My work so far

[Tattoo Deshi]

So some are done and some are still in progress iv only been tattooing for the last 4 months

[Tattoo Deshi]

Shit this is the only one I can put up from my phone ill post the rest in a bit from my cpu
Sorry

[Lennart82]

Looks nice.
How long have you been tattooing, when you did this piece?

[Ramenuzumaki]

that is actually a super rad idea for a tattoo design!
I hope they took care of the foot properly
you can also try just posting links from http://www.photobucket.com :3

[Infamous]

I really like this style very rorschacesque (ink blots) looks fantastic

[Tattoo Deshi]

Thanks guys I did this one last Sunday. I can’t take credit for the design the girl took it of the Internet I changed it a bit so it’s not a exact copy don’t really like doing that.iv been tattooing for the last 4 months ill upload the rest today

[Tattoo Deshi]

http://s234.photobucket.com/user/aikidodave/media/image-18.jpg.html?sort=3&o=2
http://s234.photobucket.com/user/aikidodave/media/image-17.jpg.html?sort=3&o=3
http://s234.photobucket.com/user/aikidodave/media/image-16.jpg.html?sort=3&o=4
http://s234.photobucket.com/user/aikidodave/media/image-14.jpg.html?sort=3&o=6
http://s234.photobucket.com/user/aikidodave/media/image-13.jpg.html?sort=3&o=7
http://s234.photobucket.com/user/aikidodave/media/image-12.jpg.html?sort=3&o=8
http://s234.photobucket.com/user/aikidodave/media/image-11.jpg.html?sort=3&o=9
http://s234.photobucket.com/user/aikidodave/media/image-10.jpg.html?sort=3&o=10
http://s234.photobucket.com/user/aikidodave/media/image-8.jpg.html?sort=3&o=12
http://s234.photobucket.com/user/aikidodave/media/image-7.jpg.html?sort=3&o=13
http://s234.photobucket.com/user/aikidodave/media/image-6.jpg.html?sort=3&o=14
http://s234.photobucket.com/user/aikidodave/media/image-5.jpg.html?sort=3&o=15
http://s234.photobucket.com/user/aikidodave/media/image-4.jpg.html?sort=3&o=16
http://s234.photobucket.com/user/aikidodave/media/image-2.jpg.html?sort=3&o=18
http://s234.photobucket.com/user/aikidodave/media/image.jpg.html?sort=3&o=20

[Tattoo Deshi]

Now a lot of the stuff is not done and all the Japanese stuff was done on myself so keep that in mind.so as you will see I over worked the hell out of my leg when I temped to colour the first time,lets see if you guys can tell on witch one.

[Lennart82]

Looks great. Keep it up, and you will go to a higher level :)

Btw, I envy you. My girlfriend will not allow me, tattoing my thigh :? So I can only do my lower leg… (Yub, I’m wipped :lol: )

[Ramenuzumaki]

looks good dude
i specialize in Japanese :D

@ Len: i did 22 tats on my ex

[Tattoo Deshi]

Thanks Ramenuzumaki coming from you that means alot
Any suggestions on what i could be doing better jugging by what i’ve posted?

[Ramenuzumaki]

your bamboo is solid dude
maybe a little more green than I would have used but still a solid piece
i would have gone with more yellows/tans in the stock of the bamboo

try and draw out some backgrounds. just the backgrounds, and shade them with pencil. that way youll get a feel of how to shade it on skin
the background on the koi was good in theory, but i feel it was too black. you need a bit of a gradient in there. the koi design looks good, just try to be a little creative with the colouring, you know? some red scales here and there, yellow, black, white, maybe some spots on the fins. these small details REALLY make your tattoo pop

you can also bust out a nice 14RL for just the border of your main subject to make it pop more

in this tattoo I used a 7RL, 5RL, and a 14RL
https://fbcdn-sphotos-a-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-frc3/971237_468862436522532_671656811_n.jpg

you can also blend colours in the skin like i did here.
in the fins I did a soft grey shade, then the yellow, then the orange overtop of the yellow to make a gradient, but I whipped out the orange while over top to make the gradient like I was shading.

