Infamous

Oklahoma? Cool, me too.

Who are you apprenticing under? I just wonder if I might know them

6.7v should be fine. Not even close to too high.

Check the wiring on your machine. There shouldn’t be any bare wires touching the frame, if there is it could fry everything because it creates a short. Also check your capacitor, it could be rated high or something…

Do you have any pics of your setup?

If it was done the very first time chances are it wasn’t your fault. Most likely a product default..

But you could have been running it way to high as well, what was your voltage settings? Another thing could be that the machine wasn’t built properly so it wasn’t grounding and caused a short. What material is your frame made out of? Does it have…[Read more]

Welcome!

As long as the client is happy that’s all that really matters.

But, I think you have potential to be a lot better than what you’re doing and I think you should practice a bit more often. This looks good, but it doesn’t look amazing. You know what I mean?

Oh okay, that does sound better.

I don’t really know what to say about the tattoo, it’s really cartoony but I don’t know if that’s what you were going for or not. I guess it depends on what the client wanted in the design. Technique wise, however, it looks like a good solid piece. Could use more depth though. a little shading and some highlights…[Read more]

It definitely sounds like a decent machine and built right. But I really don’t know.

The frame being copper is kind of pointless, and it will eventually turn green. Although I suppose with regular cleaning it should stay pretty shiny… It’s good that it is made out of a non-ferrous metal but copper isn’t really the best choice. I would prefer…[Read more]

What the heck? He got you to do a tattoo in his shop for him and then completely ignored you?

Sounds like he was just using you to me.

Welcome back.

Welcome!

And as far as I’m aware there are no rules that say you can’t greet newcomers unless you’ve been here a while lol.

Its never too late to start your journey, look at guys like Bob Tyrrell, he didn’t start tattooing until he was in his 30’s as well

Either way, but lately I’ve been wanting to do more black and grey tattoos so I’ve just been using regular pencils

+1 to JBeau

As far as theory goes, most of the time your mentor won’t expect you to know diddly about how to work a tattoo machine. But it doesn’t hurt to know it.

Honestly though, I don’t know if it will come up, but I do think you really need to immerse yourself in the culture and learn a bit of history about tattooing. It would help to show that you were serious.

Welcome

Best advice? Keep drawing, keep practicing, push yourself. That’s pretty much it. You need drive, discipline, and passion.

It doesn’t matter how good you are there is always room for improvement :)

These aren’t as bad as you might think.

Welcome to the forum

^^^ Now that was a good story ^^^

I could see myself charging about 120 for this, but if you went to anyone else in my area I think any other artist would charge way more.

That being said I know a handful of people who would do it for cheaper too. But there is a good chance it would get infected.

I’m not in a shop right now, so I don’t quite have the overhead that shops have or…[Read more]

I love black and grey! It is definitely my favorite style.

And this rose (from what I can tell) looks exactly like its supposed to haha, so good work

I’ve never tried but I don’t think it would work.

The problem being that temporary tattoos kind of peel off and I think a needle would just tear them up. I’m pretty sure a stencil solution wouldn’t want to absorb that type of ink into the skin either for it to hold. Also, (and probably the most important one) you wouldn’t really be able see what…[Read more]