Start*11 - Blending and Layering (10:59)
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Start*12 - Intro to Color - Red (12:27)
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Start*13 - Lining with Color (2:15)
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Start*14 - Intro to Color - Gold (7:51)
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Start15 - Quiz
C8.2 - Your Skin - Kanji Study
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*C8.3 - Friend Skin - First "Client"
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*C8.4 - Aftercare
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*C8.5 - Joel - BONUS - Black Shading Techniques in detail
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Start*1 - Introduction (0:47)
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Start2 - Joel - Black Shading Detail Lesson #1 (2:38)
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Start3 - Joel - Black Shading Detail Lesson #2 (3:08)
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Start*4 - Joel - Black Shading Detail Lesson #3 (4:33)
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Start5 - Joel - Black Shading Detail Lesson #4 (4:41)
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Start6 - Joel - Black Shading Detail Lesson #5 (4:29)
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Start7 - Joel - Black Shading Detail Lesson #6 (4:09)
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Start*8 - Joel - Black Shading Detail Lesson #7 (5:55)
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Start9 - Joel - Black Shading Detail Lesson #8
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Start10 - Joel - Black Shading Detail Lesson #9 (6:15)
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Start11 - Joel - Black Shading Detail Lesson #10 (7:11)
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Start12 - Joel - Black Shading Detail Lesson #11 (2:57)
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Start13 - Joel - Black Shading Detail Lesson #12 (6:48)
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Start14 - Joel - Black Shading Detail Lesson #13 (4:05)
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Start15 - Joel - Black Shading Detail Lesson #14 (4:25)
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Start16 - Joel - Black Shading Detail Lesson #15 (3:07)
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Start17 - Joel - Black Shading Detail Lesson #16 (8:14)
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Start18 - Joel - Black Shading Detail Lesson #17 (5:29)
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Start19 - Joel - Black Shading Detail Lesson #18 (5:19)
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Start20 - Quiz
*C8.6 - Joel - BONUS - Blending Color Into Black and Grey Shading
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Start*1 - Introduction (0:36)
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Start*2 - Joel - Blending Color into BG Lesson #1 (6:52)
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Start*3 - Joel - Blending Color into BG Lesson #2 (10:15)
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Start*4 - Joel - Blending Color into BG Lesson #3 (4:34)
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Start*5 - Joel - Blending Color into BG Lesson #4 (6:54)
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Start*6 - Joel - Blending Color into BG Lesson #5 (7:35)
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Start*7 - Joel - Blending Color into BG Lesson #6 (9:22)
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Start8 - Quiz
*C8.7 - Joel - BONUS - Black and Grey Using an 11 Mag
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Start*1 - Introduction (0:30)
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Start*2 - Joel - BG 11mag Lesson #1 (3:31)
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Start*3 - Joel - BG 11mag Lesson #2 (9:11)
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Start*4 - Joel - BG 11mag Lesson #3 (7:59)
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Start*5 - Joel - BG 11mag Lesson #4 (4:05)
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Start*6 - Joel - BG 11mag Lesson #5 (10:04)
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Start*7 - Joel - BG 11mag Lesson #6 (6:39)
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Start*8 - Joel - BG 11mag Lesson #7 (7:10)
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Start*9 - Joel - BG 11mag Lesson #8 (6:53)
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Start10 - Quiz
*C9 - Getting Into a Shop
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*D2 - BONUS - Leo - Japanese Catfish Tattoo Masterclass - From Idea to Finished Tattoo
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Start*1 - Introduction (1:12)
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Start2 - Start Here - Introduction and Overview of the Project (1:30)
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Start3 - Initial Sketch - The building blocks of any "fishy" tattoo pt 1 (9:54)
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Start4 - Initial Sketch - pt 2 (7:46)
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Start5 - Secondary Sketch - Tightening Your Drawing (7:20)
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Start6 - Stencil Linework - Muscle Memory (10:23)
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Start7 - Tattoo Linework - The Building Blocks of any Solid Tattoo (30:27)
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Start8 - Black Shading - The Foundation of your Tattoo (22:46)
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Preview9 - Red Shading - The First POP of Color (8:50)
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Start10 - Periwinkle Shading - Not blue but not grey... (9:04)
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Start11 - Gold Shading - True Gold (12:14)
