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What the heck? He got you to do a tattoo in his shop for him and then completely ignored you?

Sounds like he was just using you to me.

Oh okay, that does sound better.

I don’t really know what to say about the tattoo, it’s really cartoony but I don’t know if that’s what you were going for or not. I guess it depends on what the client wanted in the design. Technique wise, however, it looks like a good solid piece. Could use more depth though. a little shading and some highlights can go a long ways.

As long as the client is happy that’s all that really matters.

But, I think you have potential to be a lot better than what you’re doing and I think you should practice a bit more often. This looks good, but it doesn’t look amazing. You know what I mean?

You got good hand. Keep on practicing, it will pay off :)

I just checked it out and I have to be honest on a couple of things, but first I think that this question may answer most of it. How long have you been tattooing for now?

here is what I see. it looks like you battle shading and color fade out. both are very similar. when trying to blend a color with another or just trying to get the gradation from solid saturated color (may it be black or any other pigment) should fade out into skin or the next color you are trying to blend.

I am not a big fan of the design its self but that part should not matter. art may be interpreted differently bu different people, but technique is what seems to lack here.

I am not taking a jab at you here, hope you understand that. its the only way to get better.

may want to look into slowing your machine down a bit. this will help (in my own opinion of course) smooth out your shading.

I cant really give you much on advice on technique till I know what technique you were using on this piece. for example did you use the circle technique or the passing back and forth?

how fast was your machine running?

are you using short tapered or long tapered needles?