Ronnie Sockey

Very cool! Keep it up!

Sorry! I am working on getting videos up for tattoo tutorials. I have literally hundreds of hours of footage I am trying to edit. SO I ADMIT to neglecting the forum. Also, google penalized us pretty bad for being offline for so long, but the site is getting major upgrades and will come back!

I don’t watch TV much, so I can’t really comment. I say – look around your home town. Plenty of artists tattooing near you that are just as good or better than the people on T.V. – and some of the judges say some retarded stuff on those shows (from the little I have seen on YouTube clips)

Not horrible, but you should start SMALL. I know you want to do big impressive stuff. Start with tattoo FLASH, and SMALL small, S M A L L !!!

i don’t see the link to your work – did it drop out?

1) How much stress should there be with the rubber band in place holding the needle? Ive played around with different variations but would like a concrete answer. If its too tight the machine gets stuck. I want to find the right tension for this.

ANSWER: This is something you have to feel. If you use standard black bands – they should “by…[Read more]

Check out http://store.truetubes.com/ these seem to be really ncie for some artists. Worth the extra $1 or so.

The configuration of the tattoo machines can vary by the artist. Some people like short stroke for shader, some like long stroke. I believe it is more of a combination of the stroke and the flex, but it also depends on how you tattoo. Some artists will rely on the needle grazing the skin, while others will rely on pressure and the front spring’s…[Read more]

I will have to dig a bit to see if I can find tattoo reference on this!

http://www.MyTattooSchool.com is a side project, let me know if anyone is interested in it though!

http://mytattooschool.com/join-my-tattoo-school/

Thanks! Still working on it though!