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Start12 - Textures - Make them "feel it" (2:42)
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Start13 - "Finishing touches - The few blends that matter (10:20)
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Start14 - Highlights and Final Thoughts (5:37)
*D14 - Bonus - Walk in Challenges
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Start*1 - Intro - Ignore Dates (1:29)
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Start2 - Traditional Bee (2:00)
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Start3 - Dagger or Peacock (1:59)
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Start4 - Lettering Challenge (1:13)
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Start5 - Skull - Creating Depth on a 2D Surface (2:17)
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Start6 - Peony Color Works (4:37)
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Start7 - Snake Head Design (0:57)
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Start8 - BG Rose & Introduction to Digital Tools (18:10)
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Start9 - Leo Flash Challenge (1:07)
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Start10 - Old School Challenge (1:54)
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Start11 - Valentines Day (1:41)
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Start12 - Koi (2:55)
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Start13 - Stipple (9:43)
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Start14 - Inner Arm "Direction" (2:11)
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Start15 - Japanese Backpiece (3:38)
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Start16 - Artist Commission (2:57)
*D16 - BONUS - Mastermind Live Artist Interviews (Recordings)
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Start*1 - Introduction (0:59)
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Start*2 - Erin N - Geometric and Dot Work Specialist (37:33)
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Start*3 - Bo C. - Shop Owner and Veteran Tattoo Artist (51:42)
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Start*4 - Ryan Chun - Graffiti Artist, Tattooer, Musician (31:32)
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Start5 - Shin N - Tokyo, Japan - Artist and Shop Owner (42:39)
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Start*6 - Leo - Japanese & American Traditional (48:05)
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Start*7 - Teddie - Black and grey and Photorealism (44:46)
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Start*8 - Matt W Round Table Chat (47:36)
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Start9 - Myron - Accounting and Business Structuring for Professional Artists (36:54)
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Start10 - Bo C - On Owning a Shop and What it Takes to Land an Apprenticeship (71:31)
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Start11 - Kazuo Maekawa - Professional Manga Artist (42:19)
*D17 - Artist Accelerator Live Calls
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Start0 - Introduction (0:53)
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Start1 - Call 1 - Week 1 Recap and Intro to Pricing Psychology (35:17)
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Start2 - Call 2 - Shading, Haters, and The Path (44:54)
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Start3 - Call 3 - Machines, Blowouts, and Suppliers (60:23)
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Start4 - Call 4 - Machines and 3 Things Required for Success (57:25)
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Start5 - Call 5 - Pricing Models and Fixed vs Growth Mindset (59:15)
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Start6 - Call 6 - All About Depth (51:58)
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Start7 - Call 7 - Fonts and 3 Pillars of Business (58:33)
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Start8 - Call 8 - Fake skin, machines, and the healing process (50:54)
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Start9 - Call 9 - Copyright and Next Steps (23:44)
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What Makes the Artist Accelerator Program Different From Other Tattoo Courses Online?
There are very few complete courses out there. It's hard to find a realistic tattoo education that prepares you to be a successful tattoo artist.
That's why, alongside the course, you'll also gain access to communities and bonus content that will help you further your career and prepare you for success in the tattoo world:
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1. Tattooing 101 Mastermind GroupIn this thriving online community, you can ask questions, join live calls, request feedback on your work from professional tattoo artists, and engage in a supportive, global community. |
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2. Studio Partnership ProgramOur studio partners give preference to Tattooing 101 graduates for spots in their shop. We currently have 4 partners across the U.S. and Canada, and are constantly building new relationships so our students can get their foot in the door. |
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3. 30-Day Flash ChallengeThis bonus training helps you build out your portfolio fast. In-depth tutorials take you through some of tattooing’s most popular styles so you can create a portfolio with the details that shop owners will love to see. |
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4. Interview RecordingsWe traveled the world to interview artists, business professionals, shop owners, and veteran tattooers so you can learn from the best and get the inside scoop on how to thrive in the tattoo industry. |
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