When you want to learn the art of tattooing or piercing, choosing the right school can make the difference between an ordinary career and extraordinary, lasting success.
Not only that: since the path to becoming a professional tattoo artist or piercer is long and complex, opting for excellent training is not a choice, but an obligation to yourself, to ensure the possibility of working and being recognized in the industry.
The Milano Tattoo School stands out from other academies thanks to its unique combination of experience, diversity of styles, innovative teaching methods, and valuable networking opportunities.
1. MTS tattoo and piercing courses: the cost
The 1500-hour professional course offered by the Milano Tattoo School represents a significant investment, but this cost is justified by the quality of the training and the numerous advantages it offers.
First of all, Legal Compliance and Official Certification recognized at national and European levels, which allows you to work legally in Italy and abroad.
Then, the faculty, made up of nationally and internationally renowned tattoo artists and piercers with years of experience in the industry. Not only that: there are also qualified professionals in essential subjects, fundamental for refining artistic and manual techniques and crucial knowledge.
Students therefore receive constant feedback from established professionals, an added value for those who wish to become a successful tattoo artist or piercer.
Furthermore, the cost also includes all the workshops, seminars, and training events that the School organizes weekly and which represent added value in a training path. These are in fact exclusive lessons with world-class tattoo artists and piercers, whose fees are very high, but fully covered by the school.
In addition, the Milano Tattoo School has classrooms equipped with cutting-edge tools, recreating the real environment of a tattoo and piercing studio: students work with professional machines, needles, pigments, and high-quality materials, for an absolutely realistic practical experience.
The course cost also includes teaching and practice materials, including iPads for drawing and synthetic skin for the first stages of practice.
Finally, MTS offers internships and collaborations with recognized tattoo and piercing studios, helping students not only to complete the mandatory internship in established environments but also to enter the job market immediately.
It is a network of contacts with professionals that facilitates access to exclusive job opportunities.
The cost of the course is therefore not a simple expense, but an investment in professional success, as excellent preparation allows for high earnings in the long term.
2. The duration of MTS Tattoo and Piercing Courses
All our tattoo operator and piercing operator courses have a total duration of 1500 hours. This guarantees 3 fundamental advantages.
The first is alignment with regional law no. 13 of July 23, 2021.
This establishes that, to practice the profession of tattoo artist or piercer, it is mandatory to attend a 1500-hour training course, at the end of which a certification valid at national and European levels is issued.
The Milano Tattoo School, accredited by the Lombardy Region, therefore offers a training path that fully respects these provisions, ensuring students training that complies with the required standards and current regulations.
The second advantage is complete and in-depth preparation in both theory and practice.
The job of a tattoo artist is not just art, but requires advanced technical skills and specific knowledge. Being able to carry out a 1500-hour path allows, first of all, to address in detail every fundamental theoretical subject that a tattoo artist or piercer must know and to have advanced artistic training, with the learning of all techniques and styles.
Then, it ensures an intensive practical experience that a shorter course would not allow to acquire, with constant practice on synthetic materials and, subsequently, on real skin. Finally, it allows you to take part in excellent workshops, exclusive seminars, and training events with masters of the industry, to learn from the best artists on the international scene during your training.
The third advantage is differentiation in the job market: such a structured preparation guarantees greater chances of success in the world of work. The skills acquired allow you to work in high-level tattoo and piercing studios or start your own business with all the necessary knowledge.
3. The training internship proposed by MTS
The professional Tattoo and Piercing Operator course at the Milano Tattoo School stands out for its complete training structure, which includes 1000 hours of theory and practice followed by 500 hours of mandatory internship.
This division was designed to ensure an effective learning path, training students gradually and allowing them to face the internship with solid skills.
The tattoo artist internship represents the key transition between training and the working reality and comes at the end of the training path to ensure that students have already acquired the knowledge and skills necessary to face it at their best.
If it were done before or during training:
- Students would not yet have learned the necessary advanced techniques.
- They would risk making dangerous mistakes on real clients due to incomplete preparation.
- The experience would be less educational, because the theoretical and practical foundations to build upon would be missing.
By doing it after the 1000 hours of training:
- Students arrive prepared and confident, ready to work on real people.
