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i can see a few holidays in that piece. you’re going to have to give it another go. before i do any type of chinese work i always give the client a nice warning about the fact that it is very difficult to actually know what the characters are saying. I know quite a bit of japanese so i am comfortable with that, but if someone ends up with Kitchen…[Read more]

do you have a before pic of the cover up?
the first pic of the three doesnt work
your main focus for a cover up isnt necessarily to COVER the tattoo it is to masque it, and draw attention AWAY from the original tattoo. use as many of the original lines as possible, and the busier the new tattoo is the better as this will draw the eye away from the…[Read more]

solid work stan. looks nice and saturated, and the lines are nice and crisp. maybe instead of making a new thread for each tattoo you do you could make one thread and keep posting your tats in that one to reduce the thread threshold and spam :3

UV pigments are fine they are just extremely thin. i find the thinner the ink personally the harder it is to work with. you also need to be running a UV light the entire time you are doing the tattoo so you can see how well your ink is saturating into the skin. i recommend getting some Alla Prima, Eternal, Radiant, or Fusion inks. Inteze Zuper…[Read more]

that is definitely a difficult place to tattoo
a nice massage bed, or a tattoo chair that can lay flat into a bed will help you immensely

as far as placing your stencil i normally use a relaxed position. however, some spots what you need to do is apply the stencil how the client will be showing the tattoo. a big example of this is the knuckles.…[Read more]

hard to tell with the photo but it looks like there is some shading near the right eye

what needle grouping are you using for your shades?

from what i can see it looks like a decent tat for your first
better quality and resolution photos will really help in determining where you need to improve, and such

all in all great first go!

there arent really any set voltage settings for machines. it all comes down to the machine and parts themselves. I have a one-of-a-kind Buzz liner that runs at 6.4, a Danny Fowler Flatline that runs at about 7.5 my .22 Rimfire runs at 7.9, and my .357 Magnum runs at 8 even. What you’re looking for is a voltage that doesnt bog down your throw too…[Read more]

if you can get a better pic that would be great
your colouring is a little scratchy

what colouring technique are you using?

haha nope sorry :P
Feel free to move up there though ;)
we could split the rent on a space :P

i got the new shop all set up i just need to finish up the rest of my place and then get the health unit in there. i should hopefully have some pics up soon.

wont have internet until the 14th of aug so the practice lessons will be a little slow until…[Read more]

there are a plethora of other goddess you could throw in there: Sif, and Frigg are among them. Frigg would work well as she is the wife of Odin and the mother of Thor. you could also always add Tanngrisnir and Tanngnjóstr along with Thor. Theres also Valhalla which is a very beautiful place you could place on the more feminine side as well

looks good dude
pretty good job on the shading
it looks like you rushed the line work though especially within the runes. unless you were going for a shaky look for th erunes to have them have that chiseled in look
all in all a good tat bro
the nordic religion is one that is near and dear to me :3

when i do a black and grey piece i normally have quite a few cups laid out:

100% black
75% black 5 drops of witch hazel the rest distilled water
50% black 5 drops of witch hazel the rest distilled water
25% black 5 drops of witch hazel the rest distilled water
5 drops of black 7 drops of witch hazel the rest distilled water

this way i get a good…[Read more]

moved to the proper section
great work though :3

there is a shop here in my city that charges 100$ an hour
in ottawa which is about an hr north west is roughly 150$/hr

sorry to hear but i hope everything looks up for you
good luck on finding an apprenticeship :3

thats awesome Canvas! Sucks that I have a blackberry D:

Looks good.
And its good to have friends that are willing to shed a little skin for you :D

Well said there :D

Kind of have it the same way.

Its fun drawing objects like that.

I’m sure you’ve seen anamorphic drawings, but guessing you didnt know the name. :ugeek:

Here is just a quick drawing I just did, just for you. :D
http://i41.tinypic.com/qwydqq.jpg
Its basically drawing from an angle, so it looks 3D, now this one, is drawed from both an angle and with folded papir :)

Well I…[Read more]