Honest Tattooer Podcast

Competition Gets Them Triggered with Chris Torres and Mario (From Italy)

Interesting Things On The Internet

Critiques!

Trading Goods For Tattoos With Branny

Relocating Shops with Nikki Simpson

The Last Episode

Thanks for being a supporter of The Honest Tattooer Podcast. We appreciate all the people who showed love along the way. We couldn't have don't it without you.  On to bigger and Better Things!

Robo Tattoos, Egotistical Artists and Listener Critiques

A mentor and his Apprentice with Dan Mountain and Jessica Kirchner

Tattoo History With The Kaplan Family

Veterans And Newcomers with Delphine Noiztoy and Alex Haber

Delphine with 19 years experience and Alex with 5 months, we have a great conversation with plenty of angles. 

Tattoo Marketing with Jesse Drach and Legion Avegno

The guys talk about marketing your business with a pro as they fumble with new equipment 

Listener Topics

Tattoo Critiques with Pony Lawson

O1B Visas with Donal Cranny

Tattooing Black Skin with Aaron Davis

Confronting Gatekeeping and the Copycat Dilemma with Bobby Johnson, Brian Black and Kevin Laroy

Join us in episode 57 of the Honest Tattooer podcast as we delve into the contentious topic of gatekeeping in the tattoo industry.  Jon Mesa and Matt Truiano, engages in a dynamic discussion with Kevin Laroy, Bobby Johnson, and Brian...

Tattoo Industry Secrets Revealed: Techniques, Styles & Career Tips with Innes Mullen

Join us in this eye-opening episode of the Honest Tattoo Podcast, where we dive deep into the world of tattooing, uncovering industry secrets, exploring diverse techniques, and discussing styles that have shaped this unique art form. Our host John Meza,...

Being Genuine in Art & Business

Closing out 2023 with Emma Dixon

Honest Tattooer Semifinals EP 53

Cosmic Colorism With Koral Ladna

Social Media, AI and Tattooing yourself with Adam Dean

The Most Opinionated Tattooer: Joe Capobianco

Scorpions, Worms and Forest Spirits:Listener Critiques.

Ink Master 15 Contestants Jozzy and Jess

The New Primary Colors with Caro Montoya.

Ink Master with Lalo and Matt Buck

Slow Season is Coming! How to be prepared feat Ryan Roi, Ermis Art, Jon Mesa and Matt Truiano EP 45

Join hosts Matt Truiano and Jon Mesa on another insightful episode of Honest Tattooer, where we dive into the world of tattooing and the business side of this artistic journey.

What we saw this week

This week Matt and Jon are joined by Ink Master alumni Matt Buck, Lalo Yunda and our man on the couch Gabe Pantoja aka G-money, they watch some of the best and worst videos that they came across this week...

Listener Topics

The Episode About Nothing

Another Patreon Supporter Critique

Tattoo Armour

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Zen Tattooing with Andy Pho

Coverups With Tim O'Connor

Nerdcore Tats

Patreon Supporter Critique

Have A Better Assistant with Tattoo Admin Coach Erica Chandler

Tommy "Dutch" Two Wolves

Tattooing Nipples with Nicole Rizutto

Why New Tattooers Open Tattoo Shops

Brandon Stantangelo stops by to talk about his story of opening up  shop just 4 years into his tattoo career

Tattoo Career Talk with Nikki Simpson

Nikki Simpson stops by the studio again. This week we talk about Nikki's experience presenting at Paradise Tattoo Gathering Instagrams to follow: @honesttattooer : https://tinyurl.com/honesttattooerig Matt: @matttruiano : https://tinyurl.com/mtruiano Jon: @jonmesatattoos / @jonmestattoosnyc : https://tinyurl.com/jmesanyc Nikki: https://www.instagram.com/nikkisimpsontattoos/ Thanks for watching! Please like and subscribe! Follow us on...

Tattooing In A Small Town

Welcome back Christopher Lee as we talk about what its like opening up shop and tattooing in a small town Instagrams to follow: @honesttattooer : https://tinyurl.com/honesttattooerig Matt: @matttruiano : https://tinyurl.com/mtruiano Jon: @jonmesatattoos / @jonmestattoosnyc : https://tinyurl.com/jmesanyc Chris: https://www.instagram.com/christopherleetattoos/ Thanks for watching! Please like and subscribe! Follow us...

Industry Success As A Non Tattooer

This week Jon Mesa and Matt Truiano sit down with the one and only Gabe Ripley. Gabe talks about being a successful non tattooing shop owner, convention promoter and the ins and outs of what it takes to make a...

How To Be A Better Content Creator

Jon Mesa and Matt Truiano sit down with Joel Mejia to talk all about content creating. Joel studied social media marketing as is here to talk about how we can all use social media to better our business as tattoo...

We Answered Your Questions

Matt Truiano and Jon Mesa took to instagram and asked what kinds of things you want us to talk about. There were lots of great topics and we tried to cover as many as we can in this video.  Instagrams to...

We Are Gatekeepers

We sat down with tattoo artist Lukas Adams to talk about what it takes to get into the tattoo industry and why the word Gatekeeper is so widely used these days. Lukas talks about how he acquired his apprenticeship and...

Tattoo Apprentice Critiques

Matt Truiano and Jon Mesa go over a viewers art submission to give some quality critiques. They talk about the things that are going in the right direction, and the things that need some improvement and how to correct the...

Are You A Tattooer Or A Tattoo Artist?

This week Matt Truiano and Jon Mesa sit down with Jacquelyn Puma to dig deep into the difference of being a tattooer and being a tattoo artist.  Instagrams to follow: @honesttattooer : https://tinyurl.com/honesttattooerig Matt: @matttruiano : https://tinyurl.com/mtruiano Jon: @jonmesatattoos / @jonmestattoosnyc : https://tinyurl.com/jmesanyc Jacquelyn :...

How To Achieve the ULTIMATE Tattoo Experience: A Clients Perspective

This week Matt Truiano and Jon Mesa sit down with one of Matt's clients, Scott, to talk about what it means to be tattoo collector. Scott tells the story of his journey of meeting Matt at his first tattoo session,...