- They can focus on refining their techniques, instead of still having to learn the basics.
- They are able to independently manage the relationship with clients, the tattoo design, and the entire execution process.
One of the most important aspects of the Milano Tattoo School internship is that it is a guaranteed internship: students therefore do not have to look for a studio to host them, but are directed to the over 400 MTS partner studios.
This often means that the internship becomes the first step toward a permanent job, transforming this experience into a concrete employment opportunity and building contacts in the industry, facilitating future collaborations and job opportunities.
4. At MTS you find a highly specialized tattoo school
One of the aspects that makes the Milano Tattoo School the best choice for becoming a professional tattoo artist or piercer is the fact that it is a highly specialized school, dedicated exclusively to the training of tattoo and piercing operators.
Unlike generalist schools that offer courses in various sectors, the Milano Tattoo School concentrates all its experience and resources only on this field, guaranteeing a level of quality and depth that no other school can offer.
This guarantees a total focus that cannot be found in other schools, as resources are divided among many different areas, teachers are not tattoo or piercing specialists, and study programs are less in-depth because they must adapt to a school that has many different disciplines.
Instead, at the Milano Tattoo School:
- All training is focused exclusively on tattooing and piercing.
- Every teacher is a professional tattoo artist or piercer, each specialized in a different style and with direct experience in the industry.
- The 1500-hour program is designed in detail to offer the best possible preparation, without compromises.
- Students are surrounded by people with the same passion and ambition, creating a professional network that will be useful throughout their career.
- The school is constantly updated on the latest trends and technologies in the tattoo world.
- There are events, workshops, and collaborations with famous tattoo artists, something a generalist school could hardly offer.
Another strength of the Milano Tattoo School is the use of high-quality equipment, specific to the tattoo and piercing industry. Generalist schools, on the other hand, normally have shared spaces with other courses, inadequate equipment, or less in-depth practical preparation.
Being trained by a recognized and highly specialized school significantly increases the chances of finding a job, as after training you are ready to work professionally right away. Generalist schools, however, do not have the same reputation in the industry, so the diploma obtained might not have the same value in the eyes of employers.
5. Only the best Teachers and Professionals at the Milano Tattoo School
The professional Tattoo and Piercing Operator course at the Milano Tattoo School also stands out for the quality of its teachers, who are professional tattoo artists and piercers with years of experience in the industry, each specialized in a single style or technique.
This characteristic represents a fundamental added value compared to other courses that use simple teachers or academic professors. Only industry experts with a consolidated career have a wealth of real experiences derived from daily work in tattoo studios and know the latest trends and technologies used in the sector. Consequently, they can pass on constantly updated knowledge to students and provide practical advice, based on real situations faced in their careers.
Furthermore, unlike simple academic teachers, tattoo and piercing professionals offer lessons that go beyond books. For example, technical refinement (with tricks and tips that only those who have worked for years in the industry can know), personalized artistic development to find and refine one’s artistic identity, and real problem-solving. In addition, they also offer advice on practical aspects that are not found in books but are learned only through direct experience.
Another great advantage of being trained by successful tattoo artists and piercers is the possibility of easier access to the world of work. The teachers have contacts with high-level tattoo studios and can recommend the most talented students for job opportunities. Working side by side with professionals therefore gives students an extra edge to start their careers.
The presence of professional tattoo artist and piercer teachers in the 1500-hour course at the Milano Tattoo School is not a simple detail, but a guarantee of excellence and quality. Students not only receive complete and certified training but learn from the best, acquiring practical and theoretical skills that are truly applicable in the world of work.
Choosing a school with teachers who actively work in the industry means receiving authentic training, based on real experience and concrete successes, preparing yourself best for a successful career in the world of tattooing and piercing.
The excellence of our faculty doesn’t stop there. Alongside expert tattoo artists and piercers, we have a team of professionals who teach all the essential subjects to guide students in building their careers, providing the necessary skills to work in a studio or start their own business: from relational aspects to social media mastery, from studio management to sales techniques.
This mix makes the Milano Tattoo School the best choice for those who want to become a professional tattoo artist or piercer!
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