Tattoo | Artist Erika B Armstrong

Fuelling Tomorrow

Fueling Tomorrow is a real-world You Tube channel about business, survival, and perspective when life doesn’t follow the success scripts you see online.

I come from the tattoo and automotive industries, and this channel covers Tatt's Biz — beyond the chair, alongside broader lessons from trade work, small business, and starting over when you don’t have money, privilege, or a safety net.

Here we talk honestly about:

The reality of building a business in today's economy
Why a lot of online business advice doesn’t work in the real world
Tattoo business, trade business, and skills that transfer across industries
War stories, hard lessons, and what experience actually teaches you
Positive ideas and perspective without toxic motivation or hustle culture

This channel is for people who are tired, stuck, rebuilding, or trying to move forward in a system that wasn’t designed for them — especially tradespeople, creatives, and small business owners.

No fake success stories.
No overnight wins.
Just real conversations about fueling tomorrow, one step at a time.

Week 1: Tatt’s Biz – Beyond the Chair
Week 2: War Stories – Shared Mistakes
Week 3:Fueling Tomorrow – Concepts and ideas

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Live TATTOO Court Cases & Legal Firestorms Rocking the Tattooing Industry

(As of December 4, 2025) The ink world is no stranger to drama, but right now the legal battles are surprisingly quiet on the “blockbuster” front—no new multi-million-dollar headline-grabbers have dropped. What we do have are a handful of slow-burning, high-stakes cases and controversies that could still reshape how tattoo artists work, get paid, and protect themselves. From a celebrity appeal that could force every artist to start licensing reference photos, to viral defamat

TATT'S BIZ - BEYOND THE CHAIR

Dec 4, 20254 min read

Passing the Torch, 1st of December 2025

Today I finally set up the TATT'S BIZ - Beyond the Chair – Course... No fireworks yet, but that’s tattooing: slow, steady, permanent. While the first enrolments roll in, I’m doing something more important: publishing the letter that has lived on my studio wall for almost ten years. Word for word. No shrinking it, no chopping it up. Because every sentence in it is still guiding me. “I want you to know I’m no different from anyone else — I question my worth and who I am, and

TATT'S BIZ - BEYOND THE CHAIR

Nov 30, 20254 min read

Relativity in the Tattoo Industry: Sabotage, Starved Artists, and the Ignored Boom in Demand

TATT'S BIZ In the tattoo world, the drama often feels like a high-stakes soap opera—reputations get shredded, alliances fracture, and behind-the-scenes sabotage runs rampant. It's a volatility that's all too common, with artists frequently undermining each other through gossip, poaching clients, or worse. Why does this happen so often? After years in the trenches, I've pinpointed the root cause: "starved artist syndrome." This toxic mindset stems from scarcity, where creator

TATT'S BIZ - BEYOND THE CHAIR

Nov 26, 20255 min read

Pre–Federal Budget Submission 2022–2023: Proposal to replace the Tattoo Card with a Criminal History Check Card, as it contains no Competency Assessment.

“The Tattoo Industry is not recognized as a retail entity; its business structure is lackadaisical with obstructed business fundamentals. Is the Australian Government receiving accurate tax revenue from this industry? Is it about time it is evaluated and the risk removed?” Submission from me (I used my covid 6 month + business closure, time to potentially carve a better path forward or at least try to). With this submission, I would like to introduce the tattoo industry as it

TATT'S BIZ - BEYOND THE CHAIR

Nov 22, 20257 min read

Why I Built TATT BIZ “Beyond the Chair”

(The Course the Tattoo Industry Pretends Isn’t Needed) https://tattsbiz.podia.com/ I’m Erika Armstrong. 25+ years tattooing, custom-painting hot rods, and airbrushing anything that stands still long enough. I’ve owned shops, worked in shops, guest-spotted, and I’ve watched more talented artists burn out or walk away broke than I can count. And after every single one of those conversations, the same sentence always came up: “If I had known what it was really like… I wouldn’t b

TATT'S BIZ - BEYOND THE CHAIR

Nov 22, 20254 min read

The Kat Von D Lawsuit – An Artist’s Perspective on Envy, Malice, and the Fight for Tattoo Art

/ https://tattsbiz.podia.com/ As a 'small-fry' tattoo artist, slinging ink at the cripsy kritter end of the planet—Australia, to be precise. With over 25 years in the game across two countries, I’ve tattooed everything from Iron Maiden album covers to Metallica’s ninja star (at least 20 times, no less), full Marvel and Star Wars sleeves, and even Disney characters. It’s what we do: we take a client’s passion, a 2D image, and transform it into a 3D masterpiece on skin that mov

TATT'S BIZ - BEYOND THE CHAIR

Oct 25, 20257 min read

Money Laundering Mayhem: The Day a Scam Nearly Destroyed My TATTOO Business

Here in Australia, it’s critical to understand that “cleaning money” through laundering, no matter the circumstances, is a serious crime that will land you in Jail. Let me share a quick story, and I’ll wrap it up with some crucial takeaways at the end. @fuellingtomorrow A few years after the Bondi housing scam, I launched my own Tattoo business. We often received leads from interested parties who emailed us for quotes or service bookings. So, when an email arrived from an old

TATT'S BIZ - BEYOND THE CHAIR

Apr 27, 20254 min read

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I’m not going to sugarcoat it—this is a massive undertaking, and it will likely define the rest of my life. I’ve come to a clear decision: from now on, I want to dedicate my time to passing on everything I’ve learned and helping build futures, inlcuding the redrection of my own.

There is nothing more soul-destroying than being trapped—capable, willing, driven, full of desire and ideas, yet completely unable to move forward. That helplessness breaks people.

My story is big. Very big!

Like most people, I need help, and I’ve always found it hard to ask.

So here’s my plan: I’m going to use my YouTube channel and website to create a real network and community space. A place where forward-thinkers can connect, share real opportunities, and support meaningful growth — including for the small, overlooked people like me.

To help fund and grow this community, I’m offering advertising/exposure spots:
$100 for 90 days of promotion across my platforms. If you stand for real progress, authenticity, and helping people break free from the traps that hold them back, this could be a fair, win-win way we support each other.

Let’s build something real together.

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