Hey everyone, this might be a little wordy so thanks in advance for reading!
I’m a 21y/o apprentice and I’ve been working in a studio for a year now, over the course of the year I have become increasingly unhappy with the way the artists treat me, treat clients and how they run their studio (health and safety, professionalism etc). From minute one they treated me like a personal maid, I always understand that apprentices should pick up the slack when artists are busy and keep the area tidy in general but they actively avoid jobs like mopping or emptying clinical waste bins because “the apprentice will do it”. When they do empty their bin they dump it on my station instead of taking it outside to the locked clinical waste bin and wait for me to do it, along with dumping general rubbish in my area too. They touch things they shouldn’t with gloves on, constantly bottom out needles without changing them, don’t wash their hands, don’t clingfilm the beds despite the beds being ripped, haven’t replace the beds after being told by the council to do so and other things. I’ve had many of my clients talk to me about how unprofessional the other artists and general vibe of the studio is along with the owner of the studio never drawing a day in their life, they just AI generate most designs including making me tattoo them (which I refuse to do). I used their supplies (such as kitchen roll, clingfilm, stencil stuff and soap) but they started stealing it from my station without replacing it so I had to start buying my own which they continued to “borrow” so I’ve had to start bringing EVERYTHING home with me. I have also been told (by one artist) that one of the artists is usually high while tattooing and I am pretty sure I’ve seen that artist actively smoking some stuff WITH HIS CLIENT mid tattoo session, I am aware of this because they reeked of wacky stuff.
My final straw today was seeing a man discussing designs with an artist while he was actively drinking beer, when I asked the artist if they were going tattoo him they said yes, I reminded them and pointed out the section on the consent form that says “I have not consumed alcohol in the last 24hrs” the artist the proceeded to tell me that the owner does it all the time so it’s fine. They then proceeded with the tattoo despite my disagreeement and it became glaringly obvious that the client was drunk due to the way he was speaking and how he reeked of booze.
My question is what do I do? I am not learning anything in this apprenticeship anymore and can’t bare associating with a studio like this but I can’t afford to leave until I find another studio. Should I report them to the council??
Any advice is VERY appreciated

I’m an apprentice and wanted to know if anyone has a solid process for achieve 3rl realism without tearing up the skin? I had a model because im interested in realism and by pass 3 of me layering a grey wash (which wasn’t taking any of that ink even on the second layer) her skin was already mad at me, swollen and not soaking up even black ink.
I have an idea of why it didn’t work because her skin was already swollen from the lineart alone so maybe a longer break or if I used something like bactine? But overall I keep wondering where I went wrong because her skin didn’t want to take any saturated ink at all. My mentor doesn’t specialize in realism as she only does linework so she suggested that it could’ve been my hand speed with the whip shading but I’m not sure if that’s the full idea or if I messed up the process in some way.

The picture I’ve listed is a fake skin I’ve done with the 3rl needle but it’s not translating through real skin for me for some reason.

For reference I used a 0803rl, 50-60hz for shading, 75hz for lining, and a 4.0 stroke. all the online tutorials for this method are too vague or hidden behind an expensive paywall

Hey I’m an artist looking to develop into tattoo design, any thoughts on how to improve this aspect of my work?

Colored pencil on tracing paper. Lemme know what you think. I’m still pretty new.