My first Tattoo ever! – Teach Me To Tattoo

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- August 9, 2011 at 4:16 am #14132
  
  ReconMarine944
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  This is my first tattoo ever. It’s about 8×6 and on my calf. It is a work in progress and on myself. She is a zombie. Because I am working on it in stages it gives me the opportunity to get used to how the machines handles and how to blend and use washes. Im finding out that the lighter I am on the skin the more smooth things become. Need to really work on blending. I will not tattoo anyone until I get an apprenticeship. I would hate to do good in this business and then get a magazine write up showing some scratch work I did back in the day.
  
  Did not use a stencil – but here is what I used.
  
  Pulse Machines
  Starbrite colors
  17mag curved bugpin only.
- August 9, 2011 at 11:45 am #18132
  
  TexasPT
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  Off to a good start.
  
  Watch this video…it helped me a bit with blending. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_qoRvnnEu8w
- August 11, 2011 at 3:24 pm #18133
  
  Viper65
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  Damn……looks pretty cool to me!!! :D
- August 11, 2011 at 6:17 pm #18134
  
  leopardprints67
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  That’s pretty damned good for a first try. Keep it up! :D
- August 12, 2011 at 6:38 pm #18135
  
  KitchenWizard
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  Incredible work, I can’t wait to see your next pieces :)
- August 13, 2011 at 2:13 am #18136
  
  ReconMarine944
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  Thanks for the comments. I’m learning that transparency in the ink can be beneficial for blending. In this particular tat I went solid with almost no blending but enough blending to keep the colors from looking like separate objects. The white in the eyes didn’t stick at all. I’m using Starbrites. Will work on this some more in a month but might start a new one tonight.
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