1. Introduction
   1. Instructor's background and experience
   2. Status of training availability for tattooing
   3. Course Overview
      1. Lecture hours
      2. Lab demos
      3. Tattooing observation
2. Drawing for Tattoos
   1. Outlining instruction
   2. Obtaining and using appropriate art references
   3. Incorporating perspective/light source/shading aspects
   4. Common pattern practice
   5. Flash availability
   6. Stencil making
3. Needle Group assembly
   1. Louping instruction
   2. Needle grouping types and usage
   3. Needle properties
   4. Liner groupings
   5. Shader groupings
   6. Vendor information for raw materials needed
   7. Bolting needle groupings on bars
   8. Sterile packaging
4. Ink Mixing
   1. Individual color recipes
   2. Powder color #s and vendors
   3. Mixing methods and equipment
      1. Order of mixing
      2. Storage and settling considerations
      3. Appropriate size for desk bottles
5. Machine Setup
   1. Choosing needle types appropriate to job
   2. Louping at set up
   3. Setting distances and alignment of grips and tips
      1. Choosing grips/purchasing options
      2. Choosing tip shape for needle grouping
   4. Machine positioning/needle angles
6. Station Setup and breakdown process demos
   1. Job equipment placement
   2. Supplies placement, usage and list
      1. Lapcloths
      2. Contact barrier film
      3. Green Soap (and mixing instructions)
      4. Alcohol
      5. Tissues
      6. Ink caps
      7. Napkins (and appropriate types)
      8. Gloves
      9. Cords
7. Shared Equipment and supplies
   1. Sonic cleaner
      1. Solution
      2. Timing
   2. Autoclave
      1. Spore Testing
      2. Venting and operation
      3. Element burnout
      4. Sterile packaging
   3. Green soap solution
   4. Benzoin solution
   5. Towels/draping clients
   6. Sterile packs
   7. Other supplies and uses
8. Transparency makers
   1. "Lab" equipment
9. Customer Interaction BE NICE!
   1. Common client fears
   2. Cleanliness concerns
   3. Respect for other tattoo work/artists
10. Tattoo process
    1. Prepping skin
    2. Stencil placement (brief lesson in stencil making)
    3. Tattooing the outline
    4. Tattooing the shading
    5. Tattooing color
    6. Providing aftercare information
11. Business Setup
    1. Legalities
       1. Renting a business location
       2. Business licensing
       3. Accounting
       4. Local licensing and health regulations
       5. Choosing a business type
          1. corporations
          2. sole proprietorship
          3. partnerships
          4. S corporations
    2. Accounting
       1. Professional help
       2. Record keeping
       3. Taxes - federal and state
       4. Employees
    3. Shop hours
    4. Pricing
    5. Piercing
    6. Customer release sheets
12. Health and personal safety
    1. Worker immunizations
    2. Keeping station and work environments clean
    3. Facts about AIDS, Hepatitis and other bloodborn pathogens
    4. Single use supplies
    5. Minimizing cross contamination in work areas

Completion Certificate, tattoo machine, tattoo tubes, art references and vendor samples will be provided for all those completing entire course.