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The boy hasnt a clue what it was supposed to be? The scratcher just drew it on freehand drunk i think lol ..Although its a shame for him..its his own fault for paying someone £20 to do that :(

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I have a worse example Len :o

A boy from the next village contacted me on FB and asked me if i could repair his home tattoo done by someone he paid £20 for. It was a cover up of a home tattoo so there are 2 tattoo’s on his arm but how the hell do you start on this mess?

I wouldn’t know where to start and would NEVER attempt to repair this even if i was a pro :lol:

I think a session of laser surgery to lighten it then a coverup maybe could be attempted as its very dark!

As for that dishwasher cleaning that’s that bad its hilarious :lol:

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Thats great news Len..onwards and upwards mate ;)

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Yes len i was using them for single lines between flowers and swirls i done which was a good thickness and went in well but just cant get them anywhere?

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Christa a butcher a butcher will gladly give you their pig skin for very little money as they throw the skin in the bin! I get mine for nothing as my wife works in a butchers shop :lol: you should see my freezer my god its full and i just keep adding to it!

Thanks len..im trying to get more time in practicing now as im wanting to do it all the time and have allot of people on FB wanting tats but im not doing them as i dont want to make a mistakes and get a bad name :( I like doing pigskin for now and every time i do one i feel im learning fast on it. I really want to start practicing portraits with black & grey and know i will get them wrong but should learn pretty fast from it. Im off work for a week so im gonna be doing tats solid if my wife doesnt bug me to do other stuff :lol: Hopefully i can get this portrait stuff down and get a feel for it as drawing is quiet easy but using a tattoo machine to do its not :?

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A butterfly but didnt have time for the shading underneath :-(

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will be nice to see the tattoo evolving as it goes on! how often is the guys sitting for you?

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A cheshire cats face that took 70min as i didnt have anymore time :( Turned out ok though except the writing! Its started in a circle above the cats face and because i was holding and stretching the skin it has stayed that way squint :lol: This would have been ok on real skin as its elastic and goes back i know but i wasnt happy and was gonna bin it but who cares we are all friends and i dont do perfect ;)

Its around 3-4″ wide and i used a 5 round liner and 15 round shader! Should i have done it in any other needle group maybe??

Arthur.

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It says your library is private?

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Thanks raz, i have allot of m1 and m2 so will try those on pigskin to see the effects of those!

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Thanks infamous that makes sense!
My best friend let me do his star sign the ram today on his ankle to get a better feel on skin and it felt really easy going in and tried shading techniques in the blackout area before i filled it in! I used a 5 round liner and 5 flat to fill it, should i have done it in any other needle group? it went in at around 1.5mm-2mm as my actions set around that and didn’t bleed much?
Here it is.

I will wait for about 3 weeks and fill in any missing bits if any but looks completely filled in to me!

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Len, see when you stretch the skin (human) does it allow the ink to go in easier and not have to keep going over it over and over which would prob damage it? Ive done my forearm with my 3 kids names on it with a wall surrounding it. Its all just made up from imagination and im starting shading the blocks in the wall with the kurosumi cherry wash set i have but dont know how the ink will settle into it and how dark or light it will be so i have just done one block to see and need to leave it now. It went in easy but need to see the end result so i know what i actually done and learn from that shading on skin?

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A clowns face i done as i had a spare cpl hrs.

I just cant seem to get ink to shade correct in pigskin? Is it because its dead? It just seems to go all gooey before your complete :(

I know i shouldnt have done it with lines but it was a cartoon face!

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This portrait stuff sounds hard :lol: Dont know if i shud be doing it this quick then? The main thing i dont have is time due to work but will try to get more practice in and get it posted as your comment help and i dont make the same mistake twice as you learn from your mistakes ;)

The no line rule in portrait makes sense as it would look like a cartoon :)

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Hi Lenn, It is my 1st attempts! Ive always been good at replicating images but not making them up as an artist would do :|

I will give a face a try and some shading in it, i dont really know what i should use needle wise but id think i would use a 3 liner for fine lines and shade off them so there are no hard outlines? and use a 13 & 29 curved mag with my hard, medium and soft ink? Maybe a 3 round shader for the eyes and mouth?

It would be good to know what you would use Lenn?

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