TATTOO COURSE by LAURA SONO

Welcome to TATTIES: a Tattoo Mentorship program created especially for the people who are starting their tattoo journeys. Learn how to tattoo with safety, technique, passion and empathy and connect with other people who are also sharing the same moment.

What you’ll get

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    Learning how to tattoo with safety, technique, empathy and consent

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    Professional orientation in the first steps of your tattoo career

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    Having a trustable group where you feel comfortable to explore and experiment

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    How to deal with the insecurities of being a beginner tattooer

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    4 separate learning Modules that will make you ready for your tattoo journey

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    Possibility of online learning for the theory parts (also available in person)

What’s inside

Module 4

“Everything you need to begin your tattoo career”

  • Half a day consultation to help you chose your next steps: putting together a portfolio to join a tattoo shop or assembling your own private studio. Anything you need to make your tattoo career going. If we have time we go over a bit of social media as well.

Module 1

“The Basis of Tattooing”

  • One day of theory: needles, machines, body anatomy, consent practices, tattoo industry and a brief history of tattooing throughout the millennia.

  • One day of biosafety, hygiene protocols and practice on fake skin: learn the safe practices of tattooing according to hygiene protocols, learn how to assemble your work station and make some exercises of line work and different types of shading on fake sin.

Module 2

“Tattoo drawing and a 1 hour tattoo demo on a client”

  • For this module, you will spend the whole day with me and a costumer. I will walk you through my process of tattoo consultation, drawing, placing and making the tattoo. This is a one hour tattoo design and you get to ask all the question along the way and practice the drawing part with me if you want.

Module 3

“Supervised tattooing”

  • In this Module, I will observe you tattooing from the beginning (placement) of the tattoo session until the end (aftercare recommendations, etc), give you my inputs and you can ask your questions. This needs to be a two hour maximum tattoo design.

I’m ready! I want to join! :-)

Limited Enrollment

Limited Enrollment

Each Module has a maximum of only 5 spots per time. Smaller groups are preferred in this course so Laura can pay good attention to everyone individually in their journey.

The spots usually go away fast, so be careful to not lose the registration deadline.

If you want to receive exclusive news on the TATTIES Course and to know when the Modules will be open for registration, make sure to fill up the form in the button below.

Then I will add you to the TATTIES mailing list.

ps: This form is only for me to have more information about you and your tattoo level, practices, contacts, etc. Filling up this form doesn’t mean you commit to attending TATTIES. ;-)

Meet Laura

Laura Sono has been a tattooer since 2014 and a multidisciplinary artist. She has always worked mostly from shared private studios until she opened her own tattoo and art place in 2022 called SóLauraStudio. In 2024 she decided to transition into a more collective space and opened The Sweetspot together with four other artists, where she currently works from. 

Laura started giving tattoo workshops for beginners and curious artists in 2017. She has done them in Berlin and Vienna and in 2023 she mentored a group of five tattoo apprentices in her studio from which one of them is now a tattoo resident at The Sweetspot. :-)

After all the studio changes and a big advance in her tattoo career after completing 10 years of tattooing in 2024, she decided to go back to teaching, and now with a mentorship program, but in a different (and better) format with the 4 learning Modules. If you want to know more about Laura, you can read her go to “about me” or bump into her somewhere in Berlin, São Paulo, Vienna or anywhere else the wind blows.

✺ Frequently asked questions ✺

  • All good! :-) If you are still not sure if this is for you, I offer a 20 minute video chat so we can get to know each other and I can give some insight for your decision. Send me a message requesting the 20 minute video chat.

  • Sure! But if you want to attend Modules 2, 3 or 4 (in whichever order you prefer), you have to do Module 1 first. Then you can choose the other ones.

  • I am still not doing one full price for the 4 Modules as they are currently paid separated on demand, but if you are interested in doing all of them, send me a message and we will make a plan.

    In the future there will be a price for all of them.

  • You need to have your tattoo machine to attend TATTIES, but if you don’t and still want to register, there is a possibility of renting one. Send me a message for more info.

  • No, you can come as fresh as the first autumn winds! ;-) Everyone needs to do Module 1 to be able to move on to the next ones, so you will learn the basics before.
    Module 1 is for the people who never tattooed before and for the beginners who are just starting.

  • The 4 Modules are for the people who are starting in their tattoo journeys.

    From the beginner tattooers who made a few tattoos already to the people who know absolutely nothing about, you are all welcome to TATTIES.

    Everyone needs to go through Module 1 to be able to move on to the next ones, so everyone will go over the basics first.