Ep. 30 - Aaron Davis: INCLUSIVITY in TATTOOING

Aaron Davis was a contest on Ink Master season 15 and is renowned for his Afro-Americana traditional tattoos. He speaks often on the importance of inclusivity in tattooing, and he mostly tattoos black clients with subject matters and illustrations that resonate with them.

In this episode we discussed how to build a portfolio with black skin as a tattoo artist, the societal phenomenons that can keep people from getting tattooed, how Aaron's time as a children's-book illustrator helped him to grow in his tattoo career, and how he learned to tattoo.

Our studio manager Nicole day filled in to co-host for Colton on this episode.

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3:00 Being on camera and social media 
5:12 Afro-Americana tattoos
11:49 Tips for tattooing black people and societal pressures
20:07 How to provide good customer service
25:07 Tattoo apprenticeships and how to become a tattoo artist
33:23 How Aaron became a tattoo artist
41:45 Spreading positivity and love
45:33 Aaron's goals as a tattoo artist and Ink Master
50:57 Work-life balance 
59:30 Aaron’s tattoo apprenticeship and learning how to tattoo
1:05:06 Discipline and consistency 
1:13:45 Polyamory and relationships 
1:21:40 Being a non-tattoo artist in the industry

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