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Pretty solid line work, make sure all the lines meet in a solid manner, good saturation in the colored areas, skin filled in solid but not overworked. I like em.

One more. right next to armpit inside of arm super soft skin, red one only.

@Loopi wrote:

Normally I use something that’s a bit tacky or dries a little sticky. I know in us they use some thing called green soap?? … I just get a bit of anti bacterial soap rub a dot on to the area til it dries dry and stick stencil on! …. since I last tattooed my self I. Have bought stencil stay … but the soap worked well just have to…

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@Jester Ink wrote:

Just throwing it out there. Why not go ahead with the scaling on the snake and shading on the skull?

I agree, to an extent, look for some examples. I think if you patch the scales in, not just full tilt scale the whole snake, and give it full color, you’ll come out with a very nice design.

Cant really get zoomed in on it, but it looks pretty good from here. Did you use white as a contrast in the hair? I couldn’t tell if it was the light source making it look that way. I’ve been obsessing on how to make some good textured realistic hair lately, as I want to try a portrait soon.

Thanks Mussie, I’ve been tattooing a little over a year now. The colors do seem muted, That was some crappy starbrite ink I had before I discovered intenze.

Pack that thing with color top to bottom, go old school with it, that a classic example of what a good oldschool tattoo should be.

Thanks, I wanted to add some more grey to the head, to cover those lines, but he wanted it just so. The wings are not symmetrical, though on purpose, as he is in midflight and at an angle.

@Viper65 wrote:

Well, I can see what it is, but cant comment or even give a honest critique with a picture like this…..can you get better up close pics for us to see?

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@Viper65 wrote:

Picture is a little small and out of focus, judging from what I can actually see it looks good. I would like to see larger pics of this if you can take some!

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When I first began tattooing I was taught to use dime for liner, nickel for shader and color. The more I studied and read though, the more I realized that while effective to an extent, there are better ways to go about it. The concept is using the air gap to basically control the speed of the needle for different applications. Eikon put out a…[Read more]