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Brandon Herrera :
Over a decade in myself. Best advice I can give is that the better you get, the more efficient you become. If you don’t have the time, you make it. As your skills improve, so does your value. That allows you to charge more, be more selective with the projects you take on, and ultimately free up more time for other things in life.
2026-11-11 15:29:10
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JP & KC gaming :
Hell we can't even get people in our studio right now for our new artists. Myself and my business partner stay pretty booked out but our walk in traffic is next to none. I don't draw any of my appointments until the day of their appointment that way it's fresh on my mind and they have some creative input. I typically don't draw at home what so ever. My time outside of work is my time that they aren't paying for. I go in to work at least an hour to an hour and a half early every day to get started on my first appointment before they get there and we discuss that day what they do and do not like or want to change. I've learned in 22 years of this industry your time is your time and you never get it back so enjoy what time you have and don't always worry about the money as much as your enjoyment of life. You only get one go at it and money does make things easier but living life is also more important than slaving away all your time to this industry.
2026-11-11 15:12:40
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weewoo.ೃ࿔* STL Tattoo Artist :
Photobashing helps me design customs a lot faster! I also prefer a schedule where I book a few months out and then close my books, so there’s not as much pressure to respond to DMs. I’m also very new in the industry, but I market on tiktok like crazy which helps!! Switching to venue.ink was also a godsend. Best of luck to you in your work/life balance journey 🫶
2026-11-11 01:03:08
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Audrey ★ Portland Tattooer :
you get faster at both drawing and tattooing over time, and eventually can charge a little more with the growth of your quality (: it also helps to keep folders of the subject matter you do end up repeating, even if you’re doing it digitally, there’s only so many ways you can draw each of those. keep copies of all of the flowers, bugs, butterflies, etc that you draw so you can reuse the outlines and such.
2026-11-11 12:35:40
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Jakk Inna box :
schedule out further for customs. Don't try and cram drawing and tattooing in the same week ( unless you have slower days to get drawing done). You dont want to rush the drawing just to get it done on time.
2026-11-11 15:15:28
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Cassi Rasper :
It doesn’t get easier. I use to just tattoo 4 days a week leaving one day for drawing. Then people were getting more demanding. I ended up going back to tattooing 5 days a week but only doing one-two tattoos a day.
2026-11-10 22:45:40
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hemlock.ttt :
if walk-ins and flash aren’t half your business, then you need to be more selective about what customs you take on. The more you curate your customs then the more you re-use some of the same tricks, or subject matter that you are familiar with to draw faster.
2026-11-11 08:58:08
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Ur mom :
It’s just part of my morning of panic routine. I wake up put kids on busses and sit have coffee and draw. Unless it’s a huge multiple session project, I do those on Sunday week prior!
2026-11-11 13:36:20
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Sayage1111 :
Schedule 3 appointments a week if they are bigger tattoos. Schedule a handful of small appointments in one day rather than spread out throughout the week. Hope that helps.
2026-11-11 05:39:02
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biggietattoos :
Welcome to tattooing. The work life balance is easy when work is life. If your appointments are 4-5 hours, spend 1-3 hours after at the shop drawing the next one. Whatever you don’t finish drawing at the shop finish at home after settling in, having dinner, whatever you do each night. I found drawing after dinner while passively watching something on tv works.
2026-11-11 05:33:53
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Michael :
Nah we cooked
2026-11-11 08:07:48
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mir0sine :
I am in the exact same boat girl. I’m in Garner, North Carolina and I’ve only been in the industry for a little over a year and I’m currently booked out about 4 months. I’m up almost every night until 3 am drawing for the next day because I tattoo Tuesday-Saturday 10-6 😭 I’m desperately reading the comments for tips lmao
2026-11-11 13:04:46
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Aprilmeganink :
I specialize in large scale custom work and I had to schedule in more drawing days and raise my prices to keep myself functional lol I work Mon, Wed, Fri & Sat and draw on the days in between. I’ve been in the business for 8 years in January. You will figure out a schedule that works best for you 🫶🏻
2026-11-11 03:57:56
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Deanna • CBUS OH • Tattoos :
I’m also trying to figure this out, I’ve been so stressed and the workload keeps piling up more and more! I love being booked but having 80+ appts and trying to respond to everyone is so hard
2026-11-11 09:12:10
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DrSataN :
20 years in and it is about finding what's doable for you. the drawing experience gets a little faster with time I feel like. as your time becomes more valuable you can be a little more selective
2026-11-11 03:00:20
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Zakariah Capehart :
Girl fucking SAME !
2026-11-11 04:40:45
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Tatted by CC | Visalia, CA :
Maybe this might help. I’ve been tattooing 6 years and I’ve tried so many ways of trying to balance my life. I work 4 days a week. Tues, wed, thur, and Friday from 9 am til 3 pm. I’m tattooing 6 hours a day and drawing 2-4 hours at night. I’ve been booked out 3 months in advance for years now and my clients don’t mind this schedule. I have two numbers on my phone. A personal number and a business number. Once it’s my days off a focus on my iPhone turns on. The focus changes the appearance of my phone to where when I go to my texts I only see my family and friends. Work related messages disappear. Business calls disappear. Social apps disappear. I have notifications for socials turned off always. When the focus turns off on Monday my phone goes back to regular and that’s the day I reply to everyone. Hope this helps!
2026-11-10 23:01:24
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Caroline Divine Tattoos :
I’m in the weird position right now too! I’m grateful for the work but I do wish more folks would pick out of my predrawns. I’m thinking about switching my sat/sun to predrawns only, but it makes me nervous rolling into slow season.
2026-11-11 01:58:19
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Wandering Souls Tattoo :
use references and draw them directly on them with markers. If yah got the chops and have done a ton of flash you'll be surprised how much you can actually draw directly on them.
2026-11-11 00:01:00
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🦋 :
I feel this. 90% of what I do is large customs and yeah, there is never going to be a work/life balance lol. I will never be someone that can whip out a drawing in an hour, it takes me about 4-6 hrs on my time off to really get something finalized and then you still have to tattoo it. What I do is only book half days on Tuesdays & Saturdays, I take Sun & Mon "off", and do large appts Wed/Thurs/Fri. If that makes your schedule book out 3-4 months then so be it. I physically cannot do large full day appts 5 days a week
2026-11-10 21:32:42
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Emily :
Space them out if you gotta be booked months out then let it be
2026-11-10 20:51:25
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Porcupine :
You will have to keep doing customs until you can have your time booked with your flash. Only until recently have tattoo artists done mostly flash. That’s just the business. Work 4 days a week if you can and just keep at it. Take vacations, hire someone to do your emails. Take some classes on how to draw faster, or it will come in time. Or do realism and you won’t have to draw haha. -tattooer of 16 years.
2026-11-10 23:01:48
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grimmyweep.tattoos :
One custom per day 4 days a week is my limit. I did more when I was younger, like two a day. The longer you’re in this the faster you’ll get a drawing but the longer you’re in it the more you’re likely to burn yourself out. Find a balance between keeping a steady rhythm of working that makes you progress in your skill and it’ll get easier.
2026-11-10 21:41:36
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404.tattoos :
I'd recommend drawing more flash, then doing customs. yes you'll make less money but the more flash you have the more people will book the flash and will help with balancing that out eventually. hope this helps!
2026-11-11 15:37:50
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Connor Formicola :
Just schedule them further out
2026-11-11 15:17:49
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