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Honest Tattooer Podcast — 184 episodes

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Neo-Pre-Eckelism with Russ Abbott

2

Heads Up! with Michael L.

3

Shop Managing with Bunnie Lebowski

4

What Keeps A Tattooer Going For Hours with David Martinez and Dat

5

West Coast Tats In Jersey with Ses

6

Solving Your Problems with Pony Lawson

7

The Corporate Takeover with Pony Lawson

8

Tooling Around with Joshua Bowers

9

Painting With Blood with Vincent Castiglia

10

A Couple Of Funny Guys with Phil Luck and Stevie Wells

11

Everything Happens for a Reason with Jeremy Schad

12

Talking About Art with Matt Buck

13

American Tattooing To The Roots with Zach Grimm

14

Being A Lifelong Creative with Roman Abrego

15

Starting With An Ebay Kit with Nico Negron

16

Tattooing Is Too Accessible with Nick Bones

17

Tattoo Pricing with Justin Reid

18

Is Tattoo Culture Shifting? with Missi Blue

19

Tattoo Hoedown with Joe Capobianco

20

Revisiting Nikki Simpson 2023

21

Philadelphia Tattoo Convention 2026 And Reactions To INSANE Videos with Maggie Serpica

22

Mastering Social Media With Vicky Stoner

23

How To Succeed In Tattooing In 2026

24

Japanese Tattooing with Roy Singh

25

Blackout Tattoos with Hoode

26

First Tats Of The Year

27

Reflecting on 2025 and Plans for 2026

28

If I Had to Start Tattooing From Scratch in 2026

29

This Is Why Tattooers Are Quitting with Matt Buck

30

Getting Tattooed on Ink Master with Lalo Yunda and Evan Duswalt

31

Scratching to Being Pro with Trav

32

Navigating the Tattoo Industry During the Holidays

33

Crafting and Innovating with Joshua Bowers

34

The Craziest Way To Get New Clients with Matty Tats, Drake and Richard Smith

35

Building A Successful Tattoo Page with NYCTattoos

36

Keeping The Passion with Roderrick Davis,

37

2 Years In And Crushing It with Kelsey Zussman

38

Price That Tat! II

39

Tropi-style Tattooing with Mark Longenecker

40

Tattoo Myths and Realities with Jeremy Miller

41

Changing From A Big Shop To Private Studio with Tomas Archuleta

42

Freak Show with Pym Avery

43

Art School and Book Publishing with Brian Kelly

44

Price That Tat! - Expert Tattoo Artists Discuss Tattoo Pricing

45

Starting A Supply Company with Frank Porcelli

46

Instagram Tattoo World with Alex Coulter

47

Life as a Tattoo Artist in Mexico with Kirk Fagan

48

We Got No Showed....AGAIN

49

Large Black and Gray Tattoos and Critiques with Ruben Riksfjord

50

Standstill: Clear Tattoo Stencils with Philipp Trier and Michelle McCreary

51

Maximizing Your Tattoo Career with Michael Getz and Rah Temperley

52

Exploring Tattoo Culture with XéU Leite

53

SMP - Scalp Micropigmentation with David Santiago

54

2 Year Tattooer Doing Things Right with Alyssa McCusker

55

Covid Tattooers with Bugpin Bunny

56

Pop Ups and Pet Peeves with Vega

57

TattooPro with Joe Swanson

58

Conversations with Joe Capobianco, Lalo Yunda, and Christian Perez

59

Tattoo Society Magazine with Tony Romel

60

Tattoos And Faith with Tommy Houlihan

61

The Cover Up King with Matthew Ellis

62

Tattoo Laser Removal: Everything You Need To Know with Tim Goergen

63

Tattooing and Painting with Akos Strenner

64

Hosting A Tattoo Convention with Andi Ink

65

Marketing with Ryan Roi

66

Self Taught Tattooing with Alena Wedderburn

67

Cartoon Tattoos with Adam Harmon

68

Exploring Polynesian Tattoo Traditions with Kai Watai

69

Mandalas and Architectural Tattooing with Kirk Nilsen

70

Polynesian Tattooing with Ozzy Garcia

71

The Philly Tattoo Convention and Pete Davidson's Tattoos with Magie Serpica

72

Shop Talk with Matt Buck, Ermis and Vega

73

Hustle, Growth, and Mastering Your Craft with Gerald Feliciano

74

Fine Line Tattoos with Nico

75

Tattooing And Spiritual Enlightenment with Eric Whitman

76

How To Improve Your Art with Joshua Clark

77

PICTIONARY! with Joe Capobianco, Nikki Simpson and Aaron Moonan

78

A.I., Is It Painting? And New Years Resolutions with Joe Capobianco, Nikki Simpson and Aaron Moonan

79

Working Up The Tattoo Ladder with Dean Sahar

80

Joe Cap And Elliot Wells Part 2

81

Embracing Change with Joe Capobianco with Elliot Wells: Part 1

82

Interviews From Paradise Tattoo Gathering 2024

83

Tattoo Magic with J.R. Maloney

84

EPISODE 100!

