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So, what specifically is happening when you tune the tattoo machine and have problems tuning?
How long does it stay “in tune”
What types of Machines do you have?
Are they getting hot?
What voltage are you running your tattoo shader / liner tattoo machine or tattoo gun at?

Welcome! Yes def pickup Basic Fundamentals of Modern Tattoo – it will help a lot!

Mustache on finger is hipster popular right now!

Practice!

what are you using to apply the stencil?

Sometimes you must make minor changes to your machines in the middle of a tattoo yes. It is common.

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Welcome!

I like the knife and anchor.

Welcome back!

I am working on a video that is a tutorials of the entire site. That will help new tattoo artists find the information on this site. Like a “How to search” for teachmetotattoo.com

I can see if we can make the image upload process better. But best practice is to use a site to upload photos, like instagram or flikr.

Use Vaseline or petroleum jelly (just a small amount) on the fake tattoo skin for practice. Before applying pigment. This will help it wipe away. Do not run your machine in the ink cap to draw in pigment. Just dip w/o running it. Then you will not have so much “drool” of ink on the skin.

I dont see the image? Did you post it? or is it just me.