einvalentine

There really isnt a “Best place” it’s all personal preference.
I buy from http://www.tattoomachineequipment.com I know their operations manager pretty well, and they always do whatever they can to make me happy.

They also have a “Tattoo Refill Kit” which gives you a little bit of everything, then you simply email Richard and tell him your order number,…[Read more]

sorry to hear that bru. i generally don’t trust websites that have that generic set up
have you tried “Basic Fundamentals of Modern Tattoo” by C.R. Jordan?

you’ve definitely got a good start there, bru!
keep up the good work, and i hope to see more.
i think we all hate script though. ive hated it since day one, haha. the sad thing is script is what pays the bills.
I can’t say too much because for osme reason photobucket makes the pics REALLY small for me, so I cant really tell whats going down in…[Read more]

yeah thats how I usually react. it’s not so much painful as it was an annoyance.
if you can get him to go for the shading and its done right i can really give it that depth, and give the Di their shape, and have them pop off the skin! maybe even white highlights

that eyeball is definitely top notch!

@Infamous wrote:

I’m gonna have to disagree there.. From everything I’ve heard from it should be fully healed in 6 weeks, not months..

same could be easily said about piercings, but one of my nipples took a year and a half to heal. it all depends on the person, their skin, and many other biological factors. most of the artists I talk to mention…[Read more]

someone has been busy. Good job Valentine.

i clicked the link without reading the post and was like “Wtf this isnt biomech!” lmao
great job dude
once you give it another go itll be filled in nice
maybe add some black shading?

I usually wait 6 months after a tattoo is fully healed before I will go in and do more work on it. it takes two weeks for the majority of the healing to be done but it can take 6-12 months to be healed completely.

as far as needle size as a beginner you want to push the size as far as you can rather than pull it
with script I normally use a 5RL…[Read more]

I renamed this topic. It is now for links to health department links.

That’s actually a great idea einvalentine: there should be a thread started in which the links to the pdf or file documents for each state and countries Health dept regs on tattooing are posted as they are different everywhere. No post means no regs.
Here is Alabama, United States.http://www.adph.org/foodsafety/assets/BodyArtRules2007.pdf

Welcome, and don’t over rate the “pros”
Ceaser the Hun is a admited completely self-taught “pro” and imo one of the absolute best black and grey realism artists around and now the “pros” are taking tips from him! Funny how that works in this business..LOL>…

@Spider wrote:

And about the peeps.. YES, I was too nice… I need to be a bit more firm. Talk to the client, not the onlooker… Got it

NP man, and yeah sometimes we have to come off a bit d**kish, but considering that we are working in the most permanent art field in the world, a little a**hole goes a long way to ensuring that we are doing our…[Read more]

As I stated before, I welcome anyone in my shop. I’m not some flashy hip a** place, but I feel we do good work and have good customer service that keeps regulars coming back and is getting more peeps to drop the other shops around here and come thru my door. Some days it’s slow as molassis in a blizzard, some days the door chime doesn’t stop going…[Read more]

@Infamous wrote:

The hell is that?!

She calls it a portrait… I still think it looks like the son of Reptile…

Wanna know some serious crazy shit??? The person this is on, paid 700$ for this…
Now I dont know what Bob Tyrrell wants, but I would rather pay 1.700$ and get him to do it….

welcome :D

that second portrait is so jacked lmao

I would have jumped on the opportunity honestly lmao

I have sever anxiety, and depression so i feel like this quite often. I actually felt like it the last few days really. Honestly, you sh ould have told them to calm down with the Qs so you could concentrate, also no one under 18 in the shop! :3
Thats one of my biggest rules

I agree with spider. Smoke a Pall Mall or seven then get back to it :3

The last couple of tattoos I’ve done, I actually stopped looking at the voltage screen.. I think I hear it… :?

Flats are good for colouring yes. And as Spider said, be carefull if you use it as a liner.
Theres an artist, American I believe, called something like 6 Flat Joe or something like that. Well never mind, cant remember. He uses a 6…[Read more]