for the dragon try to draw different faces. the face needs some work.
i kind of mix traditional, and japanese.
https://fbcdn-sphotos-d-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-ash4/408415_363112973764146_612118482_n.jpg

and
https://fbcdn-sphotos-a-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-frc1/301290_358044080937702_2005832567_n.jpg

the hannya itself is really well done. very traditional japanese hannya
feel free to experiment and throw your own flare on it
https://fbcdn-sphotos-h-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-prn1/300366_358044024271041_1609092759_n.jpg

https://fbcdn-sphotos-b-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-prn1/304420_358044064271037_1920957959_n.jpg

https://fbcdn-sphotos-h-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-ash4/386946_358044394271004_73936095_n.jpg

back to backgrounds here is an example of something I did. again experimenting with koi designs
https://fbcdn-sphotos-d-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-frc1/394475_358044107604366_299057498_n.jpg

that’s a black and grey water background
i dont think I have an example online/on my pc of a cloud background.
but you want to try to keep them more bubbly, and larger “humps” rather than little ones.
heres an example i got off the internet
http://www.tune-in-tokyo.com/wp-content/uploads/akilla_tat_11.jpg

see how its more like bubbles sort of rather than like the clouds you did?
im not saying yours are bad by any means. im just saying this way is more to the japanese style, and is more esthetically pleasing to the eye. not to mention its easier ;)

your tube also doesnt look disposable. fi it isnt then you sh ould have an autoclave or get disposable needles. you cant fully sterilize your grips after each tattoo which is 100% necessary after every tattoo if you arent using disposable. disposables are a little more expensive, but well worth the cost to give your clients piece of mind.

im not saying they are bad, nor am i trying to be a dick or rude. these are just some tips, and bits of advice I’d give to make your Japanese work that much better. Japanese is my baby. I gotta take care of my baby haha

i hope to see more work soon dude
also try to get some larger pics next time :3
the small ones are kind of hard to see

[Tattoo Deshi]

Wow thanks bro really appreciate the tips.
Just need to clarify I do use disposable grips and tube.i only used that tip in the picture once when a got a p.o.s tatt kit in sence then iv stocked up on all disposables.
Like you said give peace on mind to me and the client.and don’t worry about weather on not your being rude I’m a big boy you could say it looked like shit and I’d still say thanks for being honest lol

[Ramenuzumaki]

Awesome. Using those tubes really arent bad if you’re tattooing fruit, or practice skin, but if you tattoo yourself, or a client make sure you use disposable like you’ve been doing!

Good job. Would like to see an updated set up picture :3

[Tattoo Deshi]

Well I should have some more up soon just waiting on the clients set up dates to do them .ill be sure to post pics in this post

[Ramenuzumaki]

sounds good dude :3
ill be waiting :D

[Tattoo Deshi]

http://s234.photobucket.com/user/aikidodave/media/image-22.jpg.html?sort=3&o=1

Started the ONI still needs a lot of work but its on myself so I can take my time

[Lennart82]

Looks quit good. I’ve always liked these demons :D

[Ramenuzumaki]

looks good dude
how long did it take you do do that colouring?
also thats a Hannya not an Oni :3

[Tattoo Deshi]

About 3h and ONI is the demon that the mask represents lol but yes it a Hannya

[Ramenuzumaki]

an Oni is actually an Ogre not a demon ;)

[Tattoo Deshi]

Oni (鬼?) are a kind of yōkai from Japanese folklore, variously translated as demons, devils, ogres or trolls. They are popular characters in Japanese art, literature and theatre.[1]

[Tattoo Deshi]

Oni –> supposed to be MALE with round & red/blue face, having horns in curry hair
http://image.search.yahoo.co.jp/search?ei=UTF-8&fr=top_ga1_sa&p=%E9%AC%BC

Hannya –> FEMALE with skinny face (usually pale), having horns in a little straight hair
said to be modeled after a woman, who was once a beautiful and fell in love with a priest. Her unrequited love causes her to turn into a monster who expresses the fury of a woman overwhelmed by jealousy and anger.
http://image.search.yahoo.co.jp/search?p=%E8%88%AC%E8%8B%A5&aq=-1&oq=&ei=UTF-8

[Ramenuzumaki]

Yes she did fall in love with a priest. It’s from a famous Nō play. She became a Hannya and would kill unfaithful men.

Your first post looks like its from Wikipedia which is easily editted, and altered. not very accurate. colleges and universities wont even accept wikipedia as a resource during projects.

I’ve been studying Japanese, and the Japanese culture for twelve years, and it is my specialty style of tattooing.

[Tattoo Deshi]

Right on I as well have been studying the Japanese culture sence a was a kid.
I teach yoseikan budo and katori Shinto Ryu swordsmanship.Im 32 now it’s a long time to devote to a culture but its one that I love and respect deeply.

