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Lesson 1: Introduction, and Fundamentals

This is the first lesson. This is mainly a test to see each of your drawing abilities. Any formal apprenticeship worth it’s salt starts with some drawing. Without the ability to draw you cannot be a tattoo artist. Unless of course you want to be a copy/flash artist for your entire career. This wouldn’t…[Read more]

Awesome a fellow swordsman :3
I teach Kenjutsu, Iaido, and my own MArtial Arts I’ve been developing for years. :D
I guess tattooing is common practice between swordsman ;)

I recently ordered four of them. I should have them in on Monday, and I’ll have some first hand information for ya.

Yes she did fall in love with a priest. It’s from a famous Nō play. She became a Hannya and would kill unfaithful men.

Your first post looks like its from Wikipedia which is easily editted, and altered. not very accurate. colleges and universities wont even accept wikipedia as a resource during projects.

I’ve been studying Japanese, and the…[Read more]

Start the subject of what? haha

Btw got an email from my boss. We now have a “How to Practice” Category.
I’ll get the first lesson posted and ready either tonight or tomorrow.
Look forward to it!

an Oni is actually an Ogre not a demon ;)

@Infamous wrote:

Don’t you dare call yourself that, scratcher is a term which I use exclusively to define people who have a tattoo “gun” (thats what they call it) who give out bad tattoos, are not clean, and have no working knowledge of the proper methods, nor a desire to learn the correct way. You, being on this forum, actively in pursuit of all…

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looks good dude
how long did it take you do do that colouring?
also thats a Hannya not an Oni :3

I would have either used the same pink i coloured with, or a darker pink for the outline on that
i have the same thing on my foot that I did myself
its pretty much the exact same design haha. :3
that looks rad though dude

she looks really red. have you tried adding witch hazel and/or bactine to your wash solution? it will help a lot with swelling and redness

the thing about celtic designs is the knots are normally left white :3

there is actually a DVD and a book your can purchase at http://www.tattoobooksonline.com :3
as far as rotary VS coil I personally prefer coils as you can alter, and customize them to suit you
your problem is probably crappy chinese machines
buying off of ebay is really never a good idea

if money is not an option then i recommend this…[Read more]

A bloodline is simply a cut on the skin. You need to be VERY careful with blood lines as they are exactly that: lines of blood. You dont even need water. You simply use just your needle without ink. HOWEVER! Be sure you can finish the piece. Your bloodlines are gone if you need more than one session. Also as i said you need to be careful as to not…[Read more]

As I mentioned before I dont think there are any “Sticky” posts unless only the admin can actually do them. I am a Global Mod, and am unable to sticky posts. I’m pretty sure Canvas would back this as well. I work for Canvas, so I’ll email him about the whole “sticky” situation. Either tonight, or tomorrow I’ll start a new topic, and get this ball…[Read more]

I’m glad we got someone elses imput in here :3
It seems that there arent sticky topics on this forum. I’m a global mod and I can neither sticky this topic, nor create a new sticky topic

looks good dude
you can always use coins or stencils to make circles :3
you can get plastic circle stencils from the dollar store

This is true. However, how many people would actually go out of their way to educate themselves prior to doing these lessons? Most would just avoid it all together since technically it isn’t mandatory.

I wouldn’t mind being a “teacher” for the lack of a better term. Grade the work done, and give out the lessons n such.

yeah i know what you mean.
i tried to get one but i was fired after two months for getting the flu lol

I’m behind this idea actually. We used to have art contests, so why not do this, right? Have an actual curriculum so-to-speak. However, I wouldn’t start with fruit. I would start with paper, then work up to fruit.

Draw 20 roses. draw 15 skulls. draw 30 lilies. etc. This way you get to practice your tattooing techniques before even wasting needles…[Read more]

as long as you’re doing it right then have at it haha
:3

yeah i was looking around yesterday and i saw a kit with that book haha
why would you not have purchased the kit?