Ramenuzumaki

Personally I’d go a tad darker, and then solid fill the letters. It’ll make it look much better. It’s hard to tell from the pic as it is kind of blurry and theres some noise but your line work looks pretty good for your third tattoo. It’s hard to really tell much with these pics. Hopefully he didnt have his arms out all day, and only had them out…[Read more]

yeah definitely. Other than the placement it looks really good for a self foot tattoo :3
feet are no joke D:

definitely not I was just curious. for smaller stuff like that I usually use Round shaders too, but if you wanted a more faded edge then a solid line maybe try a 5M1

hard to really tell with the pics being so small.

the only real comment i have is for the foot tattoo. it looks good, and i do have experience tattooing my own food so I know how hard it is. the only thing is the placement that bothers me. the side of your feet have a different type of skin from the top. it is a lot tougher, because it rubs on a lot of stuff, and you shed you skin a lot more…[Read more]

Normally when I do shading I just kiss the skin, and I do a whipping motion. it makes a really smooth and nice gradient.
doing the style of shadow you did though you did a pretty good job.

were you using a round shader?

apparently i never replied to this thread. I thought I did D:
Sorry Angie

Welcome :D

Welcome bro :3
If i could afford to fly out there id be there in a heartbeat XD

what inks are you using?

It could be your technique. Make sure you go in at a 45* angle, and do small slow circles. You also need to make sure your machine is tuned properly, and your power supply is set to the proper voltage. Your power supply doesnt necessarily affect the speed. It affects the power of the machine. If it’s too low the needles…[Read more]

@Infamous wrote:

You can make a crappy cheap machine work fantastic if its the right type of metal and you replace the junk parts with good stuff.

When I was first starting, I was told that all these kits were junk, so I went out and researched what the best materials were and found cheap Hand-made machines made out of quality stuff. My first…

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the thing about dynamic is im pretty sure it is a tribal black. tribal blacks do not have an undertone. Kuro Sumi blacks have a slight blue undertone. Because of this even their outlining ink can be used to make some pretty decent greys :3

I’d say try dynamic for your solid fills, and maybe your outlines too, and use Kuro Sumi for shading.

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great work :3

I have a review of the powersupply on http://www.tattooradar.com
you can check out to see if there are any differences in the pictures
if you want more pics i can take some of my Power supply

i didnt know there were fakes out there until the other day
my buddy brought a machine over to trade and i was running it at 4V no load. He said he runs it at…[Read more]

check out http://www.tattoomachineequipment.com
they have good kits at decent prices. The ones with the Hildbrant machines are the ones i recommend

Oh kewl :3
Either way would have been fine i was just curious haha

my thing about it is your skin rip looks too much like ripping paper. you want it to look a little more fleshy.

here are a few good examples I had found
http://www.bitrebels.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/Best-Horrifically-Cool-3D-Tattoos-13.jpg

http://www.bitrebels.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/Best-Horrifically-Cool-3D-Tattoos-10.jpg

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@angie: Cant wait!

@scotti: yeah thats whats awesome about tattooing. there is really a plethora of “right” ways of doing it. its really personal preference. Not long ago I had 11 machines haha

Welcome :3
and yes check out the how to practice area :3
it’s become quite popular XD

Looks good. Was this just simply a test on bloodlining?

I am in no way knocking the tattoo. I’m not trying to be a dick, or otherwise rude, or anything. I just think people saying that something is awesome, or flawless, or amazing doesn’t help people grow. I was simply giving my opinion based on my experience as a black and grey artist. :3 It’s a great tattoo, and the technique is good. Just to me it…[Read more]