KitchenWizard

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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 :)

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Awesome work, dude, can’t wait to see how it progresses :)

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I can’t really add more than has been said above, but nice work, especially the script :)

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@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 done. there expectations are high on having it looking exactly as the other. It looks as if you did a fairly good job of staying with design layout but it does look like you had trouble with the solid fill and shaded areas. As you said you was afraid to stretch to much, but that is one of the main keys to getting those lines to go in straight and constant. I have seen alot of guys not stretch the skin properly on spots of the body where the skin seems to be already tight like the back, shoulder, calf or back of the neck and lines look horrible and can’t seem to get a solid fill. You will probably need to touch it up when it heals, but all in all it looks to be decent work… Hope this helps..

Thanks for the feedback :) Yeah, the solid filling wasn’t fun, but I think that was because I was using a lining needle rather than a shader… For the shaded areas, it was supposed to be pale/liney, as that was the ‘quality’ of the original tattoo :) I’ll be interested to see how it heals though, and then see what needs touching up :)

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@DannyBoy90 wrote:

The never had me use tape when making needles. all they had me do for hours was make lining needles then clean them and package them up for the autoclave.

How did you keep them lined up when grouping them together?

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The lines look really clean, and the colors are gorgeous :) If you were to re-work the color, I would only suggest making the lines of the color a bit more consistent to the exterior lines, but other than that, it’s spot on :)

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@TexasPT wrote:

Cool to be able to do a tribute like that. I’m doing a tree of life this week for a client whose mother passed recently.

Are you working off the needle or the tube? You have a lot of lines that seem real inconsistent. Not sure if it’s a depth issue that requires you to go back over them or if you are not stretching well enough. I have a knock-off rotary, too…paid all of $20 US for it but it lays down beautiful lines as long as your hand is moving at the right speed and you watch your depth. Those are some long lines to pull…but you’ve nailed some and not others.

Your black fill seems a bit chewed up as well. I’ve tried coloring and shading with my rotary a couple times and it seemed REAL easy to start tearing things up, even at minimal voltage.

It’s not a bad piece at all…but I’d politely request to have another go at the lines and see if you can smooth some stuff out. When the whole design is lines, and not colors/shading to pull the eye away it’s so important to nail them.

Hope this is received as it was intended.

Mark

Thanks, bro, totally received as intended :) I only work off the needle, as I’ve heard that riding the tube can cause too much ink smudging, and makes it impossible to know exactly where the needle tip is… I think the issue was not enough stretching (as I was worried about touching it too much and wiping away the stencil) as some of the ink just wouldn’t sit in. I might indeed ask how it heals up and suggest touching up some of the lines to improve the consistency :) Thanks for the feedback :)

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@DannyBoy90 wrote:

yeah it was great to learn. The people at the shop were amazing and my teacher was an incredible artist. It was just a shame that they were so greedy to exploit the shop for other means.

That is a shame, but I bet you’ll hit the ground running :) Even with what I’ve learned in the past couple of years, I’ve no idea about soldering a needle, other than using micropore tape to hold them in place before applying the bar :lol:

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I have always used vaseline, and never had a glove breakdown on me. However. Having done a piece on a friend who had a latex allergy a while back, I now only use the black nitrile gloves, as it saves the issues all round :)

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@robroy289 wrote:

An apprenticeship is good!! The only thing i can say is i started out just like everyone else in my living room of my house. I didn’t know anything about a apprenticeship until i found this site, and don’t remember how i even found this site!!! And that was after i had allready done a few tattoo’s. Then i went to a shop in my hometown where i had already gotten some ink done previously and asked about doing a apprenticeship, showed him some work that i had already done and he gave me a shot.. I thought i was doing well on my own and was looking to open my own shop but realized i had alot to learn. I look at it this way, (Learning To Drive) did i learn to drive a car by just sitting in the seat and take off? No, i watched my Uncle drive and listened to his instructions then got in,and drove in a little secure area until i was comfortable enough to drive with other cars around and it took awhile till i was good enough to get my license. You can learn to tattoo on your own but is it the right way? How would you know for sure unless you are instructed the right way? Why would take that chance with someone’s skin. Would you let someone operate on you’re heart without the proper training? I’m not saying it is impossible to do it , but i can say that it helped me and my artwork 100%. Im not getting on anyone so don’t freak out!! I was a scratcher to!!!

Reading strawmen like this really anger me. Tattooing isn’t major surgery, and the two should never be compared as an example as to why someone should be seeking an apprenticehsip… I see what you mean about the driving analogy, and indeed, someone can pick things up about tattooing by watching an artist (either through an apprenticeship, or by making a close observation of an artist doing a tattoo on them…) but it is quite possible for someone to learn through online studies, reading, and other sources :)

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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

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Deleting spam is fun :D

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That’s pretty cool if you learned needle-making in your apprenticeship, but good on you for standing up to any shady shenanigans at the studio :) There’s plenty of info out there to allow someone to be self-taught :)

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Good to see you back, bro 8-)

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@canvasyou wrote:

THE ONLY way to use metal is to use autoclave.
The health dept in iceland does not have same standards as USA.

Please use disposable tubes – its just easier and safer for everyone!

AHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA :lol: :lol:

In the past fortnight, I’ve been in two different UK studios, neither of which, had artists bagging clip cords or machines. From watching episodes of LA/Miami/NY Ink, I rarely saw bags being used, although I remember seeing clip covers being used in Inked. I remember reading online about someone who was cleaning up after a tattoo convention complaining that they weren’t issued gloves (which I thought was a bit disgusting that they hadn’t been) who was simply told “This isn’t California…” so I do wonder if some of the American standards are, shall we say, unnecessarily cautious? All these statistics on diseases etc, are pretty scary, and do point to the need to maintain scrupulous hygiene, but they also make a disturbing statement about the health of the nation… For the record, I use at least one pair of gloves while setting up my work station (maybe changing 2/3 times) then another pair of gloves while setting up my machine(s) (changing if necessary) then yet another pair of gloves to prepare the client and the stencil, and that’s before I even start tattooing… I bag clip cords and machine, use rubber barriers on the power pack’s adjustment, and ensure that any lights are turned on and positioned while setting up, so there is no need for me to adjust them while working. I use tin foil as a base for the equipment to go on. I use bio-hazard bags for the dirty tissues, and use a medical sharps bin for used needles. I use single use wooden tongue depressors for laying down petroleum jelly, and only ever use single use needles/ink caps/grips etc. I also use folded tissue on the armature bar instead of grommets. Everything gets sprayed with antiseptic during set up and while breaking down. I dare anyone to criticize my practices…

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