jtdaltonsr

[jtdaltonsr]

nice, clean tattoo bro. well done

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I think you got some talent, dude. keep up the good work, and Im also looking forward towards any criticism you may have.

[jtdaltonsr]

Welcome, brother. Cant wait to see you progress thru this site. There is a ton of info on here, just ask. TRUST ME. you get an answer one way or the other. Good to hear you already use disposable, and it sounds like you have a good soundness to the art of tattooing. Post some work, man!

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ur art looks like crap. I wouldn’t tattoo if I was you, looks like a 5 year old drew these. take some art theory classes or something.

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I actually posted the wrong picture…the one I posted was the one that I used for my stencil, the one that I did is this one….sorry wasn’t paying attention, now feel stupid bc this has been posted for a few days now…..sorry again…

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well I see the guitar fretboard now! that’s a cool idea, just make sure the rips and tears are not in a pattern. mix it up, make it look like a real tear. sweet idea, man.

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yeah, this was the clients choice, trust me I tried to explain how the lines would look SO much better. She insisted to keep it this way because it was her boyfriend who did the lines, and she wanted to keep it that way to be special to her :roll: thanks for the input though!

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it all looks disproportionate to me. Your shading isnt bad, but not good. work on getting the proportions right on the face, as well as some depth to the eyes.

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i dont understand what it is.

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the skull looks like an 8 year old drew it, the letters look ok.

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see how your lines are kinda hazy? looks like you had too much pressure. When u do lining, let the weight of the machine itself place the needles, no need to apply any pressure. looks like you can follow a stencil pretty well, now you just need to get the depth right. Keep up the good work, and post more results!

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make sure the bottom of your armeture bar is the proper distance from the spring shelf. contact screw gap should be a nickel to start off, adjust to your hand after that. the contact screw on my machine is about 1 oclock. Also, get yourself a small magnifying glass, and when you have your needle on armeture bar, rubberbands evenly on, and sitting in needle tube,use the magnifying glass and make sure the needles sit flat on the bottom of the tip. this is a common mistake that most people dont think alot about. This will cause ink to pool up and sputter, and will not go in the skin properly. good luck and hope this helps!

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First off, let me say that I am not an apprentice, and I dont do tattoos all the time. But I have been tattooing since I was about 12, in one way or another. I am now 31. I have had professional equipment for about 12 years that I have been working on, and seriously, just got them to tune right in the last 6 years…So first off, you have to have your machines tuned to you. Once you get that right, if you’re not going to ride the tube, then you work off of the tips of the needle. What I mean by this is that the points of the needle, the “v” shape, is all you want to penetrate. talk to your mentor on how to hold the machine properly, as well as all the info I provide, but when you do lines, never go in the direction that will make the needles push against the rubberbands and off of the bottom of the tip. If you do, go half the speed you would normally go. hold the machine firm, but not too firm so that you hurt and cramp your hand. Hold it so that you have to move your whole hand instead of your fingers when doing long lines, and also so that the depth will remain the same throughout. hope some of this helps and good luck! I have heard that honeydew melons mostly resemble real skin than any other practice method. I have not tried this because where Im from, its kind of expensive when we can get it. So if you can get some cheep, try it. If you see a cut in your lines, you either went too deep, went too slow, or machine just too fast. adjust machine to your hand and then adjust the depth so you dont cut and drag your needle across the surface, hence the name, “scratcher.” so again, good luck and post some results!

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thanks man, yeah, i will try that and post some results. I do have some practice skins, but running out of space to tattoo on them, need some new ones. VERY different from real skin though, i think thats my problem as well. Im treating skin like the practice skin.

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Oh and REAL Koro Sumi is Japanese…FYI

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