My Sims have recieved tattoos, but I don't know how to get them to become the tattoo artist! The only tattoo artist in the town is the one in the basement of the Salon and the artist is some girl named Betty Willis or something. I want my Sim to be the tattoo artist. I tried buying a tattoo machine in my Sim's home but she couldn't register as a tattoo artist like she could as a painter or a gardener, and the only people she could give tattoos to were her family members. How do you get your Sim to be the town's tattoo artist?
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1) buy a chair and ask people if they want one
2) you need certain traits
3) its an off shot of the stylist career
My own answer there is no tattoo artist career its a conspiracy by EA..
This.
Why in the WORLD would EA specifically advertise a profession that you cannot manage to become?
At first I thought being a tattoo artist might be boring since all you would do is give tattoos all day, but since then I've thought up dozens of ways that career could be interesting. Now, if a I can see potential here I'm sure they can too.
If someone does find out please tell me how to unlock extra tattoo options
"Enjoy all-new skills and activities! Master the arts of inventing, sculpting, and tattooing, and use your skills to earn Simoleons."
Tattooing isn't even a skill. I hope they put a patch because I was looking forward to playing a tattoo artist.
Quote from the TS3 homepage:
"Sunset Valley Now Seeking Unqualified Applicants for the following positions. Play as: Private Investigator, Doctor, Ghost Hunter, Firefighter, Inventor, Tattoo Artist"
This leads one to believe that you would actually play as the Tattoo Artist, not just buy a chair and invite buddies over, and not have a skill for it (painting would have worked fine as another simmer suggested) or be able to register it as a home business like Inventor. Instead the add should have read the same as it does but replace the "Tattoo Artist" with "Stylist". Very misleading ad, shame on EA.
Still waiting for a reply on that one.
I really didn't want to even play as a tattoo artist lol, but my whole point is simply that it was indeed advertised, (it's even still up on the homepage) and it was more than misleading, it was directly stated "play as a Tattoo Artist" (leading you to believe it's a profession since it's listed right behind all the other new professions) and you can't. It's false. That is wrong. These simmers are right to be upset that they can only really preform the function in their "minds" building their own shops, and offering tattoos to their friends and family while the Job Panel says "unemployeed" It's straight up false advertising and that is wrong pure and simple. Like I posted previously, an easy fix for this would have been to use the wording "Stylist" instead, (like is actually in the game) and they could've advertised the tattoo feature in some other form.
Also. Would it really be that hard to give us more freedom with the placement of the tattoos? Being able to rotate them would be nice, for one. also being able to place them nearly anywhere...as I believe was also advertised somewhere. Why not on the sim's sides or thighs or legs? why not on the inside of their arms or one shoulder blade or the other? If guitar hero can offer functions similar to this I believe that the Sims can as well.
One final note:
Dear EA. Please stop advertising hairstyles and outfits on the box and in commercials that are not actually part of the game. Thank you. May.
I thought this would be an option, but I don't know if I actually seen it advertised anywhere or just assumed that would be possible. I would love my sim to have a little rose on her ankle, AT THE SIDE, not the front.. :P but the front will have to do for now.