Ramenuzumaki

My recommendation is Honeydew Melons. They are in my opinion the best alternative to human skin. Practice skin is also very difficult to stretch, and doesnt resemble tattooing human skin at all. Honeydew Melon has the closest resemblance to human skin in the fruit world. It’s very good to practice with.

WElcome to the forum. Hope to see you…[Read more]

Welcome tot he forum :)
hope to see you nice and active, and see some art :D

From what I’ve read it seems it’s a skin cleanser and antiseptic. however I’m not sure how it would work with open wounds during a tattoo. i didnt find any references to it being used during the tattoo process.

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A rule of thumb is a tattoo artist doesn’t want to hire an apprentice that has already tattooed from home
Tattoo artists don’t like to work, and breaking any bad habits you have along with reteaching you everything is a lot of work

your best bet is to make a really solid art portfolio of really high quality drawings, and pictures of any other art…[Read more]

I actually made a similar page not long ago

https://www.facebook.com/RebellINK?fref=ts

lookin good
i see you like the new school style :)

that’s a super rad sketch :)

I only use Hildbrant needles, and grips :)

the issues I’m having with it are the excessive use of exclaimation points. IE: “!!!!!”
It just seems unnecessary, and unprofessional
as well as the page on what you use. you should have a section for just the studio. pics of the studio, machines, disposable needles, etc
and your whole website is put off by the part with Mags in it. its OUTSIDE…[Read more]

Welcome
Glad to have you ehre
hope to see some of your art :D

welcome
next time make a new thread instead of piggy backing on someone else’s

well in that case! :D

My dream has always been to tattoo at some point in Japan, and/or Australia. I’ve always been a huge fan of both countries since I was very young. That and Australian accents are super hawtness :)

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Next time say np girl or chick or ma’am or something. Haha

oops my mad! haha i dont remember you posting your gender, so I just assumed! Sorries! :)

+1 to what rob said. Hildbrant’s spartan is a really solid and rad power

http://www.tattoomachineequipment.com/hildbrandt-tattoo-machine-power-supply-pw11

it also comes in yellow…[Read more]

Intenze Zuper Black is tribal ink
it doesnt have any undertone
My ex girlfriend has many tattoos–including solid black leopard prints–and they are still blacker than black
you were probably using fake ink
my father also got his first tattoos using the Zuper I have ( I normally used Alla Prima)
and they are still solid black

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haha np man just glad I could be of assistance

no problem
there are other people around that help, but a lot of them are super busy. I usually make time to check the forum a couple times a day

the guy who runs the site has like 30 other projects on the go so he doesnt get a lot of time to check on the forums, and stuff. plus he travels a lot

one of the global mods recently opened his own…[Read more]

I’ve heard some good things. I mainly use Hildbrant as I like their prices, and they do not have a minimum order size like a lot of places do. I can go in, and order a 4$ armature bar and have that be the extent of my order. :)

I havent heard any good things about skin candy personally. check out http://www.tattoomachineequipment.com they have very reasonable prices
you can get 3 bottles of Kurosumi 6oz for 45$ if i remember correctly

pretty much. Hildbrant has the best bang for your buck in my opinion. Their machines are manufactured at their facility, and they use their own parts and such so they are pretty inexpensive, and a lot of professional artists swear by them.

i made the same mistake you did
i bought a kit off of ebay then ended up spending hundreds of dollars…[Read more]

Yep :)
My specialties are Old School Traditional, and Japanese :D