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neat..my mother has a thomson’s gazelle hide she got at an estate sale for like 25 bucks. its wonderful. I have a beaver skull….ha. And I have an ivory african girl bust with WILD hair…not the same but yeah.
Anyway I collect so much its scary.
Windstones
breyers and other resins
My Little Ponies
My Child dolls
Kitty’s Critters a little
marbles
weird stuff that I get at sales
dogs *ha…I have 5!emerald212 wrote:whippetluv wrote:emerald212 wrote:Very pretty dresses. The price does seem a bit cheap for hand made. Good for you, though. Hopefully the seller will learn to charge more. lol
Are you on the left of the picture?
Yeah I have the crown and the purple dress. And the extra chins…..
Pish tosh! You look very nice. 🙂
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gryphondreamer wrote:i am probaBLY being nieve, but why is it taboo to apprentise females for tatoo artists?
Its very much a matter of being a female in a male dominated industry. Its like tring to get in on being a driver in nascar. Sure some women do it…but not many and its hard to get in on the “all boys club”.
For every one woman artist there are probably 5,000 men doing it. Its hard to get in the circle ya know? I like to think I am a good artist…I just wanted a chance. I mean its not like you get paid as an apprentence.emerald212 wrote:Very pretty dresses. The price does seem a bit cheap for hand made. Good for you, though. Hopefully the seller will learn to charge more. lol
Are you on the left of the picture?
Yeah I have the crown and the purple dress. And the extra chins…..
drag0nfeathers wrote:LOL, you can bug me anytime =) My AIM name is AmandaMaie. I think it’s listed in my info if I’m not mistaken, though I hardly ever use it anymore. I’ll try and get on soon though =)
This is my head Guniea Pig, AJ
If you can look at his photos you can see all the crap I’ve tattooed to him, LOL!
http://profile.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=user.viewprofile&friendid=1764214&MyToken=f828a79e-cae5-4ded-9596-6002c0a75b75Great! I am weepingwhippet. I tried you once…so I will see ya when you jump on. Thanks so much!
WolfenMachine wrote:what about replacement…other things? like horns for dragons or unicorns? (I’m just dying to get that black male uni on ebay; I’m hoping he won’t hit $100 since he’s so damaged; besides the grand, he’s my favorite unicorn and I don’t own any of the black ones and and eeeee I hope I win him!) If Melody would send one of the horns, I’d offer money! *breathe*
SO you are the one tring to outbid me…you dog you. 😉
So they were mailed today…when you westcoast folks get them can you please post a pic. We are all dying to see them!!
My wedding dresses came from ebay..and were handmade for me. And saddly she had to have made no money on these. They were only 100 bucks per dress. So wonderful for me and sad for the artist. They were really really well done too. Here they are…
drag0nfeathers wrote:I hear you there whippet, I’ve been tattooing “illegally” for about a year now. It’s a huge taboo to apprentice females. It’s really difficult and you can’t get licensed in MA unless you have at least 2 years worth of apprenticeship in a licensed shop. It doesn’t even matter what kind of talent you have and if you flash a diploma from a tattoo school you just get laughed in the face. It’s really tough for girls.
I got started after searching of someone to apprenticing me for abot 5 years. After coming up with nobody I just broke down and bought equipment on ebay and am basically self taught at this point. It’s actually not too hard to get started once you practice on a few things. The best (though it’s gross) is pig skin. Everyone says raw chicken, but it’s not. Oranges are better then that. I got a kit for around 200 bucks and practiced some linework on oranges and color on a pig head….not for very long though. I was too grossed out cause it was…THE HEAD….of a DEAD PIG! So I just practiced on myself. Which was equally as nausiating actually, LOL! It’s the hardest to do on yourself I think because you are minus one hand and it’s just difficult to self inflict. For me anyway.
I’ve only done about 7 tattoos. Straight lines are the hardest to get down and I still need practice, but I guess I’m not too bad for pretty much teaching myself. I just tattoo for material costs and you’d be surprised how many people will jump at the temptation of being a gunia pig! You should give it a try.
Once I have some actual pictues of tattoos I’ve done that I’m happy with I plan on going back to the drawing board with actual tats to show artists and not just sketches. Hopefully that will work.
My dream job though huh? Well, I think I’d want Nam’s job 😀 Either that or Karen or Susie’s! LOL! *I’m such a geek*
Oh…can I bug you on AIM? I have some questions about that…it was my next idea. And I really want to see pics of your self-taught work too!!
I would like to be a lottery winner…really.
But honestly…I want to be a tattoo artist. OH SO BAD. But I tried all the tat studios within an hours drive and NONE would apprentice a girl. They blow. I even caught one of them. They advertised on their website that they were looking for an apprentice and when I called they said that was a mistake. A month later I see now they have a new male apprentice. Virginia sucks.
I really really would love to do that for a living. To create art that would last….FOREVER. To make custom work for those who really want something from the heart. Miami Ink here I come.But……I am just dreaming I guess.
I really hope we can see pics of the blackgold curlie soon. I went ahead and ordered it…but it would be nice to see what I paid for. 🙂
Wonder if they are releasing them in stores since they are not limited at all…that would be great for stores. All the dealers I have talked to wish she had more small stuff. They apparently sell faster to people as a wim.
littleironhorse wrote:whippetluv wrote:Yeah the fairy tail stuff is NOT the best. The Valdemeer books are far and away the best. She claims she is tired of writing them. Her loss….and ours. But the sad part is she does not allow any fan writings. I figure if she is done writing in that “land” she could at least open it up to others.
I would love to hear that CD…bet its neat.
She doesn’t? What about the Sun In Glory and the Crossroads anthologies?…
I guess I ment fans writing stuff. Those two books were her idea and the writers were invitation only. She also has a magazine with fanfic but its not free…its members only and is like 25 bucks a year…and the one copy I got was ummm….bad. ha!
I was thinking of fanfic online.
