View How Do Tattoo Artists Get Paid Gif. If they don't own their studio, their workspace owners will take a commission from each tattoo. They get all sorts of requests for their talent that come with offers of really small compensation (up to and including a good amount to pay for a custom tattoo design is the price you can afford to have the best possible artist in your area or online that can help pour your.
Most tattoo artists work for someone else in the beginning years of their career, and must pay the shop owner a portion of their earnings.
I get to know a lot of people, different artists and very interesting customers and it pays well. With unemployment still high, i'm sure there are more than a few of you out there… and their is some serious cash being traded too. How does $300 per sketch sound? How much this is depends on their contract — it's often worked out as a split, sometimes being an even 50/50 between the studio and the artist.