Teaching disadvantaged youth valuable tattoo skills through hands-on practice. Everyone's first tattoo has to be on someone.
Authentic youth artistry preserved forever on human canvas.
Young artists who've graduated from practice fruit to human canvas.
A progressive training program from practice fruit to human canvas.
Students begin with oranges, grapefruits, and pig skin to develop basic motor control and line work fundamentals.
Advanced practice on synthetic materials that simulate human texture. Building confidence for the next phase.
Graduation to "consenting volunteers" who pay $50 for the privilege of receiving a youth-applied tattoo.
Advanced students can pursue portrait work certification. Our 7-year-old graduate recently completed her first.
Bringing tattoo education to incarcerated youth through our specialized Prison Edition program.
Graduates receive referral fees when clients need professional cover-up work. $120K in fees annually.
Designed by our Health and Safety Officer (no medical training).
Dropped needles are considered safe if retrieved within 3 seconds. Currently under review but still in use.
Our innovative sterilization approach that has resulted in 0 legally provable infection transmissions.
47-page consent form that defines "volunteer" and "consenting" with appropriate flexibility.
Ironic partnership with hepatitis awareness charities. Awareness is the first step to prevention!
LEGAL STATUS: First lawsuit settled with NDA in 2024. All infection claims remain legally unproven. CEO lost tattoo license in 1997 but maintains this shouldn't affect youth education.
Brave individuals who became canvases for youth education.
"Little Timmy gave me a butterfly tattoo. It looks more like a moth having a seizure, but his heart was in it."
"I got a quote tattoo: 'No Ragrets.' The kid spelled it that way on purpose. I think. I hope."
"The 7-year-old who tattooed my arm has more confidence than any adult artist I've met. Also less training, but still."
Support youth education by volunteering as a canvas. $50 donation for the privilege of a youth-applied tattoo.
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