Travelling is really important as a tattoo artist, travelling allows you to open doors, and unlock your mind to new ideas and artistic perspectives. I found that, its easy to get static and settled in your own tattoo studio, when you are booked for months, and clients are giving you compliments non stop, however, this is a dangerous spot to be, as clients comments are not going to make you improve as an artist. To improve as an artist, it is important to be arround professional artists, who work with art everyday. When you take a brake from your tattoo studio routine, which is not easy. You will come back to your studio as a new artist, with new ideas and perspectives, which it will bring and allow you as an artist to deliver a better tattoo for your client.