Get the real fundamentals: clean technique, hygiene that matters, the right gear, and pro-level lining and shading. Build drawing discipline, stay sharp under pressure, and learn the business habits that keep artists alive in a crowded market.
Each book comes with downloadable, printable ballpoint practice sheets to train your hand from day one.
Read it. Practice it. Earn the craft.
This book gives you the core skills every beginner needs: how to work safely, how to understand skin, how to use your equipment, and how to build clean technique.
You’ll learn how to design for skin, manage clients and workflow, run the business side without chaos, and keep your mindset sharp and professional.
If you want a clear, practical guide to starting tattooing the right way, this book delivers it.
Health and Safety
Business Management
Design
Skin Anatomy
Equipment
Techniques
Personal Management
This book is for anyone who’s been drawn to tattooing - the curious beginner, the lifelong doodler, the artist who’s always wondered if their work belongs on skin.
If you’ve dreamed of tattooing, played with the idea, or know you’ve got an eye for drawing and want to do it right from the start, this book is for you.
Not fully sure yet? Download a free sample chapter and see how the structure, tone, and teaching style fit the way you learn.
Free download with every book.
Custom designs - from simple lines to something more complex.
Train your hand control, line accuracy, and pressure consistency.
Victor Rosefield is a working tattoo artist who teaches from real studio experience - clean technique, tough standards, and the discipline beginners never get online.
His writing is blunt, technical, and brutally practical, built upon years of experience in European and American studios and training new artists who need the truth, not myths.
If you want tattooing explained the way professionals actually talk about it, Victor’s the one who’ll give it to you straight.
Got a question about the book, tattoo basics, or getting started? I’m here to help.