Ramenuzumaki

@Spider wrote:

I gotta say, bagging or not bagging, it is a good question. Sometimes I do sometimes I don’t. And I am not the only one. If you image search you will see that even the best of the best sometimes do and sometimes don’t, clip cord bag is ALWAYS on but bagged machine is not. IMO the difference being that it just gives you a little extra…

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that’s actually very too experience to have :3
saves on a lot of cash
I use the magnetic base that comes with the HP-2, and it is pretty much impossible to knock off
it takes quite a lot of effort for me to take it off when I need to clean my station haha
i could hit it and it wouldnt budge :3

where are you located?

@robroy289 wrote:

@Nightliner wrote:

I get a lot of sh*t from some people when I tell them I don’t bag my machines, but IMO, bagging the machines just contaminates them more, and I clean them after evey tattoo anyway so what’s the point? 80% of the shops I’ve been in don’t, and most of the tattoo shows don’t either. I do however bag the clip cord…

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I have a hurricane, and have been using it for over a year without any faults at all.
I love it, and would never go back. I can have three liner and three shader presets, and it has a stop watch and stuff. I wrote a review for it at http://www.tattooradar.com :3

If I have a cut or something I wont tattoo. I don’t wear a mask, and ive never seen anyone wear one. I’m nto saying its right, or wrong to wear one I’ve just never seen anyone do it. As far as my inks I have a toolbox on the left of my chair that opens up like one of those tool things that mechanics use with shelves like ti as well. It’s not like…[Read more]

yeah some people just get side tracked or really busy or just life happens :D
keep checking in
i havent been on much in the last like 6 or 7 months for some life stuff
but i used to check the forum twice a day or so :3

yeah ill fix that. its supposed to be 12 1 2 haha

EDIT:
Fixed

@NDM1973 wrote:

@Ramenuzumaki wrote:

im not sure sorry D:
I use a regular office fax machine :P

Serious?

How does that work?

first you print your design backwards. this is because you will be printing on the back of the stencil sheet not the front like normal
then you take your stencil sheet and cut it to the size of your design
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welcome to the forum
hope to see you nice and active, and post direct links to some of your art :)

Welcome :)

My shader runs at 51% duty, and I used weaved mags :)
Curved mags are arguably better since they are curved and shape to the skin better, and you can use them on angles and such. i am just used to my weaved mags so i stick to what works :)

@Spider wrote:

Update and hint at what NOT to do. The apprentice I had, stress HAD, decided that he couldn’t handle a full time job, paying bills and learning to ink, he dropped out. After 2 weeks he finally gets around to texting me and not even a phone call to say tat he can’t afford to bring back the things I let him use as an apprentice. I snap…

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I usually set up a few cups for my work. I also use Kuro Sumi outlining ink.

Cup 1: 100% ink
Cup 2: 50% ink, 2 drops of witch hazel, distilled water
Cup 3: 25% Ink, 3 drops of witch hazel, distilled water
Cup 4: 4 drops of ink, 4 drops of witch hazel, distilled water

You could also use your intenze shading solution instead of witch hazel :)

Then i see it’s not inspired by Sailor Jerry its copied from Sailor Jerry :P

Your eagle and dagger look more new school than traditional. Traditional designs are very specific with how they are drawn. They arent warped, or curved, or exaggerated in any way.

notice the difference between this eagle and yours?

http://s1.hubimg.com/u/621128_f520.jpg

yours looks more cartoony than this one

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A nice big piece JJ! :)
Looks pretty good. I think the big issue with the Melon is it doesnt “heal” like normal skin. A lot of the times your lighter shades will actually go in dark, and lighten as the tattoo heals. What are you using for your light shades? How much black? are you using Witch Hazel? Distilled water? :)

@Spider wrote:

I’d have to say that with the exception of just bad quality crappy ink, the ink you end up picking is as varied in some cases as the parts you use. Just because some people “swear” by one brand or another doesn’t mean much. I hit an economical speedbump and at the same time had an issue with almost all my basic colors. I ended up…

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Welcome to the forum! Hope to see you nice and active :)

A fellow Viking~!
My roots are in Norway but I was born in Canada :)
Welcome to the forum. Cant wait to see some of your sketches!

PS: Your english is fine ! :D