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I have been reading posts for awhile now and have found a lot of extremely useful info here. I am an artist looking to find an apprenticeship and was wondering what advice you can give me on inquiring at a shop about one. I plan on going in for a tattoo at the shop I would like to apprentice at. I don't want to be inappropriate, so how do I bring it up? I was also wondering what all I should include in my protfolio. Should I include photos of some of my fine art? I apologize if these are stupid questions. I appreciate any input. I just started a website of my artwork. There's not much on there yet but if you would like to take a look go to: www.artleby.biz/jsilosdesign Thanks j

Read "apprenticeship 101" by Jrod or scroll down for pasts posts for all your answers!!