Ink Wizard Tattoos located in Griffin, Georgia is running a bogus 2 yr. Apprenticeship program for unsuspecting artists. I was already tattooing before i went to them, but before i could work, i would have to complete an apprenticeship which costs about $3,000.in the apprenticeship they are supposed to teach you skills related to the trade of tattooing and have you work under the suppervision of a superior artist. They do neither. Withen the first 3 months of my so called apprenticeship. I was transferred from the Griffin location and given a position in their Macon studio, an hour away. While there nobody taught me a thing. I continued to learn on my own with no help from any apparent mentor. Now their was a pretty good artist in the shop but he was fired after about 6 months of my being there and now i was the shops head artist. Gary Hall, Ink Wizards, apparent owner then hired some crack addict straight offf the streeet to fill the other artist spot. He neglected to tell him of the apprenticeship program all new artist must go thru and hired him straight up. Now i'm in the shop paying Ink Wizard to be taught and i'm the one doing all the teaching; not to mention fixing all the shit work this new crack head is putting out.in the end i get reprimanded for doing work for free (fixing the other artist F* ups)!!! So i quit...
They also have you sign a non competent agreement, saying in return for teaching you the skills of the trade, you agree not to work for or open up a competing entity. If you do they in turn try to sue you for the sum of about $7,000. I have since opened up a competing studio within 2 miles if there Griffin Shop. They have yet attempted to sue me. Maybe they figured their claim was bogus as are there apprenticeships. People beware, anything with the Ink Wizard Tattoo name attached to it, is nothing more than shit with frosting on top, either way you look at it, it's still shit.
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