Johnny

Tattooing laws vary from state to state, but most require you to be 18 to tattoo. That doesn’t mean you shouldn’t start looking at shops and talking to artists though. There may be a loophole that would allow you to work in a shop as an apprentice, but not tattoo people. You have some serious talent, so it shouldn’t take you long to find a willing…[Read more]

That’s funny… So basically you are proclaiming yourself as a business owning (assuming you mean tattoo shop owning) tattooing professional of 18 years, that “can tattoo with anything”, that also collects tattoo machines (I don’t get why you would “collect” cheap ass machines but okay). And as this professional you refer to yourself as “fubar”.…[Read more]

Um ya, your not really fooling anyone about ur shitty machines, or the fact that ur most likely a scratcher using slash playing a shitty guitar as an analogy to a “great tattoo artist using a shitty machine”. Do yÓu think slash plays shitty guitars?? Haha I mean I’m sure he could play a shitty guitar, but I’m also sure he doesn’t. Just as…[Read more]

Yes, depending on the skin complection of the collector (I am assuming every client you ever see will be powder white, but I’m in california and everyone has tans haha) I would blend deeper into the areas that are being lit, to add definition. Even if you are illustrating a white flower you will need to add shadows and definition, or it won’t look…[Read more]

That’s not a very good deal for two rather shitty used machines. Give the people an offer they can’t refuse and knock more than $10 off the new price.

Wow I see some big improvments. Can’t really see the definition of the lines, but the look good from what I can tell. In the skin the large areas you left blank for lighted areas would look funky. Keep working on blending your dark to light transitions. It may be hard in practice skin, but its hard in real skin too. Keep it up!

Typically, a cracked, scabbed, bleeding tattoo is not a result of not going deep enough and I would hope that someone with very limited tattooing experience would not advise another rookie as such @loopi. I haven’t looked at ur pics because they are too small but either you went too deep, or you overworked the skin. Just from what you are…[Read more]

@netrecov. Are you using a flat or a mag? You made references to both, but I’m not sure you know that they are different. Flats are generally used in black and grey work to blend. Mags on the other hand are far more common. If you are chewing up the skin you are either going too deep, or making too many passes over the same area, or running your…[Read more]

You should put a little flash set together, and put it up for sale on the site mane. I’d buy it and hang it up. I really like some of ur other flash art.

This is a more common problem with colors, and usually shader needles especially mags, but over time ink will begin to dry in the tube, and inbetween individual needles especially if you don’t dilute at all. Also over time, the blood, and plasma that is coming out of your client will work its way into your tube, and every time you go to the ink…[Read more]

Most likely a clip cord issue. Also, if you are working with a machine that connects the top half of your clip cord under the rear spring saddle, sometimes the clip cord can bounce around and make your machine run inconsitantly, especially if your spring deck is only 1/8″ thick (as are most cheap bent frames). I had this happen before. I fixed it…[Read more]

I’m sure you can see what needs improving, but not bad for your first one. Don’t challenge yourself too much as far as intricacy of design goes. Keep it sinple and focus on your lines, and color/shading. Keep it up.

I would like to see, but I can’t because I don’t have facebook… Haha

Good incorporation of shadows and highlights. Overall nice work for what it is. Light blue adds a nice effect if used properly to illustrate silver, or chrome. I would suggest not to cover up your mistakes with thick lines, especially when you are practicing on melons. Keep practicing one passing your lines. That is an important skill to master.…[Read more]

It looks like you are scribbling or scetching your lines. Absolutely cannot do that on a human. Can I ask what kind of apprenticeship you have that you only get to go to the shop when you have your own client? You should be there every day, setting up stations, breaking them down, mopping haha, especially watching and learning. Especially when you…[Read more]

Looks good. I wanna f*** red riding hood now

Typically 18ga short. 20ga wide rear. But some people use all kinds of different combos depending on needle groupings, and personal preference. If your front spring is long and thin, and you are trying to line with that setup, its going to be hard to get your machine to go fast enough to actually be a liner since the front spring will be bending,…[Read more]

Please clarify, does your front spring stay bent when your armature bar is pressed down? Do you have an o-ring around your front spring? Seems like you may have too much of a bend or pressure on the rear spring, putting too much pressure on your front spring, or you are using a long thin front spring like you would use on a shader.

Nobody said they were any better than you, and I would personally hate for someone to think that I was insinuating that I was. You have a lot to learn, and seem to be taking an interesting approach to getting advice. I would like to help you. Keep in mind, the people you are asking for advice on here, have the right to pick and choose who they…[Read more]

If you are trying to tune a color shader you can go a nickel or more gap. I run between 3 and 4mm gap on my color machines. A nickel is 1.95mm thick. The longer the stroke, the easier it will be to pack color in, but will diminish your ability to blend. Don’t confuse stroke with penetration. If your are wanting to do black and grey work, you might…[Read more]