ben.catterall

@nytemareh wrote:

lmao. I have to say i laughed when i put those in there. Soooooo…..any other entries?

Unfortunately I ran out of time to finish mine. Has been a crazy busy week at work. Here is what i have so far, but wanted to add some colour and possibly another zombie to be drinking with (she was going to be green and bleeding etc with the…[Read more]

I have never seen it myself, but when my Fiance got tattooed in a shop a few weeks ago they warned her it would probaby bruise because of where it was on the inside of her upper arm. It didnt end up bruising, but it must happen a bit if she thought to warn her just in case

@iPhragg wrote:

That’s what I gathered. I havent worked at all with white highlights yet. My artist doesn’t so I haven’t really learned much about it yet so. I’ll give it a try my next color piece. I don’t know how well highlights will work with black and gray. What do you think. Here’s my piece I just got finished with. One of my new…

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Nice work. Best of luck. Let us know how it goes. :)

Welcome mate! Look forward to seeing your posts and comments :D

Cheers,
Ben

I like them. Nice work! Pretty neat lines too. I also see what viper means about the bird though. Can I suggest, if you want the light effect like you say you should try have a cap of white and slowly mix it with the colour as you get to the edge rather than leave it just skin. Would probably have more of a desired effect then. White is great for…[Read more]

Looks good! But… Is it just me or is the bottom jaw at a wierd angle?

Also I agree about the colours. Bad thing about cheaper inks. :D

Welcome from Australia mate! :D

@Rees wrote:

When I first began tattooing I was taught to use dime for liner, nickel for shader and color. The more I studied and read though, the more I realized that while effective to an extent, there are better ways to go about it. The concept is using the air gap to basically control the speed of the needle for different applications. Eikon…

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That looks pretty awesome! Do you draw yours on the computer? What program do you use?

Where are you from? If your from the US try http://www.monstersteel.com
I use these guys for all my stuff and they ship to Australia for a reasonable price. Not sure about shipping to UK or anything though. And I mainly use Mom’s inks for colour and Kuro Sumi for lines and shading. About to try the Kuro Sumi Cherry shading wash and Bronze Shading wash…[Read more]

Yeah I will try those two. Thanks. And yeah I have the book. But seen those videos at least 5 times each :D

Yeah I have watched a fair bit on you tube already. But as you said, you really need to filter out the crap. But still some good stuff

Cheers guys!
Ben

Is it just a drawing contest or actually tattoo on fake skin as well? Cause I may run out of time to actually ink it

I’m in. I’ll start drawing ideas. :D

Welcome mate. Are you learning to tattoo? Have you got an apprenticeship or anything? :D

Sounds good to me!! I actually log on at least 10 times a day. :oops: hahaha. I even check updates on my phone while at work. :lol:

I hope it does pick up though! I have learned a lot just from asking a few questions and reading older posts. :D

Welcome mate! :D 8-)

@Viper65 wrote:

Wow..really liking this, that’s one clean outline for sure! I think this is going to look incredible when finished up for sure!!!!!

Thanks Viper! I can’t wait for it to heal so I can colour it!! :D :D

@TexasPT wrote:

Off to a great start, Ben.

One thing you can notice is that your hand speed changed a lot during the tattoo. Line width varies in places…nothing major but seems worth pointing out since we’re all trying to get better here.

I say go for shading/scales. The original design is real flat. I think if you go a little artistic on it…

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