KitchenWizard

@KitchenWizard wrote:

Looking good :) My suggestion for the hair, would be to study how hair is done in traditional Japanese tattoos, and use that style to bolden and darken the hair :)

:) i do want to go and darken the hair but i was getting too sore lol and back was aching bending over doing my thigh. overall id like to darken the hair, pop a…[Read more]

@robroy289 wrote:

@KitchenWizard wrote:

I did this on my best friend last Monday with my £6 rotary machine. It’s a recreation of the tattoo he designed for his partner, who passed from breast cancer a few years back…

http://i141.photobucket.com/albums/r44/TreadstoneArt/DSCN4777.jpg

Man it is so hard to recreate a tattoo that someone else has…

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@KitchenWizard wrote:

I did this on my best friend last Monday with my £6 rotary machine. It’s a recreation of the tattoo he designed for his partner, who passed from breast cancer a few years back…

http://i141.photobucket.com/albums/r44/TreadstoneArt/DSCN4777.jpg

Man it is so hard to recreate a tattoo that someone else has done. there…[Read more]

@KitchenWizard wrote:

I’m going to say the reverse. Don’t practice on anything other than Human skin. You’re not going to be tattooing rubber mats or fruit, so why waste the time developing techniques and ‘a feel’ for applying them to mediums which feel totally different to Human skin… Practice skin is the skin between your knee and hip… The…

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@canvasyou wrote:

@KitchenWizard wrote:

if I ever needed any supplies which a wholesaler would only provide to a studio, rather than a home artist, that he would be happy to order them on my behalf.

Only supplies like that would be Machines and Power. Everything else you should be able to get – and check out world wide tattoo supply. they sell…

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@KitchenWizard wrote:

if I ever needed any supplies which a wholesaler would only provide to a studio, rather than a home artist, that he would be happy to order them on my behalf.

Only supplies like that would be Machines and Power. Everything else you should be able to get – and check out world wide tattoo supply. they sell decent machines,…[Read more]

@KitchenWizard wrote:

@gregtatts wrote:

il be looking in to them then dude just seen a nice rotary dragonly lol tempted :twisted:

The one I got off eBay was so cheap, that even if you don’t get on with it, or if it breaks, at that price, it’s pretty much disposable 8-) I haven’t been able to use mine much, some filigree on my brother in law (no…

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@hutongsa wrote:

@KitchenWizard wrote:

When you say ‘shade’, I am guessing that you mean a lighter application of color, rather than blending one color into another? If you mean lighter application, I would suggest watering down the colored ink as you would water down black to make greywash :) I find that my color packer acts very much like a…

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@KitchenWizard wrote:

When you say ‘shade’, I am guessing that you mean a lighter application of color, rather than blending one color into another? If you mean lighter application, I would suggest watering down the colored ink as you would water down black to make greywash :) I find that my color packer acts very much like a shading machine,…

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@leopardprints67 wrote:

@KitchenWizard wrote:

Your work is all fantastic :)

I got more but don’t want to flood the forums. And thank you again. You guys are really awesome

Flood away, the forum can get pretty quiet at times, so it’ll be good to see some fresh input :) Can’t believe I haven’t posted in a week or so, and so many new artists about :D

@KitchenWizard wrote:

Your work is all fantastic :)

I got more but don’t want to flood the forums. And thank you again. You guys are really awesome

@Viper65 wrote:

@KitchenWizard wrote:

@bobbylink wrote:

I haven’t done any color yet, so I would like to know when coloring should I use a shader or liner?

What do you think? The clue is in the name of the needle ;)

@bobbylink wrote:

Also I keep reading about a soft back spring can anyone explain? Thanx a million.

The spring which the armature bar…

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@KitchenWizard wrote:

@bobbylink wrote:

I haven’t done any color yet, so I would like to know when coloring should I use a shader or liner?

What do you think? The clue is in the name of the needle ;)

@bobbylink wrote:

Also I keep reading about a soft back spring can anyone explain? Thanx a million.

The spring which the armature bar is attached to…

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@KitchenWizard wrote:

@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…

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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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@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 don’t think…

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@Viper65 wrote:

@TexasPT wrote:

@KitchenWizard wrote:

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

Thanks for the shader tips…it helped for sure.

wheres that post, id love to read it…!!!!
thanks,
viper

Hey Viper, the main point of it was that it takes a little bit to trust a soft hitting machine that isn’t running fast. I had a habit of being…[Read more]

@KitchenWizard wrote:

@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…

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@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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@TexasPT wrote:

@KitchenWizard wrote:

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

Thanks for the shader tips…it helped for sure.

wheres that post, id love to read it…!!!!
thanks,
viper