Jester Ink

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i rigged up plexiglass nailed to my table and a clip on light under it, works perfect enough. the hand drawn out stenciling takes alot of time, only way i do it though. gets my hand used to curves and stuff before laying down the tat.

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that’s pretty impressive. wish i knew how to turn my thoughts into art, used to be able to, but no longer. it’d be a very interesting back tat though.

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there was a tube awhile back online that i saw. was surgical plastic stuff, fully autoclavable and wouldn’t melt. thought to myself it’d be nice but at $6 or more per tube is a bit out there fer a scratcher like me.

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i pick the design or draw one out, scan to the computer, open photoshop, flip the design (so when printed or traced, when applied to skin its facing the right way). from there i use tracing paper and felt tip pen and go over it. i used to (on myself) go over the design in pencil then felt tip pen, but realized that it doesn’t stick well at all.
i’m not saying it do it this way or that, tis just what i do and it works fer me.

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true. wouldnt suggest doing that on a public/computer you cant keep an eye on when someone uses it. my laptop never leaves me, and when it does, i created a custom password protected “user” so no one logs in.

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i’ve also wondered this too. but, since i’m a “scratcher” can i even charge at all? i mean, i’m litterally using money for food and instead investing in tat supplies, and in return, no pay off. guess it’s why people come to me for tattoos is it got around “i know a guy who does it free”. where i’m located, the nearest tat shop is 1 1/2 hrs away and another “scratcher” located across the street. i usually hear griping all the time about how she got screwed over and didnt get paid for her work, the whole time i’m thinking ” charge half up front, the rest when it’s finished”.

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i’m also using google chrome. it does sign me out if im on the site and not doing anything. all i do is click “log in” and my screen name and password shows. i also clicked “save password” when google chrome asks for wesites, guess it’s also called “auto fill”. i use it alot fer everything i’m on.

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i bookmarked mine. all i do is open it and poof, signed in.

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i’ll prolly catch a lot of flack fer this, but amazon.com has decent starter kits. The “kit” i have is a frenkenstein of random machines, tips (stainless steel, i know not what i’m pose to use unless i can professinally clean them) and disposable tips, boxes of 5 and 7rl, mags (that i never use cuz the packaging opened) and crappy ink. When i first got it, was from a friend cuz i have issues that involve cutting myself. Since then, i’ve added to this “kit”. got better grips, the needles, disposable tips, kokkai sumi ink (rare but is actually legit) all from amazon. I’m trying my hardest to get an apprentinceship, but i’m in the middle of some serious s.it with the state, that decided to judge me by my tats, and not the human wearing them.
To me (in my own opinion) learning to tattoo without atleast a machine, is like teaching someone to draw without pen or paper. kinda need the hands on experiance.
sorry for the reply on a dead post

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the one that over heats is brand new, chick had it less than a week in the box, tarded it to me for redoing a tat for her. it had all the washers and everything when i stripped it. got a bad habit of stripping and cataloging all the parts, then putting it back together. swapped the motor out from another machine that’s never failed me, still over heated again. wtf? so, put the motors back in the machines they go to, the new one still over heats, the other doesn’t, i’ve ran it 6hrs straight tatting a tribal piece, never bogged down or got hot. it’s just that red devil that’s cursing me.
also, a feller my step-dad works with at a saw mill is a tattooist (guess that’s why its his nickname) but he’s been wanting to talk to me about an apprentinceship or something, so if it goes right, may be working fer him sometime. i’d be the only “almost legit” scratcher around here.
now about that hacked p.o.s tat machine frame…seems to be brass and fubar. the spacing tween the top coil to the bar is a pretty good gap, hot wired it to see if it ran, and it did. seems to hit pretty hard, iono precisly what it’d be used for.

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actually that helped alot. my main problem is only being 106lbs doesn’t leave much areas to tat and not hit bone. my left forearm is pretty much covered and left leg, tried above the knee tat…in all honesty, i’d rather be hit in the groin with a steel toed boot. i give major props to people who have tats there now. so many tat ideas, so little skin to self tat (that i can reach).

the flame coloring idea, from my thoughts..it’d be like starting with a yellow, colored up so far, blend to orange then to red for tips, i don’t know honestly. might have to do just the lining for now and have a pro to finish. pretty much my idea is eventually having my self tats touched up/colored/blend into a sleeve, i post those combined pics later.

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thanks roger and canvas, i believe this tat is going to be done by a pro. showed the idea to my girlfriend and she was amazed at detail and that i’m breaking my big rule of tattooing someones name on me.

color wise, what should i go with? i was think realistic as possiable, the heart a bloody redish maroonish color and banner a parchment faded yellow or something.

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i was recently approached to do a tat fer a guy that wanted a troublesome tattoo. don’t get me wrong, i’m no pro, (i say that a lot) i’ll do a tat of just about anything. this fellow wanted a tat of a child hanging like a pinata and people smacking the kid with sticks…at first i was like “wtf” then without hesitation said “hell no, find someone else”. twas the first person i’ve refused service and i really don’t care if it gives me a bad “rep”. i will not tattoo offensive, vulgar, child abuse, or peoples names (unless its a valid reason, like lost love one or child’s name or remembrance) i don’t know if it’s the right thing to do, but i did it.

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just gave this idea a try with a machine i once used. the weight shifting and stuff is a challenge, wish i would’ve thought of this back when i went to school. i do believe i’ll be doing all my sketches and doodles this way now.

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the nickel/dime gap. i use one machine set a dimes gap for linening and the other machine set at a nickel gap for shading/coloring. i havent had probs, just gotta use a 7rs or a 5rs, pretty much round shaders for coloring, just the way i do it, or a 7 mag. To answer the other, i do not know what the needle is set in the pic, i just eyeball it, set the needle the length that looks safer. as i’ve stated, i’m notta pro nor claim to be. if i’m doing anything wrong, please let me know.

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