Tattoo Artist Duties & Responsibilities
The role and function of a Tattoo Artist includes the following duties and responsibilities:
- Dips needles of tool into colored pigment solution and presses needles into skin to insert indelible pigment into skin following outline of design.
- Adjusts and repairs needled electric tool, using handtools, such as screwdrivers and pliers.
- Sterilizes needles in steam-heated cabinet.
- Mixes nontoxic colored pigments according to formula.
- May draw original designs on paper, trace designs onto acetate sheet, and cut out design to form pattern or stencil, using stylus and knife.
- Pricks skin of patron, using needled electric tool, that inserts indelible nontoxic pigment into skin to form decorative or ornamental design: Shaves area to receive tattoo and washes it, using germicidal soap.
- Presses charcoal-coated stencil, draws design, or traces pattern of design onto skin of patron, to mark outline of design.
- Applies sterile dressing to area
Note that this is not an exhaustive list of Tattoo Artist duties and responsibilities. Job functions for specific Tattoo Artist roles may vary, depending on the industry and type of employer.