Straight answers on learning to tattoo in the UK, from getting started and course curriculum to going professional.
Everything you need to know about licensing, course structure, and learning on real skin in the UK.
There is no single national licence to tattoo in the UK. Here is the real route in, from your first course to a studio placement.
Nervous about your first course? Here is exactly how a beginner tattoo course runs, from theory to your first tattoo on real skin.
Delicate, single-needle work is the most requested style in modern tattooing. Here is what it is and how to master it.
Our accredited syllabus takes students through four rigorous progressive stages with real tutor supervision:
Master sterile studio preparation, blood-borne pathogen prevention, medical autoclaving, council registration regulations, and legal client consenting.
Understand rotary vs coil machines, stroke lengths, motor torque, needle groupings (RL, RS, M1), cartridge membranes, and digital stencil anatomy.
Practice needle depth consistency, steady hand speed, solid ink saturation, pepper shading, greywash dilution recipes, and botanical line weights on synthetic skin.
Transition from synthetic skin to tattooing fully supervised live human models in our London studio. Graduate with verified portfolio work and your Certificate of Competence.
Accredited tattoo courses in the centre of London. Learn to tattoo with structure, supervision and small classes strictly capped at 6 students.
