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let me know how they fair iw as thinking of getting some but i havent heard a lot of good things about it

if you do a lot of freehand you should pick up some Spray Stuff from http://www.stencilstuff.com

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like a club, of sorts. dont know the word here. a brotherhood perhaps. Like the freemasons of sorts :?

Wow.. Thats an amazing looking machine.
And if its cheap chinese? Dont know. First thing I look for, when deciding its a cheap knock off, is the vice screw. This looks like its a part of the frame. Most chinese knocks, have a separate vice a two parter.

(NOW this can change from machine to machine, and the chinese is starting to make them part of…[Read more]

the thing about transforming your living room is your studio need to be its own room. People cant be walking through it to get to another part of the house, and it must be able to be fully closed off. IE: doors

otherwise its not fully sanitary

woah thats nuts! not happening here. Move to Cornwall and we’ll open a shop together ;)

whats Lauge?

https://fbcdn-sphotos-h-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-prn2/v/1079630_10151812472022140_165199356_n.jpg?oh=18840f0aaae00089c27043f227320d42&oe=52158BD7&__gda__=1377167274_9bb9bc360e96f17f9d91a594f8e30e4c

hes going to do some tweaking, and change some of the parts around to clean it up along with removing the light as i cant use them with RCA.

I use everything from 4H to 8B ^^;

Again you still need a portfolio to get in as an apprenticeship

this is my current set up

As I always says:
Insperation comes when you least expect it. :D

Well then, welcome back as a new and improved user :D

Your welcome.

But to tweek your machines with new stuff, is a science all in it self :D

Its a whole new way of making art. :D

Ahhh, then its a nice touch.
Always thought Black and red goes perfect hand in hand :D

Ahhh man, what a question ;)

It all depends on your pref.

But you could say a rule of thumb applies here.

Imagine a long and wide, generally soft’ish, are preffered for shaders, you will need a soft hit, for a smooth shade.

And short, stiff’ish, hits hard, and are for you hard/fast liners.

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Great dragon.

Did you put red inside it? Or is it just my screen that needs changing? :)

A mentor is only as good as the results they produce.
Think of this;
You can be an apprentice for 3 years at a mentors place. This mentor however makes pisspoor tattoos. But you have “studied” there for 3 years. Now are you a tattoo artist?
Yes your mentor can teach you the basics, but if this mentor does shitty jobs himself, what then? And what…[Read more]