fruit or practice skins? – Teach Me To Tattoo

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- May 1, 2011 at 12:12 pm #13967
  
  Asfxe8
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  I am on the verge of buying a bunch of things to help me get into the industry.I want to purchase practice skins but my tattooer said it is nothing like real skin!He suggested fruit but I’d rather hear a few more opinions from anyone who has tried either.
- May 2, 2011 at 3:55 pm #17347
  
  jayboogink
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  See if you can get some pig skins from a butcher. Just use them fast cause they get nasty after a bit.
- May 3, 2011 at 11:36 pm #17348
  
  Asfxe8
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  Again,thanks !
- May 6, 2011 at 5:39 pm #17349
  
  LauraP
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  You can use pigskin or there are tattoo practice skin available online. You can check it in some shopping sites like Amazon. Oranges, hard boiled eggs, melon, pig ears are all great things to try.
- May 7, 2011 at 12:38 am #17350
  
  Asfxe8
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  Thanks! And If I get pig skins,do you think it would hurt if I stuck them in the freezer if I don’t use them right away? Seeing that they would start rotting. If anyone tried this let me know.
- July 14, 2011 at 9:56 am #17351
  
  Tarantula
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  I keep my pigskins in the freezer, just give them a rinse in hot water when youre ready to use em.
- July 14, 2011 at 1:05 pm #17352
  
  KitchenWizard
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  @Asfxe8 wrote:
  
  I am on the verge of buying a bunch of things to help me get into the industry.I want to purchase practice skins but my tattooer said it is nothing like real skin!He suggested fruit but I’d rather hear a few more opinions from anyone who has tried either.
  
  I’ve not used the rubber practice skins, as I’ve heard that they are much harder to tattoo. I have used a grapefruit, but found that it was much softer than Human skin (my first tattoos were on Human skin, so using the grapefruit for a chuckle was actually a ‘backward step’ and I’d never do it again) As I said in another thread, practice skin is the skin between your knee and hip ;)
- July 14, 2011 at 3:28 pm #17353
  
  Viper65
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  #test#
- July 14, 2011 at 3:29 pm #17354
  
  Viper65
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  Raven…..one of my first tattoos. Done with the Hildebrandt Tattoo Kit….I think it turned out pretty darn good! :mrgreen:
- July 14, 2011 at 3:33 pm #17355
  
  Viper65
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  OK……………………….
  this one is done a bit different and was 100% experimental. For outlining I had the needle out of the tube pretty darn far, I actually liked the technique as i could see exactly where the needle was at all times and “Felt” like i could control the depth much better (ive yet to try this one a person). For the shading I set up the shader to hit softer and slowed my roll in practicing it. Everything but the skull is freehand by the way… :mrgreen:
- July 14, 2011 at 7:06 pm #17356
  
  TexasPT
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  Looking good Viper.
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