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I’m from the UK, so No it’s not a US A thing. The thing is about China is they counterfeit everything. inks are a No no from China you don’t know what they are made of or if they are sterile . Their electrical equipment is really bad and some are very dangerous . hope this helps.

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Some nice drawings, the gypsy girl is very nice.

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I totally agree, I would never do anything I didn’t feel comfortable doing, and gangs do their own tattoos don’t they ?

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I have used a mirror to get to the back of my arm but how do you do there yourself?. .. Or do you mean did you design the tattoo yourself ?
But a great tattoo , nice colours cool line work.

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I like your koi , your scorpion is very good though . how long have you been TATTOOING, I am self teaching too it’s a hard slog . I have bought two books and watched every you tube video there is . I did get some good stuff from some tattoo design CD’ s I got from the internet, eBay. They were only cheap, about 2pounds each . A book by a guy called Spalding was ok, this has taught me all about the machines and how to strip it down and make them run better. I have found out stuff just by reading anything to do with TATTOOING and being on here . It is cool being able to get your peers to see your work and comment. I so prefer to have my needle out enough to see it’ s much easier, and cleaner than riding the needle. I use my little finger as a guide to keep the needle from going in more than 1mm. How About you.

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I made sure that I did not buy anything from China when I started out. I did buy a tattoo kit,with two machines , from a good tattoo supplier in the UK. The liner works fine, although I have stripped it down and put some better springs on. The shader though did not work well even after changing springs. So I bought a Micky Sharps “Iron” shader. Works great. I would like to buy another liner at the moment just to have a 10 wrap to do bigger lines. and to see how a more expensive machine does lines. I have now got the cheap shader to work by sanding off the paint which looked plastic , and putting it all back together. it’s very soft and good for shading now. Thanks for your comment, it made me look at the shader again and now it’s working.

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Hi Ben , no practising on fruit, did buy some plastic skin tried it out once found it rubbish , so my husband said “sod it why don’t you just go for it “, so I did. So that Is actually my very first tattoo. Thank you for your comments . I have been TATTOOING now for 6 months, but not all the time maybe two or three a month.
This is my latest tattoo it’s not finished yet, my lines have got better, I think.

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Thank you, I’m sure you can , or will do. I must say though the smaller writing ‘ it’s in the blood ‘ came out a bit light and could do with going over again but I am proud of myself. Thanks for your comment. :D

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I like the rose , the shading is nice.

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I used 5 liner ,took me 2 hours to line the black and red. Then a 5 round shader and 7 mag . :D Thanks for liking , It makes so much difference when your peers say it’s a good tattoo.

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Thanks for your comments. :D

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I am self taught ,has been an up hill struggle to find out stuff, such as why your getting thin shifty lines . but if you have tried all the above then your machine needs tweaking as your needles are not going in enough. you have the needle at 1/16 but your machine isn’t pushing it out enough . look on you tube there are videos showing you how to set your needles and machine. this is only in my opinion and I’m no one, I have been TATTOOING for 6 months. didn’t start on fruit or fake skin just my husband.

The tattoo is of a friend’s calf , my own design. I did this tattoo 4 months into starting tattooing.

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I like 9 mags or curved the best for wash. :P

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