[Ramenuzumaki]

Awesome a fellow swordsman :3
I teach Kenjutsu, Iaido, and my own MArtial Arts I’ve been developing for years. :D
I guess tattooing is common practice between swordsman ;)

[Tattoo Deshi]

Oh really what style of iaido

[Ramenuzumaki]

Mugai Iaido

[Tattoo Deshi]

Just did my first letters not as easy as I thought

[Ramenuzumaki]

looks good dude! :D
ive done so much script its ridiculous lmao

[Lennart82]

Script looks good :)

And if your planning on making it in the business, your gonna make a hell of alot of scripts. So much in fact, that once you can deside which jobs you want to take, you will never do scripts again ;)

[Tattoo Deshi]

Lol ya I kind of realized that just this week I have 8 more script to do lol ill get the practice

[Tattoo Deshi]

http://i234.photobucket.com/albums/ee184/aikidodave/image-29.jpg
Some recent stuff still needs colour and the koi shaded

And the dragon still needs a lot more work this is all on myself btw

[Ramenuzumaki]

hard to really tell with the pics being so small.

[Tattoo Deshi]

Too small ?there the same as all the other pics I put up

[kjos92]

I just looked at the pictures on my computer and they are big…like normal size. so I don’t know what your talking about too small…..

[Ramenuzumaki]

On my screen it’s small. I don’t know what resolution you guys are running at but my computer is at 1440×900.

[Tattoo Deshi]

That’s odd cuz it comes out good on my lab top.can you see the other pictures iv put up

[Ramenuzumaki]

the only one that is large is the first one that was posted as an attachment

[Tattoo Deshi]

Don’t really know what to tell you.i log it under my wife’s account and they all seem fine ill try to see what I can do

[Ramenuzumaki]

I’ve noticed it a lot with photobucket lately. maybe try http://www.tinypic.com ?

[Tattoo Deshi]

http://i41.tinypic.com/2ij5flt.jpg
Try this

[Ramenuzumaki]

thats MUCH better. i can actually see the guy riding the koi now. i couldnt even see him before! :O
looks a lot better when it’s big haha. i can see the softer shading and such. looks really great.
how did the knee feel?

[Tattoo Deshi]

Thanks lol it sucked dude but it was the way I had to sit to do it.it cut off circulation

[Ramenuzumaki]

i remember doing my koi on my leg i was so low to the ground it was very uncomfortable. i did it at my buddy’s place on live stream, and the inside of my leg was brutal to get to. that was the only really painful part. the rest was pretty decent. im sure if i had a higher seat it would have been a much easier tattoo to pull off :3

great work on that though. doing full black and grey on that leg?

[Tattoo Deshi]

No I’m gona have some colour in it the ONI and waves

[Lennart82]

Great job with the Koi.
Liking the design :ugeek:

[Tattoo Deshi]

Thank you but I can’t take credit for the hole thing this was the original from a Japanese demon book
http://i44.tinypic.com/2l8f22c.jpg

[Lennart82]

But still liking it.

Looking forwards on seeing it finished :)

I’ve been wanting to do something on my legs, but my girlfriend dosent want me tattooing my thighs….. :S (Yeah I know, but I respect her oppinion ;) )

[Tattoo Deshi]

This is what I did today
http://i44.tinypic.com/eqxjz6.jpg

[Tattoo Deshi]

http://i41.tinypic.com/2pq9m35.jpg
http://i41.tinypic.com/107vus7.jpg
http://i44.tinypic.com/eqxjz6.jpg

[Lennart82]

That demon looks sweet. Are you planning on doing som background as well?

[Tattoo Deshi]

Ya cloud and wind shade

[Tattoo Deshi]

By the way that demon and the koi I did we’re both designs by Hiroshi III that’s why they look sweet well at least the original look sweet I’m so picky when it comes to my work its never good enough

[Lennart82]

I know how you feel.

If I’m not 100 % satisfied, I tend to get the blues hahaha

But never mind that Hiroshi III made the original, everybody should have atleast 1 artist they look up to, and copy. ;)

[Tattoo Deshi]

http://i44.tinypic.com/dls6c5.jpg
http://i40.tinypic.com/2upy8hy.jpg
First cover up
http://i39.tinypic.com/2zozwva.jpg

[Tattoo Deshi]

Oh and the cover up was done on a man with MS not a easy person to tattoo very twitchy

[Lennart82]

Nice idea with water and fire on the cover up.
Coverups can be quite tricky to master.

