My tattoo journey
First off I think its necessary to introduce myself as well as give you a back story to my career.
My name is Chelsea, I’m 25 years old and I’ve been tattooing for roughly 6 years ! Holy smokes hey ?? I’m an artist located in central ALBERTA Canada, currently tattooing out of Red Deer.
Through out my teen years I always knew that I wanted to take a more artistic career path in life, creativity was always my dominating trait so I figured why not tattoos ?
I was 16 when I got my first tattoo and since then its been all up hill from there, this solidified my dream to become a tattoo artist and I knew from that point on that this was the path I would take, and I never looked back! I was 19 when I started apprenticing, always determined to start as soon as I possibly could, I kept my mind open to any and all information I could take in (this is key through out my whole career)
Through out the years prior to my apprenticeship I taught myself how to draw well enough to be recognized as an artist in the community and prepare myself with a good base of skills needed to get me in the door and noticed by any potential mentors!
Tattooing has been a dream come true and I’ve loved it every step of the way, even through the down times I can never stop appreciating the life I get to live and the things I get to create.
What do I see in my tattooing future ?
The last 6 years have been a wild ride, there’s been ups and downs, positives and negatives, lefts and rights but I wouldn’t change a thing. Everyday I’m inspired to create and push foreword, it may take time but I know the efforts will push me further along!
I see myself owning a studio one day, do I know when ? Definitely not, BUT everyday I work I know it’s going towards the final goal of owning my own studio! Every tattoo I do and every piece I create is a step in the right direction.