Honest Tattooer Podcast

The Honest Tattooer Podcast is a show where tattoo artists and tattoo lovers discuss tattoos, art, and most of all keep it real. Keep it honest!

Honest Tattooer Podcast is a arts podcast hosted by No Idols NYC, with 189 episodes on record and a Required Pod Score of 80. PitchCentric scores this show on Booking Probability, Listen Score, and live audience signals refreshed every 24 hours.

No Idols NYC hosts Honest Tattooer Podcast, a arts show with 189 episodes published.

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  Will Biotech, Robots & AI Shape Tattooing’s Future with Joe Capobainco

  Aug 16, 20261h 41m

  Send us Fan Mail On the Honest Tattooer podcast, Jon Mesa, Matt Truiano, and guests Joe Capobianco, Ermis and Matt Buck discuss who will shape tattooing’s future as outside biotech and tech companies push new products faster than the tattoo community. They react Pain-Free Tattoo microneedle stamp concept. They also cover Black Dot’s venture-backed automated tattooing system, its current limitations, and skepticism about small-scale fine-line results without long-term healed examples. The group critiques Melanoir’s costly single-use synthetic melanin ink and broader corporate cash-grab motives, then pivots to affirm the lasting value of human-made craft, coils, and tattoo history. Joe promotes the free, tattooer-only TAT Hoedown (Aug 30–Sept 1, Dayton, Ohio) Support the show

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  Looking At Your Tattoos 10 Years Later with Lalo Yunda

  Aug 9, 20261h 1m

  Send us Fan Mail This week we take a look at an instagram post that shows Michelle DiDonato Quinones' tattoos fresh vs healed as we learn what works and what doesn't. Support the show

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  What Makes a Tattooer Hireable with Aaron Davis

  Aug 2, 20261h 23m

  Send us Fan Mail Jon Mesa, Matt Truiano, and guest Aaron Davis (Atlanta-based tattooer specializing in Afro-Americana, tattooing 7+ years) discuss what makes a tattooer hireable if they had no reputation, including how shop hiring has changed, the importance of portfolio, attitude, reliability, and the ability to pay rent by bringing in clients. They weigh social media presence versus consistent walk-ins, emphasize professionalism and respecting clients’ time, and name major red flags like drug/alcohol issues and personal drama spilling into the shop. The conversation covers the value of peer critique and being around strong artists, how apprenticeships have shifted with information online, changes in needle and machine culture, and secondhand gear marketplaces. They compare illustration and tattooing economics, touch on AI’s impact, and close with advice for aspiring artists: show up, build trust, study fundamentals, curate only your best work, be humble, seek critique, and ask whether you’d hire yourself. Support the show

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  Fineline Tattooing with Joe Redding

  Jul 26, 20261h 4m

  Send us Fan Mail Jon Mesa and Matt Truiano sit down with special guest Joe Redding (@coyoteeyes), a fine line and black-and-gray micro realism tattooer who apprenticed in 2017 and went full time during COVID after bartending and other work. They break down misconceptions about fine line tattoos by reacting to a reel and its polarized comments, then discuss what makes fine line work last: consistent depth control, avoiding blowouts, using “bloodlines/train tracks” and “scrubbing” to create a pocket for ink, and often lining with diluted black or grey wash to reduce pigment spread while selectively adding contrast. They also cover limitations on darker skin or heavy sun exposure, crosshatching and ink choices, plus how Instagram algorithms, boosting fees, video frame rates, and AI are reshaping tattoo marketing and workflows. Support the show

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  Coming to America with Eoghann McGregor

  Jul 19, 202658 min

  Send us Fan Mail On the Honest Tattoo Podcast, Jon Mesa and Matt Truiano welcome guest tattooer Eoghann McGregor, a Scottish artist now working in New York, who has been tattooing about seven and a half years and describes his style as “weirdo trad” The group recaps the intimate Third Coast show in Chicago, talks about convention tattooing, walk-ups, and how body positioning can drastically change stencil size and placement. Eoghann shares how he got into tattooing through hanging around a shop, losing an early opportunity, eventually landing an apprenticeship, and then moving from Scotland to England and to New York after a visa sponsorship. They emphasize the value of constructive critique in shops, discuss shop culture versus private studios, and announce Ermis is leaving New York for Greece in five weeks with plans to return to tattoo in the U.S. periodically, Support the show

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