absolutely! = 3= i totally creeped your page too, and you are very talented! It's becoming less and less rare to see actual artists who are becoming tattoo artists, it used to be if you can trace you can tattoo, but there has been a giant influx of actual artists in the industry so its really good to see that you are considering entering the community! The only real advice I can give you is work on 'flash work', when you are building a portfolio to present to the shop that you are looking to be apprenticed in, the first thing that they are going to look at is your line work and your color work. Do a bunch of clean lined drawings, make a photocopy, and then work on color and color blending. These are the stepping blocks of tattooing, knowing your colors and keeping your lines as clean as is possible. Give them some grey shading examples as well, do drawings in your own personal style as well as other styles to show you're versatile as well as original. Get to know your artist, whomever it is that you want to learn under, they have to 'like' you in order to agree, you will be spending a lot of time with that person, and if they don't know you well or don't like your company, they will be less likely to take you under their wing. Starting off this young is excellent for you, you have a lot of time to hone your skills and create a solid portfolio and also begin a relationship with a good talented artist (even though that wont come to fruition until your 18!). A good step would be to get a few tattoos from that artist (when you are of age, of course), chat them up and get to know them and when the time is right show them your work.
Finding a good reputable shop is an entirely different hump, and make sure you do your research and know all the ins and outs about what actually makes a shop 'reputable'. Check their licensing, make sure its hung proudly on their walls, make sure they are up to date with that as well as their bbp (blood born pathogens), CPR, and Cross Contamination certifications (or whatever the stipulations for getting licensed in whichever town/state it is that you are searching in). Look at their work, study them and learn up on some of the big names in tattooing (Guy Aitchinson, Hannah Aitchinson, Bob Tyrrell, Joe Capo, Jeff Gogue, Alex De Pase, Nick Baxter, Nikko Hurtado, Roman Abrego, London Reese-- just to name a few that I admire and strive to improve to their level). Becoming a tattoo artist is a long and hard road, while you apprentice you may be paying quite a bit out of pocket, make no income and will be training anywhere from a year to two before you even touch needle to skin, but the payoff in the long run is a lucrative career that will treat you well if you take it seriously and stay humble.
if you ever have any other questions or need any advice, feel free to hit me up again, I'm always willing to talk to a fellow (or future!) artist of the trade~!!!
Good luck my dear, and I hope to see your work in the future!
And as a side note, if the person you want to get tattooed from says no-- don't be discouraged! Don't give up! If your heart is set on that shop and becoming a tattoo artist--show them! Still get tattooed by them, continue to refine and expand your portfolio and show them what you have to bring to the table! Worst case scenario, they still refuse, you start over somewhere else, but bright side is you have a portfolio to show that is THAT much better!
Keep the faith, friend! You got this!
~ Meghan Beth <3