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When we first introduced the J. D. Crowe designs, our sales staff discouraged you, our customers from purchasing them.  I must say I did not agree with their reasoning.  They felt the designs could only be applied successfully by experienced airbrush artists.
I ask you, how are you going to get better at anything if [...]

We have a few stencil designs (117, the grim reaper, 020 the kitten, L169 the Democrat donkey and L226 the Republican elephant) that require an extra step to make them look like the designs on the posters.
Here is how I spray these designs:  Lets take stencil   #117, the grim reaper, for example…  Oh so [...]

When I first started applying tats, I was always disappointed with the way yellow, orange and brown looked on the customer’s skin. In fact when someone asked for a tat and requested yellow, orange or brown, I would warn them that because of their skin color those colors would not show up very well.
I [...]

Unlike the salon industry, the tat industry is not under a lot of government regulation and licensing requirements.  To keep it that way we need to operate in a professional and sanitary way.  Here are a few suggestions you may want to implement if you have not already.
Always use a clean stencil when applying a [...]

The new 4th of July stencil package will be a great addition to your stencil library, but for the 4th of July, any stencil can be patriotic by coloring it red, white and blue.
Incidentally, do you know how to get a beautiful navy blue color using our Duratat ink and the Power Palette? Let [...]

Enthusiasm is contagious. If you show excitement for your product by wearing it and being up-beat, your enthusiasm will pass on to your customer.
When we first started this business I was a silent observer at one of our carts at the mall. This particular cart was located in a B grade mall in [...]

We have put together a special stencil package for the 4th of July. The package includes 16 stencil designs. You can order the entire package or just the stencils you want.
To see the package go to our home page. Near the top right, click on the box that says “God Bless America”.
Check [...]

We have some odd inks in the back of the shop.  By odd, I mean the ink is not one of our usual colors.  I keep saying we should put these inks on our web site to get rid of them and everyone else agrees but it hasn’t happened yet.  So I will personally make [...]

We recently moved to a new location. Everything is clean, fresh and new. Our new modular work stations give everyone a private “cubicle”. Ahh, life is good!

Thanks to the boss’s generosity, soft drinks are provided to all the workers of TAT International. We keep the cans in a refrigerator in the break “cubicle”. Ahh, [...]

Every day, we at TAT International get calls from people through out the country who are looking for an airbrush tattoo artist. We always refer the caller to the Artist Directory at TatStore.com.
I encourage everyone who is interested in developing their tat business to register on the Artist Directory. Anything you [...]