Selling Art
Selling Art for Money is Not a Service
And neither is Tattooing. Here's Why.
I’ve been making and selling art during Lockdown. I’ve also been watching some livestream tattoo discussion panels. They are pretty freeform and chat based. Mostly around a chosen central theme. During one of these someone referred to tattooing as a service industry and I thought ‘hang on, no we’re not’. We’re selling art for money and that’s not a service! Yes, we do offer good customer service but that doesn’t mean that we’re a service based industry. In fact I think this misunderstanding is one of the many problems facing tattooists right now.
You could be selling art for money.
You bought art for money.

I'm an individual. Just like everyone else.
There are currently over 665,000 ‘clock and rose’ designs on google. That should tell you that what was a nice idea has now descended into cliche. Just like those flocks and flocks of silhouetted birds did last year.