Tattooing 101

Learn tattoo basics from artists in a beginner-friendly, hands-on session. Two hours, a machine of your own, and fake skin to practise on.

📍222 Spadina Ave, Unit 232 (inside the mall, 3rd floor, right in front of the escalator). Our sign says 222

Please message us @tattoo101_toronto on Instagram if you get lost

💲$44.99 per person (all materials included)

🖋️ Taught by working tattoo artists

❗❗FIRST 5 TICKETS ARE BUY 1 GET ONE 22.2% OFF ❗❗

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Ever wondered what it feels like to tattoo?

In this two-hour beginner workshop, you can find out! Real machines, real needles, and synthetic skin to practise on and take home as a keychain. Stencil and Tattoo Designs will be Halloween-themed.

WHAT YOU'LL LEARN

• How to set up a station and keep it clean and professional while you work
• Needle proficiency: Round liner, round shader, and magnum. What each needle does and when to reach for it.
• Machine control and technique: Depth, angle, and hand speed.
• Machine Drills: Practice basic lines and shading with machines before moving on to the final piece.
• How to take a design from a stencil to a finished piece (Or freestyle if you feel confident enough).

Everything is provided

Rotary Tattoo Machines, synthetic skin, pre-made stencils, needles, ink caps, gloves, barrier film, and black ink.

Have a specific design in mind?

Send a message to our inbox or Instagram, and we will stencil a design of your choice to practice on! Please keep designs simple, with minimal shading, due to time constraints. Several Halloween-themed designs that we hand-pick will be available for those who do not have a specific design in mind.

Good to know

• The venue is next to Spadina & Sullivan, on the 510 Spadina line. Chinatown Centre (222 Spadina) is about a 30-second walk from this station. Our venue is right infront of the escalator on the third floor, unit 232. Please message us on Instagram @tattoo101_toronto if you are still lost in the area so we can send an organizer to help.
• All single-use items (needles, ink) are brand new and opened in front of you.
• Nobody is tattooed. Every piece is done on synthetic skin.
• No experience needed, and you don't need to be able to draw.
• You keep the synthetic skin canvas you worked on, or you can make it into a keychain.

10 spots. $45 per person.