Apart from your drawing/sketching skills, you really need to question yourself hard, on why do you want to become a tattoo artist. If you think that tattooing people gives you “easy money”, then you really need to improvise on your knowledge about tattoo industry. Even if you want to take it as a “Side Business” as lot of people come here with such intentions. Let us tell you that tattooing is not at all easy money, it requires a good amount of investment in developing yourself as well as in buying your equipments. It requires hours of dedication, not only in developing your tattooing skills but also your social skills, communicating skills, inventory- studio managing skills and so on. And most importantly remember that this profession is next to a doctor’s profession, you will be handling live skin and modifying it, so you need to follow all types of hygiene and sterilization methods, plus maintaining a good hygiene of yourself too.