If you are considering a career as a tattoo artist and opening your own shop, not only will you need to apply your skills and artistic abilities, but you certainly will need to properly consider and evaluate legal and business implications.
For many tattoo businesses, the termination of a tattoo artist often results in an unfortunate consequence of disparagement, better known as “trash-talking.” The extent of the trash talking has become even more severe than simply telling clients that the other shop does “shoddy” work. With the use of social media, such sites as, Twitter, Facebook and Yelp have helped disgruntled tattoo artists gain greater access to the public and advance their “evil will.”
On December 8, 2011, the Assembly Housing and Local Government Committee overwhelmingly approved bipartisan legislation sponsored by Assemblyman Lou Greenwald, D-Camden, and Republican Leader Alex DeCroce, R-Morris and Passaic, that seeks to extend the expiration date of the “Permit Extension Act of 2008.” Under the current law, the extension is set to expire on December 31, 2012. If approved, the extension would now expire on December 31, 2014.
If you are considering a career as a tattoo artist and opening your own shop, not only will you need to apply your skills and artistic abilities, but you certainly will need to properly consider and evaluate legal and business implications.
The very first thing you should consider is who you are going to hire as your attorney. Find an attorney who has the knowledge to help you navigate all of the laws which will certainly come up in your tattoo shop ownership. If you can find one who has a love for the art form, even better.
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