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Sorry guys but I haven’t found much in the way of continual advice or support, so i visit it from time to time. I will try to continue. Also Im ass deep into Disc 1 of the new DVD…must have people!!! This is the only thing like this out there..Im amazed the elitist artist havent sent Mr Jordan death threats. Im so glad I found his book.

Welcome and I like your sugarskull piece.

need better photos but looks interesting to me. Why didn’t you start with pigskin then find friends willing to let you practice on them? My Mentor was very against me doing art on myself for a couple of reasons. I used pigskin for 1 year before laying ink on my cousin with the mentor watching. I’m excited to see more photos.

http://s13.postimage.org/9y24w8ad3/Charlie36.jpg

Its healed and the “blow out” spider veining went away. now it just looks blurry but not as bad as a real blow out.

Yes you can use any spirit paper but make sure your getting the real stuff made in USA. The other german and chinesse stuff was horrible. Also you will have to lighten the image a lot to get a soft stencil unless you can adjust the printers pressure but mines not that high end.

Pretty amazing for such a quick start. I would advise you to practice a ton on pigskin when your not doing people. Take as many health classes and learn as much as possible and never stop learning about how to keep both you and your clients from illness or injury. You’ll be amazed at how easy it is for that. Do other art mediums, it’s helped me to…[Read more]

WARNING – You have to look at Windows site for driver compatibility to your OS. I was luck to know to look for that. You can not just buy and hook up. Also look to make sure your using the correct file format for the printer to read. SO check out your Operating System compatibility with your chosen Printer.

wonderful work!! keep posting. what needles and shaders did you use?

Welcome!

Welcome! You could check my post on “post your work” I could use any advice.

I would say just from my experience so far that you should have a serious spread of different subjects for your portfolio. I noticed that most portfolios are narrowed down to the artist ability. I would make a portfolio of the stuff your super good at in the first few pages, then the stuff at the end that shows you’re brave enough to do art your…[Read more]

Welcome, I would ask to check my posts. I would say I haven’t gotten to many replies, lots of encouragement though.

Still working on it, got the remaining lining, the reapers coat filled. Thanks for the praises guys!

Very well done. How many colors (tones) did you put into it? I do like the realism and cant wait for another piece from you!

Ok so the update. I have done the hand and a few cards. I know it’s a little sloppy (its all covered later with background) and the face is showing my work now. I have learned so much about overworking, new skin and yellow (damn you yellow!) The Face was done with a Rotary, the hand is done with a Coil setup for line and shade.

I really like the hook, is it your art as well?

Here is the Master I’m working from. It will end up a half sleeve when complete

if you ball your fist, hold your arm straight out then rotate your wrist. If that really hurts then you need to see a doctor. On the maintenance side you should buy a wrist strengthening tool like a squeeze ball or vise. I draw a lot and do two things, first thing is every 5 minutes i look up from my art and look 5 feet away at something for 5…[Read more]

look for dot matrix compatibility listing from mac. There website should tell you what will work. The thing about mac is that they dont like you stepping out of there gear so good luck.

I like it. Looks like you were working on some solid areas of the body. Which one was the most challenging? I like your fairy the most, pretty clean stuff (what size needles did you use?)