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One more.

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Thanks guys. I felt so good when it was done. It looks the tiniest bit off from the original, the face looks a little thinner. My friend says he look younger. Lol. But I was really satisfied. I’m gonna go oner the white. I really want I to pop. T
And tha thanks again.

For yOur first tattoo it’s pretty damn good.

Also these guys are right, if you haven’t yet, you damn well better familiarize yourself with blood borne pathogens, cross contamination and preventative measures. Without this knowledge you literally run the risk of killing people, or yourself. The tattoo industry is booming, more now than ever. I…[Read more]

What y’all think.

Yea that’s the biggest hurdle. I’m only feeling more comfortable now, still get a little nervous with every tat but not nearly as much as I did in the beginning. How many have you done in skin. A good machine is necessary too. What do you have?

Here’s another from last night.

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Awesome tat brother. Good saturation, not splotchy, solid line work. All around good wOrk.

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A thermal copier is the best way to make a stencil however plenty of us can’t afford a thermal copier. If that plenty includes you, hecto paper and either a regular pen or pencil should really do the trick. Just make sure your paper is not to old or too used and that your pressing hard enough. I use reagular tracin paper, although if your careful…[Read more]

That’s what I gathered. I havent worked at all with white highlights yet. My artist doesn’t so I haven’t really learned much about it yet so. I’ll give it a try my next color piece. I don’t know how well highlights will work with black and gray. What do you think. Here’s my piece I just got finished with. One of my new…[Read more]

Thanks viper. Yea i definitely agree with most of what you said. Except the humming bird. I left some parts uncolored like the underbelly and tip of wing as lighting effect I suppose. The states were pretty much exactly what they wanted. But they are missing some stuff. I think though, I’m really focussing on the technical aspects. The artistry is…[Read more]

Thanks guys. And gals. I already feel good about this forum. I have some pics up in the share your work thread. Can I upload them to my profile or what?

Dot effect is the practice skin. Ink doesn’t spread in practice skin like it does on flesh. Try pig skin.

Also a 3rl is too small unless your doing super fine line work like portraits. It’s piercing and is easy to go to deep, easier than 5r or 7r which is about the only thing a beginner should be working with. It looks pretty good though. If you…[Read more]

What does your friend do for a living. Inside of hand tattoos usually never last more than a year or two on the most delicae of hands. But of your a dish washer or construction worker, a few weeks is all you can expect. My gf was playing around with my machine and did her fingers and fingertips. Almost completely gone within two months. She redid…[Read more]

I guess all beginners do that what you give star. In was like my 7th piece I did and now another friend wants it too. I think it’s funny. It’s on the first page when you google tattoo designs. Lol good job though. Care to see my rendition

I almost exclusively use 5rl. There great for detail work and easy enough to sculpt when working with different line weights. I’ve heard alot of people use 7rl regularly but I really like the detail I can squeeze out of a 5 and don’t mind sculpting thicker lines when I need to.

Ive tattooed a heavily stretch marked area under a clients arm. It was in fact to draw attention away from the stretch marks. I didn’t do color so I wouldn’t know but black stuck good, it was a tribal dragon so solid fill and sharp edges turned out great.

As long as you dont hang too far out of your tube you should have no problems with…[Read more]

Ive tattooed a heavily stretch marked area under a clients arm. It was in fact to draw attention away from the stretch marks. I didn’t do color so I wouldn’t know but black stuck good, it was a tribal dragon so solid fill and sharp edges turned out great. As long as you dont hang too far out of your tube you should have no problems with depth. And…[Read more]