ben.catterall

I agree. You have some pretty cool stuff. :D

Welcome. Do you have any pics of your work so far?

I highly suggest getting the book supplied by this site. It is really helpful!! Don’t forget to keep it clean, use disposables and only practice on yourself, fake/practice skin or pig skin. Good luck and always ask questions. No question is a stupid question :D

Welcome mate! Hope we can help. :D

Hows everyone going with their drawings? Have we got anyone interested in giving it a go this time? Dont forget we have set it for a fortnight so plenty of time to draw something up! :D

What about the hurricane MP5? Any comments or anything on that one? I’m tempted…..

Tattoo Power Supplies

I am currently using this one below with no problems but i would like a more portable PS for when im travelling. And as a back up.…[Read more]

@canvasyou wrote:

Okay nyz_name: I am going to assume that the last post you made was directed at me?

YOU SAID: “i would agree that the frame is just the frame and not the machine itself but nor is just the coils or just the springs and so on all the pieces put together make a machine and from what you posted you had stripped your superior m…

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@cjmahone66 wrote:

for me it is a matter of practicality…
can a cheap Chinease machine be rebuilt and customized to run ok? sure. the question is do you have the time/energy/money to do that?
if you get a cheapo machine for $70, then buy some decent coils for $30, then a few various springs and capacitors, a-bars, ect- then you’ve spent $100-$150…

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looks pretty good to me! although my computer is being a pain and not letting me enlarge the pic….

hope you blew off enough steam mate!

@canvasyou wrote:

http://tattoo-apprentice.com/learn-how-to-tattoo-for-free/about/

Do you have the book Basic Fundamentals of Modern Tattoo?
There is a chart in there that shows – SPEED, HIT, FOLLOW THROUGH – like how to make machine hit harder or go faster (ie liner shader)

Check out Eikon Springs – they have gauge labeled on there – makes it…

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@iPhragg wrote:

What y’all think.

pretty good!! good saturation and the line work is very neat. great symetry as well, looks like no blowouts. I dont know what the original looks like so cant really comment on how accurate it is though :lol: nice work though!

Sweet. Let’s go for Kabuki mask. I’ve never drawn one but I want one on inside of my arm so will be practice

That’s awesome! I have been wanting one for ages! Glad to hear they work well. Do you just use the normal spirit paper?

@martin_inxx wrote:

Thanks ben! Yeah, I’ve been practicing on fake skin, grapefruits, oranges and myself lol. Yes, I am using disposables. They are super cheap and amazing. I started off with a 3rd liner and the lines were so faint, so I switched to a 5RD shader because I didn’t have any other liners but it seemed to do the trick. Where is a link…

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Welcome to the family mate. Look forward to hearing your input. Any questions feel free to fire away. No one on this site will go off and call you a dirty scratcher (from my experience). Can you post some of your work? They seem to work better on here of you post links to stuff like photobucket or other sites like that.

Cheers,
Ben

Considering it is your first tattoo it is pretty good. Good saturation of colour and reasonably straight line work.

However, (puts on grown up voice :lol: ) I hope you practiced on yourself or practice skin or even fruit first. And are using disposable grips tips and needles. Also, do you know much about blood borne pathogens?

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I was kinda ashamed of how incomplete that drawing was so I and now reworking it on my computer. Should hopefully finish it soon and I will repost it on here. So what’s the new subject for this week? :D

Looks pretty good man. I don’t see it being sloppy at all!

Welcome. Hopefully we can help you out :D

I bought the kit and built it myself. I think the good part about that was I got extra springs and a-bars. But now I have lots of their parts. Just keep ordering whenever I have money. :D

Not bad! :D I did notice the scales are pretty wonky in places but I find found multiple curves on your own leg is really hard. The angles just don’t make it easy for you. :lol: could do with more depth like you said with the shading but I like it! Good work!