We recently connected with Bear Smith and have shared our conversation below.
Bear , looking forward to learning from your journey. You’ve got an amazing story and before we dive into that, let’s start with an important building block. Where do you get your work ethic from?
Growing up my father taught me how to make relationships with my clients and how to keep client coming back to you. He always told me that if I treated my clients well, they would always come back.
Great, so let’s take a few minutes and cover your story. What should folks know about you and what you do?
So I am a tattoo artist at Rebel Muse tattoo. I absolutely love my career and what I do. Creating art is obviously awesome on it’s own. But I have to be honest, seeing the client’s reaction after the piece has been finished is probably one of the more satisfying and rewarding feeling you could have. I love seeing my clients gain more self confidence in their image.
If you had to pick three qualities that are most important to develop, which three would you say matter most?
1. Having good clientele skills 2. Having the understanding of what art style I love
3.being patient and being able to grow
My advice is not to compare yourself to anyone else. This journey is yours and only yours. Having a plan really helps to understand what path you are going to take. Lastly, like I said before, how you treat your clients is a reflection of how successful you will be.
Alright so to wrap up, who deserves credit for helping you overcome challenges or build some of the essential skills you’ve needed?
On this particular subject, I would honestly give credit to my wife Maddie. She is definitely the person that believed in what I was doing and knew that I could accomplish it. It is truly amazing having someone in your corner rooting for you the whole time through your lows and highs.
Contact Info:
- Website: Bearsmithtattoos.com
- Instagram: @tattoos_by_bear
