We were lucky to catch up with Jordan Lucky recently and have shared our conversation below.
Alright, Jordan thanks for taking the time to share your stories and insights with us today. Have you been able to earn a full-time living from your creative work? If so, can you walk us through your journey and how you made it happen? Was it like that from day one? If not, what were some of the major steps and milestones and do you think you could have sped up the process somehow knowing what you know now?
Do I feel like I am earning a successful full time living from something that I have to create and build on my own? That is kind of a hard question to answer. Are we ever actually feeling like we are doing it? I mean, the proof is in the pudding. Yes, I totally have been for almost 6 years now, but at the same time there are days, or maybe even weeks where you start to question if you’re making it or not. Now, that comes to personal goals and everything else that an individual holds themself to but, sometimes those thoughts can be incredibly intrusive on your personal growth. At the end of the day, I’ll always feel like I’m making it because I have a few solid years now that tattooing has fully paid for my life, my daughter, our bills, and even being able to treat ourselves. It has been hard sometimes of course, you might have a slower month than the previous year but if your get roped into the stress and worry of that instead of being positive and just sticking to what you know, the rest will come with you. (If you build it, they will come) It sounds super clique, however, just simply believing in yourself and making sure to tell yourself that you’re focused and making the correct moves towards what you want, it will make it easier at the end of the day. You still have to put in the work, you gotta draw when you really don’t feel like it. You gotta wake up at a decent hour and make your bed, you gotta stay on schedule and always make sure that you’re working on your communication with yourself and clients. You gotta push yourself in your personal life to try things that are naturally hard or off putting to yourself, it will make growing in your career that much less scary and even more fun.
Thankfully, I’ve been able to follow these guidelines that’s I’ve laid out for myself to make sure that I am focused on my art, my tattoo flash, and even remembering what inspired me to get to where I am now. And that, some days is all your really need. Consistency and believing in yourself, and then putting in the work and time to keep learning every single day, then can you start to work towards becoming successful with your job.
As always, we appreciate you sharing your insights and we’ve got a few more questions for you, but before we get to all of that can you take a minute to introduce yourself and give our readers some of your back background and context?
My name is Jordan Lucky, I am a tattoo artist based in Longmont Colorado. I’ve been tattooing full time for almost 6 years now. I pride myself on creating flash that is unique and original for all of my clients. I am always making canvas art, selling prints, and I have done a handful of logos for multiple different companies. Being a professional artist is huge to me, I remember being a kid and always dreaming about what it would be like to make a living on just drawing every single day and when it comes to my art as a tattoo artist, I think this interest in art has totally influenced the way I produce work for my clients. If you’re coming to me for a tattoo, you can have confidence that the piece you get will come from a unique and original place of pure creativity.
What do you find most rewarding about being a creative?
I’d have to say that the most rewarding part of my job is watching how excited clients get to see their new tattoo. One thing I’ve always tried to keep in mind is when I went to a shop for the first time myself. It’s overwhelming at first. There’s a lot of personality in the shop, there is art everywhere, you’re scared at how much it will hurt and maybe even insecure about how you will react to the process. It’s up to us as artists to make sure we help during this process and make the client feel as comfortable as we can. When you get a client in that is uncomfortable and by the end of the tattoo they trust you more, they open up more, and they leave so happy knowing that the process was so worth it.
How did you build your audience on social media?
Creating a following on social media can be very difficult at times. I wouldn’t ever say that I have a huge following on social media, however, I would confidently say that the following I have created, is a strong one. I think the most important thing to growing a following would have to be consistency. The more important part of that consistency would have to you be to focus it on your work more than your personal life. So much of social media revolves around your personal life, and that find and all, but when you have a product or a service that you’re selling I do believe that it is important to not have it be too personal, gotta keep it professional and always showcasing how your art stands out from everyone else.
Contact Info:
- Website: Jordanluckytattoos.square.site
- Instagram: Jordanluckytattoos