There's a first for everything! Thee first tattoo artist on By Appointment Only, thee first apprentice by Michael, and thee first Aquarius! A lover of tattoos, anime, vampires, pirates, and female empowerment! Meet Milla A.K.A. @princess.guts!!!! The KEY lesson that we all can learn from this lovely episode that bridges friendship, business partners, and love for cats is. MEN SUCK, STOP BEING A CREEP!
First experiences with tattoos as a child and teenager / parent’s reactions towards tattoos (2:53) Being an artistic child finding art and how that shaped your childhood (6:28) Tumblr / goth girls with tattoos being a teen in the internet era and how loving tattoos fit into that (7:35) Deciding to get tattoos - first tattoos and those experiences the shops the artists (9:22) Family reactions towards you getting tattoos (11:03) Choosing art as your life path positive and negative reactions from family (12:30) Taking the leap from artist to tattooer the why and how (13:53) Apprenticeships, how you got yours, dos and don’ts, advice on how to learn (17:33) Learning from a Man, positive and negatives the difficulties of working under someone a little older (21:08) Tattooing early months of tattooing finding your style and clientele favorite types of people to tattoo good and bad experiences (28:40) Working in the medium off erotic art, pushing the envelop with your style artistically keeping clients happy without loosing yourself (32:25) Tattooing and the internet tattoo trends playing the game having tattooer friends clout culture etc (37:50) Misogyny in the industry from other tattooers or clients, men can be the worst- go off. (43:23) Is it worth it? The discourse the stress the creeps the hard days, what if would you do differently (48:31) Daily inspirations artistically ( anime, tattoos, nature ) and emotionally (51:45) Being an artist that’s depressed or anxious or both, how to beat it, and realizing everyday it can’t be beat (53:03) Sex work positivity, female empowerment, witchy stuff, how men can do better and respect our women(54:54) Closing thoughts on life, tattooing, being a woman, the future, what’s next for PG (58:58) MYSTEY QUESTION!!!!!! (1:02:08)
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