apprebticeships

so hard to get one. How many pages or drawings should be in a portfolio?

Apprenticeships. dont worry about flash, do your best drawings, paintings, and watercolors. dont copy other tattoo work. you should show a diversity of styles, trying to incorporate form, dimension, and figurative aspects. i would NOT show up with sketches, loose pencil crap, or unfinished work. 25-50 pieces should be sufficient. be humble, expect to take a lot of shit, work hard, keep your ego out of it, be prepared to be broken down (and then built up), expect to pay (even though you might not have to), go to a shop, get tattooed there first, hang around, show your art, get advice, take the advice, show you can take direction, keep going back, keep getting tattooed, show persistence, improve your art, dont stop, head up, you'll get what you want if you have these skills. hope that helps. oh and get a fucking contract.