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I prefer the Hurricane HP-2/HP-3 over the CX-2/CX-3 personally. they are just designed much better, and work a lot smoother in my opinion

I actually just recently got a Danny Fowler Flatline liner lmao

The stingray is basically a beefed up Firefly. It’s your run of the mill linear action rotary machine. At 850$ i wouldnt buy it. Rotaries are rotaries, and that simple design linear action really isnt worth the price they are charging. If you’re going to shell out htat kind of money get a Cheyenne Hawk Thunder or Spirit. They use a special…[Read more]

oh wow that turned out great!
i like how you shaded the blocks
they actually look like they have dimension :3

welcome :3

woah! great work on allfour of these pieces :3
i can draw traditional roses from my head but not realistic ones haha i need a reference for that!
i am really impressed. feel free to move onto lesson 2

not a problem :3
anytime!
that’s what we’re here for :3

great work!
i really like the portrait style one.
the graphic style one is very unique :D

This kit here is probably your best bang for your buck
http://www.tattoomachineequipment.com/the-hildbrandt-professional-tattoo-kit-system

if you can afford it i recommend that. youll have an extra book though haha. it comes with a DVD but its not C.R. Jordan’s DVD so I cant say for sure what’s on it.

I have one of the machines that come with…[Read more]

btw by dude i totally meant Dudette :P

very good “out of the box” machines are the Hildbrant brand machines from http://www.tattoomachineequipment.com i currently have four in my shop and i intend to get the entire set of eight.

as Len said many people tweak things so they work one way, or the other, but those are things you learn as you get more experience. Hildbrant machines dont require…[Read more]

i had a friend who lived in Denmark that was going to teach me Danish but we had a falling out so i didnt get to learn anything D:

looks good dude :3
three more :D

haha i forgot to take a before pic again XD
it was a skull that was facing the wrong way
im going to creep his facebook n see if i can find a pic of the before

Work since the move:

yet another cover up on the inner calf
https://fbcdn-sphotos-c-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-prn2/970683_497024667039642_1006158640_n.jpg

infinity symbol on my sister’s foot
https://fbcdn-sphotos-e-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-prn1/533997_497024857039623_924001712_n.jpg

buffalo on my dad’s…[Read more]

not sure but my teacher always specified it was one not the other so maybe?

i took spanish in High School. I dont remember if it was mexico spanish, or spain spanish though D:

many people have shops in their homes. i have a shop at my place, and so do two of my friends. in canada-other than Toronto-there is no license for tattooing. as long as you pass a health inspection you can tattoo all you like.

For ontario we have a few rules that I can think of off the top of my head:
Trash can with a lid that is food…[Read more]

as ive mentioned to a few people already you could make it easier to keep track of your progress, and reduce the amount of threads by making one thread and posting ALL your art in it :3

i really like the bible page!
as Len I am not a big tribal person, so I cant really comment on it haha. looks good though :3

I agree script is a pain in the butt
i hate it lol
mainly because the beginning of my career was nothing but script haha
its really good for not having a stencil so i wont comment on the letters not being lined up
your gradient is pretty decent! :D