85

A quickie with Maverick Supply Co's Austin Spencer

86

2 Educating Tattooers with Russ Abbott and Gunnar

87

The Father of Dark Art: Paul Booth

88

Convention Convos with Dane Smith, Zi Tam and Serena Armstrong

89

Hustle Butter with Richie Bulldog

90

New York Tattoo Convention with Ed and Donal

91

At The Orlando Tattoo Show with Gill Montie

92

New School Tats with Jesse Smith

93

Not Another Angry Old Guy with Liorcifer

94

Micro Portraits with Goldy Z

95

The Value Of Tattooing and More Critiques with Skeety Johnson

96

Tattooing Down Under with Jake Danielson and Hayden Thompson

97

Creating A Tattoo Family With Tiffer Wright and Pamela Carvalho

98

Everything Wrong With The Industry with Joe Capobianco and Megan Chevatewa

99

NYC Tattoo History with Michelle Myles

100

2 Polish Tatters: Coco and Szablasta

101

Prison Tats with Eric Hare

102

Scam Artists with Caro Montoya

103

Finding Jesus with David Martinez

104

Unbelievable Tattoos, Drawing Assist and Pricing Tattoos

105

OOPS

106

Critiques With Some Random Guy

107

Biomech with Adam France

108

Ink Master and Aftercare with Billi Vegas

109

Take Control Of Your Life with Michael Getz

110

Not Just Tattoos with Creepy Jason

111

The Worst Tattoo Experience Ever with Jordan Campbell

112

Celebrity Tattoos with Dan Price

113

Competition Gets Them Triggered with Chris Torres and Mario (From Italy)

114

Interesting Things On The Internet

115

Critiques!

116

Trading Goods For Tattoos With Branny

117

Relocating Shops with Nikki Simpson

118

The Last Episode

119

Robo Tattoos, Egotistical Artists and Listener Critiques

120

A mentor and his Apprentice with Dan Mountain and Jessica Kirchner

121

Tattoo History With The Kaplan Family

122

Veterans And Newcomers with Delphine Noiztoy and Alex Haber

123

Tattoo Marketing with Jesse Drach and Legion Avegno

124

Listener Topics

125

Tattoo Critiques with Pony Lawson

126

O1B Visas with Donal Cranny

127

Tattooing Black Skin with Aaron Davis

128

Confronting Gatekeeping and the Copycat Dilemma with Bobby Johnson, Brian Black and Kevin Laroy

129

Tattoo Industry Secrets Revealed: Techniques, Styles & Career Tips with Innes Mullen

130

Being Genuine in Art & Business

131

Closing out 2023 with Emma Dixon

132

Honest Tattooer Semifinals EP 53

133

Cosmic Colorism With Koral Ladna

134

Social Media, AI and Tattooing yourself with Adam Dean

135

The Most Opinionated Tattooer: Joe Capobianco

136

Scorpions, Worms and Forest Spirits:Listener Critiques.

137

Ink Master 15 Contestants Jozzy and Jess

138

The New Primary Colors with Caro Montoya.

139

Ink Master with Lalo and Matt Buck

140

Slow Season is Coming! How to be prepared feat Ryan Roi, Ermis Art, Jon Mesa and Matt Truiano EP 45

141

What we saw this week

142

Listener Topics

143

The Episode About Nothing

144

Another Patreon Supporter Critique

145

Tattoo Armour

146

Zen Tattooing with Andy Pho

147

Coverups With Tim O'Connor

148

Nerdcore Tats

149

Patreon Supporter Critique

150

Have A Better Assistant with Tattoo Admin Coach Erica Chandler

151

Tommy "Dutch" Two Wolves

152

Tattooing Nipples with Nicole Rizutto

153

Why New Tattooers Open Tattoo Shops

154

Tattoo Career Talk with Nikki Simpson

155

Tattooing In A Small Town

156

Industry Success As A Non Tattooer

157

How To Be A Better Content Creator

158

We Answered Your Questions

159

We Are Gatekeepers

160

Tattoo Apprentice Critiques

161

Are You A Tattooer Or A Tattoo Artist?

162

How To Achieve the ULTIMATE Tattoo Experience: A Clients Perspective

163

A Guide to a Healthy and Painless Tattoo Career with Jordan, The Tattoo Hand Therapist.

164

Mistakes To Avoid When Tattooing

165

TATTOO PAIN!!

166

Unifying The Tattoo Industry with Ben Shaw

167

How To Double Your Income As A Tattooer with Christian Masot

168

Critiquing Listeners Work

169

Hudson Valley Tattoo Convention 2023

170

Chris Torres: The Most Hated Tattoo Artist

171

Chris Torres: The First Legal Tattoo Shop Owner in NYC

172

Tattooer secrets Unveiled: A Guide to Making Money in Foreign Lands

173

The Tattoo Style You've Never Heard Of with Lalo Yunda

174

How To Freehand Tattoo with Basilio Martinez

175

Critiquing Jon's Work

176

A Chat With Nikki Simpson - Part 2

177

Why Social Media Is Destroying Your Tattoo Career!

178

A Chat With Nikki Simpson Part 1

179

How Tattooers Use A.I.-Midjourney

180

Why You Are A Broke Tattooer Artists: A Lesson with Financial Coach Ryan Roi

181

Do's and Don'ts: How and When To Leave Your Job

182

Where Do People Get Tattoo Ideas From?

183

Apprentice Episode 2

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Apprentice Episode 1