Body Artist Legal, Social & Cultural Technicians
SaveWhat Does a Body Artist Do?
Body artists decorate clients' skin temporarily or permanently. They use various techniques such as tattooing or piercing. Body artists follow clients' preferences in terms of tattoo's or piercing's design and body surface and apply it safely. They also advise on methods to avoid infection following the procedures on clients' bodies.
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Where Do I Start?
Develop Creative Ideas
Developing new artistic concepts and creative ideas.
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These are common skills for this role. Real-world experience matters more than ticking every box — use this as a guide, not a checklist.
Skills You Need to Become a Body Artist
Essential Skills
Essential Skills
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EssentialDevelop Creative Ideas skill
Developing new artistic concepts and creative ideas.
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EssentialIdentify Customer's Needs skill
Use appropriate questions and active listening in order to identify customer expectations, desires and requirements according to product and services.
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EssentialMaintain Customer Service skill
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EssentialMaintain Equipment skill
Regularly inspect and perform all required activities to maintain the equipment in functional order prior or after its use.
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EssentialOrder Supplies skill
Command products from relevant suppliers to get convenient and profitable products to purchase.
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EssentialPromote Yourself skill
Market one's own strengths in terms of skills and knowledge.
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EssentialStay Alert skill
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EssentialAdvise Customers On Body Adornment skill
Provide customers with advice on the choice of body decoration or ornaments, such as paintings, piercings, ear stretches or tattoos, taking into account the customers wishes.
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EssentialInform Customers About Body Modifications skill
Make sure that customers are properly informed about services such as tattooing, body piercing or other body modifications and ensure that they are aware of the permanency and the risks …
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EssentialProvide Customised Products skill
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EssentialSterilise Working Environment skill
Make sure all working equipment, jewellery and skin is made sterile, before performing skin treatment or body modifications such as tattooing or piercing, to prevent infections or the transfer of …
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EssentialUse Body Adornment Equipment skill
Use hand tools and machines to decorate people's bodies, such as needles, brushes, tattoo machines or scalpels, depending on the kind of adornment.
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Optional Skills (5 of 20 displayed)
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OptionalHair Removal Techniques knowledge
The various methods used for removing unwanted hair either by depilation, including shaving and trimming, or by epilation, such as waxing, sugaring, lasering, plucking etc.
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OptionalAdminister Appointments skill
Accept, schedule and cancel appointments.
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OptionalDevelop Professional Network skill
Reach out to and meet up with people in a professional context. Find common ground and use your contacts for mutual benefit. Keep track of the people in your personal …
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OptionalKeep Personal Administration skill
File and organise personal administration documents comprehensively.
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OptionalMaintain An Artistic Portfolio skill
Maintain portfolios of artistic work to show styles, interests, abilities and realisations.
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OptionalManage A Small-to-medium Business skill
Manage the organisational, financial and day-to-day operation of a small-to-medium enterprise.
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OptionalTrain Employees skill
Lead and guide employees through a process in which they are taught the necessary skills for the perspective job. Organise activities aimed at introducing the work and systems or improving …
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OptionalUse Artistic Materials For Drawing skill
Use artistic materials such as paint, paintbrushes, ink, watercolours, charcoal, oil, or computer software to create artwork.
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OptionalUse Digital Illustration Techniques skill
Create drawings using digital illustration programmes and techniques.
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OptionalApply Body Paint skill
Apply special paint on parts of or on the whole body.
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OptionalApply Permanent Make-up skill
Use needles to apply the pigment into the top layer of the skin in order to perform cosmetic tattooing on specific parts of the face such as the lips or …
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OptionalCarry Out Wound Care skill
Cleanse, irrigate, probe, debride, pack and dress wounds.
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OptionalCreate Original Paintings skill
Create paintings, drawing from your experience, inspiration and techniques.
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OptionalEntertain People skill
Provide people with amusement by doing or offering a performance, like a show, a play or an artistic performance.
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OptionalGive Care Instructions skill
Inform clients or patients on the medical attention required to ensure a smooth wound healing process.
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OptionalPerform Body Piercings skill
Puncture or cut parts of people's bodies, to create an opening for jewellery or rings.
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OptionalSelect Illustration Styles skill
Select the appropriate style, medium, and techniques of illustration in line with the needs of the project and client's requests.
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OptionalTattoo Customers skill
Make paintings or mark symbols on parts of people's bodies by injecting pigment under the skin, with the use of electrically-operated needles.
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OptionalTrade In Jewellery skill
Buy and sell jewellery, or serve as an intermediate between potential buyers and sellers.
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OptionalUse Body Modification Techniques skill
Use techniques to change the shape of or create patterns in the human skin, such as cutting, branding, manipulating, stretching or scarring, by use of scalpels, heat and restraining techniques.
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