Introduction

Hello everybody! My name is Bella, or also known through my brand name Apex (Apex Art).
I have always been a creative spirit, and since a young age I have drawn every day to better my skills as an artist. 14 years later with the help of amazingly supportive friends and members of the Wellington community, I have managed to host 2 solo gallery's and paint 4 murals around the central Wellington area.
Growing up I never thought my art becoming a career path would never be a sustainable future. When I started making money, I realized some people can just be close minded idiots.

As time went on I started to surround myself with other creative people like myself. Its astounding how many different people you can meet who are just passing through a city!
All these people were creative in various ways; sewing, drawing, writing, music making, you name it! But there was one median that I became so fond of that I couldn't stop nagging the artists to teach me about it, and that was tattooing!

I finally managed to get off my butt and follow my dream of being a tattoo artist, but along the way I recorded everything step-by-step so you can see my progress and developent as a tattoo apprentice!
Over the last month I have managed to learn some tips and tricks from a local tattoo gallery to help further the understanding of the art behind tattooing.

Essentially you'll be taught things here and there in an apprenticeship, but you'll always learn more through your own experiences. These are the tips and tricks I learned that nobody else will think to tell you.
Throughout this blog, I will post up photos and videos of my progress. The two categories are Stick & Poke (SnP) and just using a Tattoo Gun (TG) which are then labelled w what I need to fix / what's done right.

Hope you enjoy!!