Tattoo Apprenticeship

Apprentice hours applied toward a Missouri State tattoo license. 

24 weeks  

Prerequisite: Tattoo Portfolio + Practical Tattooing Application

Students will begin the official apprenticeship portion of the tattoo coursework earning apprentice hours. All previously developed designs from Tattoo Portfolio and Practical Tattooing Applications course will be used as designs for tattooing on clients. The course begins with supervised tattooing as an apprentice on live tattoo clients and ends with the completed application for state licensing as a professional tattoo artist.

Each tattoo will have been fully designed and completed on digital or paper media and critiqued before presenting to the client and reviewed after each application for areas of strength and those in need of improvement.  

Cost: Paid. Apprentices are able to earn income from tattooing






Course Objectives

  • Official tattoo apprenticeship will be registered with the Missouri Office of Tattooing, Body Piercing & Branding

  • Tattoo apprentices will get to practice tattooing clients under supervision of mentor

  • Portfolio pieces developed in previous courses will be sold as flash designs

  • Apprentices will begin to build a clientele

  • Apprentices will build a portfolio of tattoos for their professional career as tattoo artists

  • Hours will be recorded for state licensing

  • Missouri Tattoo License application will be submitted at the end of the course

  • Once licensed, apprentices will be eligible to apply for a resident position at Alchemy Tattoo Collective.

  • Clientele and job placement provided.