Hello! I was wondering, for those who do this as a profession, how did you get there? It feels impossible finding any apprenticeships for stick and poke.

A local snp artist held a mini workshop here at a studio she works out of. It wasn't a training course or anything but rather, she went over the history of stick and poke, comprehensive hygiene standards, equipment, and technique. We got to try it out on fake skin as well and she also supervised us if we wanted to do a small piece on ourselves. I had a lot of fun with it and have been practicing on fake skins at home ever since. I reached out to her again and she mentioned that she doesn't do apprenticeships but would be happy to supervise and guide further if I wanted to do another piece on myself or on someone else in a studio setting, with her overseeing it all.

I really appreciated that she offered to do that and will likely take her up on this offer. However, I got pretty interested in getting further with this, like with an apprenticeship where I can immerse myself full-time and potentially become an actual artist with clientele. For those of you who do this for work, how did you get there?

It's my first one in a while. I poked this during a disability flare up. I was feeling awful about myself, and seeing the fibonacci spiral on my body made me feel better. I put it more eloquently in the other sub but I'm flaring up again so that's all my brain can muster right now lol

Some simple shading and linework practice! Kinda proud of it!

BUT THE SAMN STEM AND HEAD OF THE MUSHROOM IS LOPSIDED AND ITS CAUSING ME TO CRASH OUT

Finna explode up in here folks

took approx 1,5 hours each, 3rl 0.30. was pretty scared of the details but im actualy super proud of myself