KitchenWizard

@Vickyniki wrote:

Hi guy, another stupid question here for the masters.

I usually move my hand fast while lining a tattoo but seems to me that before arriving to the end of the line It gets short of ink. The line seems thiner at the end of it, but it looks clean and nicely steady. If I slow down my speed line aren’t that great. So, I read about…

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@xDreamerx wrote:

Working on moving clients and stretchy skin all comes with experience. You will learn to maneuver around skin that is very stretchy.

I mostly see this kind of skin on more healthier size men and women. Especially in their inner arm and stomach area. What I suggest or what I do is I make sure the stretched skin I’m working on…

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@xDreamerx wrote:

Thanks for sharing Kitchen.

I would suggest doing smaller tattoo’s and do them in a big way. I can tell your ambitious about art. Sometimes slower is better….and when is say “slower” I dont literally mean by speed….but by quality and control. Take a small piece and really analyze and focus on quality and clean line work and…

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@TexasPT wrote:

That is about what I got out of my reading too. Yesterday I took apart the shading machine and replaced the long .18g front spring with a shorter .20 spring. I was able to run it a bit faster but the hit stayed soft and I kept a short throw to smooth stuff out. I decided to rework the bird on my thigh because it came out very light…

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Practice skin is the skin between your knee and hip ;)

@TexasPT wrote:

I know it covers it in the book…but maybe I’m unclear.

My liner has a “notch” where the front binding screw goes. I actually run the front binding post about half-way between the left and right side of the hole. I also run a short “liner” spring…wouldn’t this be considered cutback?

To get a shader as a cutback would you just…

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@TexasPT wrote:

It probably took about an hour and a half…give or take. Finished the lily quickly but then she wanted to add swirls. Took us a while to come up with swirls she liked so we drew…erased…drew…erased. :)

Good practice for sure and another great area for me to work on more. Lining it my biggest challenge when the lines are over…

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The lily looks fantastic, but the swirls and starts could definitely do with a little ‘tightening’… Looking good though, how long did it take to do?

@futurewilson wrote:

@Kitchen-Yeah, I’m excited about it. Because the husband-to-be and I are gamers, we’re doing a Kingdom Hearts themed wedding. I’m having more fun planning this than I probably should. xD We aren’t making it to where people could dress up (because most of the attendies are family that don’t play games), but everything else is…

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Welcome to the party, and good luck with the wedding plans, I know what ‘fun’ that can be :D

That’s looking good, bro :)

@canvasyou wrote:

@Viper65 wrote:

When you work / live in a tattoo shop – you get dozens of shitty tattoos from your friends all day long – because they want to try new stuff out. You help each other progress – and you know that in the future the fuck ups can be corrected – but pretty soon you have less and less bad tattoos.
The funny thing about…

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@Viper65 wrote:

Mark..thanks bro. I hear you on some of the Mistakes, Ive damn sure made the same ones myself….A FEW TIMES.. :lol: :lol:
I also strip the machine down to the frame and am not afraid to “Experiment” with different setting and springs to achieve different results. Its alot easier when you have that hog ear to practice on as well.…

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@Viper65 wrote:

@KitchenWizard wrote:

@Viper65 wrote:

I agree 1000%…..and actually, I would like to make a few “suggestions” to some of these Professional shops. :twisted:

I hear you, amigo, I’ve been on the receiving end of some shoddy work from studios, and had an artist put their own spin on a design my wife wanted without her permission… I…

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@Viper65 wrote:

I agree 1000%…..and actually, I would like to make a few “suggestions” to some of these Professional shops. :twisted:

I hear you, amigo, I’ve been on the receiving end of some shoddy work from studios, and had an artist put their own spin on a design my wife wanted without her permission… I don’t think many are anything more…[Read more]

@Viper65 wrote:

I also, as crazy as this my sound am not interested in getting covered in tattoo’s just to become an apprentice or to “Ask Questions”. When i get a tattoo its because there is a reason behind it, not just to be able to build a report with the shop.

Precisely. Any work I have done is significant, none of it is random, and none of…[Read more]

@TexasPT wrote:

I actually rested my tattooing hand so I could use it to help stretch. Her back had a lot of give in some spots so it was a three point stretch. A couple times, when the machine bogged, I felt like jacking up the voltage or tightening the contact screw…I resisted urges and ink went in well with no needle points really.

As far as…

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@canvasyou wrote:

Your portfolio that you bring to the tattoo shop – when trying to become an apprentice – should not include tattoos. You should have a portfolio of art work. You should not have experience to become an apprentice.

It is not advised that you show your “scratcher” work to a professional shop.

Interesting perspective… A former…[Read more]

@TexasPT wrote:

@KitchenWizard wrote:

That’s looking good, bro, nice work :)

Thanks for the shader tips…it helped for sure.

No worries, glad to have been of help :) How did you find it? With regards depth/steadying the hand holding the machine, I just rest my hand on the client, same as I would rest my hand on a desk while writing, just…[Read more]

@canvasyou wrote:

Viper,
Most skilled professions require that the individual who wants to learn them goes to a vocational school. There are no real secrets in the tattoo industry any more. The information is available for sale in countless books and DVDs. You could consider these things tattoo secrets I guess. If you are an artist and you utilize…

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