[Ramenuzumaki]

do you have a before pic of the cover up?
the first pic of the three doesnt work
your main focus for a cover up isnt necessarily to COVER the tattoo it is to masque it, and draw attention AWAY from the original tattoo. use as many of the original lines as possible, and the busier the new tattoo is the better as this will draw the eye away from the original piece :3
Always try to go bigger with the new piece as well :D

[Lennart82]

Most who start doing cover ups, has a twisted image of how a cover is buildt. They often just black it to mask it.
I’ve even heard a tattooist say, that the only way to cover up, is to use alot of black. Which in my oppinion, is just very, very wrong.

[Ramenuzumaki]

yeah to me thats whats called a coverup cop out lmao

[Tattoo Deshi]

Here’s the before pic
http://i44.tinypic.com/dls6c5.jpg

[Ramenuzumaki]

oh ok it was more of a rework than a cover up
looks good though. the flame side may need to get some more work into it you can kinda see whats underneath

[Tattoo Deshi]

Ya he wanted to keep the clef in the middle so yes a rework and I agree that it need work in the flames but Im a firm believer in not over working the skin rather let it heal up then work the flames again.the tsunami blue worked really well to hide the mess up dates and words

[Tattoo Deshi]

Oh and and don’t forget this guy has ms so just imagine you worst client for twitching and multiply by 10

[Tattoo Deshi]

http://i39.tinypic.com/35i6i9w.jpg
http://i41.tinypic.com/2mmr6e.jpg
http://i43.tinypic.com/149bh4k.jpg
A few things from yesterday
Had a few mistakes so not to happy with myself
Lucky the people I’m tattooing are aware that I’m a apprentice
And only 6 months

[Tattoo Deshi]

So I’m one step away for having a licensed home base tattoo studio. its been a lot of work but worth it.
If you plan on doing tattoo out of your house I suggests getting the health board on your side

[Lennart82]

The tattoos looks good. The one with the hour glass, are you planning on filling in the empty spaces?

Great news :D Congrats. Yeah, I bet you need to have the right kind of connections form your local government.

[Tattoo Deshi]

Ya still have to Finnish it she only could afford a cupple hours.

[Tattoo Deshi]

So here’s a n’other one done this morning
http://tinypic.com/r/122ypsi/5

[Lennart82]

Nice one ;)

[Infamous]

That is fantastic, is there a story to this one? Seems like it is telling a story of some sorts

[Tattoo Deshi]

Lol ya this guy is king of a snowboarding beatnik lol witch if fine he’s a really nice guy but any way him and his buddy were having a great day of shredding later that night he had this dream that him and his good friend were salmon shredding in the waterfalls and they came upon this massive water fall so he look back at his buddy and asked what they should do and his buddy said to him …..infinite potential ….. And they swam right over the moon …..
I just about pissed my pants right there on the spot…some funny shit right there

[Infamous]

Sounds like it could be like some epic Native American tale lol

[Tattoo Deshi]

Lol I know right the guy is half native so it’s ok

[Infamous]

Oh good lol, I’ve always wondered about these non-native people getting tribal tattoos done and stuff. :?

[Tattoo Deshi]

Lol um I’m not japanese but all my tattoo’s are I find it a show of respect to the culture.but I’m also fluent in Japanese,I teach yoseikan budo,I also restore antique japanese swords,no my wife is not japanese nor do I wish I was japanese. But I respect the hell out of there culture.so I have no problem with tattooing native art on a non native…

[Infamous]

But what I’m saying is, I bet it urks you a bit when you see someone with some Kanji on them and they just think it looks cool and aren’t 100% sure what it even means. I mean its one thing if the person immerses their self in the culture like you do, and its another if they don’t have a clue

[Tattoo Deshi]

To tell you the truth I don’t really care.lol I would not even wast my time even tattooing someone like that just to look cool.but I also have a private shop and the ones that book with me are mostly people of good caliber

[Infamous]

I guess that is a good way to be

[Tattoo Deshi]

So I did a rework on a koi I did on myself last march you can’t tell from the first pic but the yamabuki yellow did not take very well after it healed
Before
http://i42.tinypic.com/n2mrnt.jpg

Half way
http://i40.tinypic.com/2uiaxa9.jpg

Still needs work
http://i39.tinypic.com/qs476q.jpg

[Wyki]

They all look good TattooDeshi… Keep up the good work!

[Infamous]

So far that Koi looks great! just a little more color to a few waves and you’ll be good to go! Nice

[Tattoo Deshi]

Seen some like this online thought I’d do it better

[Tattoo Deshi]

Just did this yesterday what do you think?
http://i44.tinypic.com/oka2yq.jpg

[Infamous]

Looks good! Would like to see it with color ;)

[Lennart82]

Like the idea. Is it an original?

[Tattoo Deshi]

No it’s from a old huck Spaulding flash I had

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