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One more.

http://i1277.photobucket.com/albums/y493/iPhragg/37732A6B-0067-4F4C-865D-03F8ACF49629-1174-000000A96CF56915_zps0bf96392.jpg

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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.

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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 would suggest a great deal of that is directly related to the relatively new ideas regarding safety and the standards that tattoo artists uphold. If we don’t continue to adhere to these standards, our community risks facing harsh scrutiny and persecution. Most particularly us “scratchers”.

As far as liners. Stay away from singles and 3r liners. They are dangerous in inexperienced hands, and are only necessary to achieve results you probably aren’t quite ready to hope for just yet. My personal faves are 5r liners. They are great for single pass and even better for sculpting lines, which is what you’ll likely be doing this first year of your journey. 7r are great too, just can’t quite achieve the precision of 5r, but are less likely to blow out. 7r and 9r are great for beginners.

Either way, great work. Keep it up. Just make sure your safe. And get the book. It has lots of good information about, techniques, equipment, professional relationships, shops, and most importantly safety.

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What y’all think.

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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?

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Here’s another from last night.

http://i1277.photobucket.com/albums/y493/iPhragg/2455A19E-0BCB-4EE5-B906-DFFDD8D67B0F-328-0000000B722B879D_zps68fb1cc9.jpg

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

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http://i1277.photobucket.com/albums/y493/iPhragg/542C86B8-CC3F-4E9F-A5C3-F6F48AFBFE42-1052-000001C6ACA2DC6F_zps837d647d.jpg

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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 the top sheet from the hecto paper works excellent, it just tears easily.

I used green soap when I first started. It’s really effective to get a good carbon on the skin. However keeping it there is a whole other story.

Stencil Stay works. It’s soo incredibly effective if used right. It has to be just barely dry, a tiny bit tacky. It will work even better when a bit wetter, but it’s tricky to get carbons on without smearing. And once you get the carbon on you have to let it dry.

Ive never used any other method since findin stencil stay, but I’m pretty sure any other stencil product will work just as well.

How many stencils have you placed on skin?

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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 faves.

http://i1277.photobucket.com/albums/y493/iPhragg/A73F8CD5-77FE-4F91-87BB-19B8445E8381-526-0000009930633D5D_zpsdd3b8ef4.jpg

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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 refinery a little lack luster. It’s something I’m working on really. It’s reminds of a passage of the book that talks about the difference between a tattooist and a tattoo artist ya know. I’m really trying to transpose my art to tattoo art ya know. Well again thanks for the critique. And the praise.

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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?

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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 did that in skin, it would turn out okay.

Practice skin is cool to get the feel of the machine, but not the feel of skin. The only real practice skin is the skin between your knee and thigh. Or a really gooood, brave friend.

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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 them and I made her really dig in and still a month In they’d mostly faded. It’s just hands.

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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

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