Liz Cook Blog

July 10, 2026

Taking a vacation IS good burnout advice

Taking a vacation IS good burnout advice. Sometimes it's the whole fix, but sometimes it's a week off from a problem that's still there when you come back. Here's when it's the right call. You love your work and your clients.Your book's mos

July 9, 2026

❌️Take a vacation 🏖

❌️Take a vacation 🏖 ❌️Post more 💻 ❌️Raise your rates 💲 ❌️Make art you love 🎨 ❌️Work with a coach 😉 Which one actually fixes burnout? Trick question. All of them, and none of them. The same advice that helps one artist does nothing for

July 8, 2026

Watching my daughter learn, I never once thought she was behind. Took me way too long to give myself that same read.

Watching my daughter learn, I never once thought she was behind. Took me way too long to give myself that same read. If you're a tattooer who's ready to stop being the one holding yourself back, DM or comment COACH to join my Candid Color P

July 4, 2026

HAPPY 4TH OF JULY!!!!!!🎇🎆❤️😄

July 3, 2026

If your tattoos heal choppy and your blends come out inconsistent, this is for you.

If your tattoos heal choppy and your blends come out inconsistent, this is for you. So the advice you keep getting is to just tattoo more, which is a given, nobody's arguing that. But you can make it a whole lot easier on yourself by not ju

July 1, 2026

If you're stuck in this burnout and ready to overcome the perfectionism and the imposter syndrome that comes…

If you're stuck in this burnout and ready to overcome the perfectionism and the imposter syndrome that comes along with it, this is what we work on in my mentorship program. Honestly, our first call looks a lot like this take. You show up u

June 30, 2026

The pics come after the tattoo's done, right?

The pics come after the tattoo's done, right? But by the time it's wiped down for those final ones, the best power shots are already gone. #tattoostencil You're so stoked on this new tattoo you've finished but totally maxed out after the se

June 29, 2026

👉 Swipe for 5 ways to fix your color packing, saturation, and blends on any style tattoo this week and still…

👉 Swipe for 5 ways to fix your color packing, saturation, and blends on any style tattoo this week and still have a life outside of tattooing. #colortattoo #colorpacking #tattooeducation #tattootips #tattoosaturation

June 25, 2026

Booked an hour with my most demanding client today. 🐕🐶 He had a lot of notes and zero respect for my schedule. 🤪

Booked an hour with my most demanding client today. 🐕🐶 He had a lot of notes and zero respect for my schedule. 🤪 We think the way out of burnout is to grind until the calendar finally clears. So, we skip the day off and tell ourselves th

June 24, 2026

Not tattooing fast like speed but quickly get good at it...

Not tattooing fast like speed but quickly get good at it... 🤪 And fast like speed also. #sethrogan I actually started tattooing through permanent cosmetics at a beauty salon! #robzombietattoo I've always been an art nerd. It's how I proces

June 22, 2026

You're not gonna like this but hustle is not a strategy.

You're not gonna like this but hustle is not a strategy. #tattooartist #tattooerburnout #hustleculture #tattoocareer #tattoolife You added the hours and took every piece that came in so the money wouldn't dry up, and you figured once you fe

June 21, 2026

If you want someone to just hype you up, I'm not your girl

If you want someone to just hype you up, I'm not your girl. I mean, I will. I'm a cheerleader through and through and I will be in your corner louder than anyone. But I'm also going to tell you when the work isn't there yet or when the thin

June 20, 2026

Ten years in and still feeling like you're playing catch up.

Ten years in and still feeling like you're playing catch up. Here's what's happening. Your craft and skill grew. Your healed work got better. But the system around your career, the pricing, the portfolio curation, the way you even present y

June 19, 2026

Say you want a calendar full of sleeves. The future version of you isn't filling her days with bangers, so you can't kee

Say you want a calendar full of sleeves. The future version of you isn't filling her days with bangers, so you can't keep doing it either and expect to get there. Here's how you actually make the shift. You're booked solid for three months?

June 18, 2026

Worst answers only. What have you learned as a tattooer?

Worst answers only. What have you learned as a tattooer? #itsnotthatserious #seriousartist #tattoolife #tattoocommunity #texastattooartist

June 17, 2026

I've been told I'm brutal. And sometimes I'm intimidating as fuck. And my favorite, you're such a know it all... like

I've been told I'm brutal. And sometimes I'm intimidating as fuck. And my favorite, you're such a know it all... like who the fuck do you think you are?" 😈 They weren't wrong. Being brutal is just refusing to quit, when someone's trying to

June 17, 2026

Honest question, seriously.

Honest question, seriously. #candidcolorcoach #tattoolife #tattoocommunity #tattooersofinstagram #tattoomentor

June 15, 2026

So I'm still in Atlanta, my flight ended up being canceled last night.

So I'm still in Atlanta, my flight ended up being canceled last night. But what's important is that I'm choosing to focus on the high from this past week at a retreat full of women entrepreneurs... coaches, tattoo artists, business owners,

June 15, 2026

So that prayer is working already. My flight is delayed. I'm in Atlanta, Georgia hanging out eating some seafood and pec

So that prayer is working already. My flight is delayed. I'm in Atlanta, Georgia hanging out eating some seafood and pecan pie at the airport. All of a sudden I'm thinking of a beautiful memory that made me call my little sister. Low and be

June 14, 2026

I'm not the same Liz from a week ago and I'm so grateful for all the beautiful ladies at this retreat that…

I'm not the same Liz from a week ago and I'm so grateful for all the beautiful ladies at this retreat that held so much loving space for me. New doors have opened and more adventures await! Thank you @theartofreese for being the villain so

June 13, 2026

Is it disappointing that the tattoo community has gotten big enough to have coaches?

Is it disappointing that the tattoo community has gotten big enough to have coaches? Honest question. Who should be teaching/ coaching? Because as much as I love the fringe pirate side of tattoo community, continued education and sustainabi

June 13, 2026

1. Duh. I've been formally coaching with my own "course" for almost 2 years (and coaching artists without a…

1. Duh. I've been formally coaching with my own "course" for almost 2 years (and coaching artists without a course for the previous 8). 2. I coach advanced academic art and business applied to tattooing based on my 23 years as a tattooer. I

June 12, 2026

23 years. Several countries. And the pricing conversation never gets old.

23 years. Several countries. And the pricing conversation never gets old. Follow for tattoo business, color realism, and the advanced side of building a tattoo career. #tattoopricing #tattoobusiness #colorrealismtattoo #tattooeducation #tat

June 9, 2026

Grateful is beautiful.

Grateful is beautiful. But somewhere along the way the tattoo industry turned gratitude into a reason to undercharge, overwork and never ask for more. And most of us never even questioned it because it was handed to us so early it just felt