robroy289

Welcome!

I do thank you for the advise. We are a small hick town and we aren’t trying to get famous we just want to spread the work to sling some ink. I will work on it but to the people in our town that knows us knows our humor and such. I should hire someone to do it causee i have no idea how to for a web site… Thanks….

@lsheffler wrote:

Okay so this question has nothing to do with my machine or power supply, so I’m looking for ink sets because right now I have crappy geijutsu, now I keep seeing this gray wash and soft gray wash, what’s the difference between that, or a lot of tattoo artists around my area will do black and dilute it with just water, which would…

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@lsheffler wrote:

I got my kit as a gift, let it sit for over a year without touching it and just recently got it out and started reading up on things and turning towards videos but I’m nowhere near getting an apprenticeship I live in a small town, with no help to turn to till I joined here. I have a kit that is already falling apart, okay my first…

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Thats all i was saying was the outer edges wasn’t as dark as a good outlining ink would do and it looks more charcoal black on the one behind the ear with a blue hue.. The rest of them looked really solid. Black is Black ink for the most part but Kuro Sumi outline ink, dynamic,Eternal, and regular Intenze outlining inks are the best. Intenze…[Read more]

nice.. Thanks

Nice!!!!

I think 24 or 22 .. But my question is how much difference is there between the 22 and 24 gauge performance wise???

@Ramenuzumaki wrote:

JEster I think what you need to do is just take a little break. take some YOU time. if you dont want to do a tat dont do it. tell them you are busy or something. you shouldnt do tats to shut people up, thats why you’re getting burnt out bro. you’re getting stressed over the tat and not wanting to do it means you cant enjoy it…

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@leena wrote:

A shader is will be set quick to get smooth shading and gradients, it will run faster than a color packer but slower than a liner, a color packer should run smoother and slower to get a clean even fill.

Exactly!! On my color packer i use 2 nickel air gap. You want the longest stroke possible cause color pigment is much thicker than…[Read more]

You have some really nice work!!! Very solid work.. I do see you are having trouble pulling those lines at the ends with those loops and they are coming out shaky!! I would guess you are using a 5rl on most of them if not then im wrong but my advise would be to use a 7rl cause it pulls a less shaky line or use a 5rl and a 5rs and slightly hit the…[Read more]

@Ramenuzumaki wrote:

i was told by Mario Barth to use 60% black 10% witch hazel 10% rose water 20% distilled water
change obviously depending on the darkness of your grey wash

as far as ONLY using witch hazel id say no. yes use it as it helps thin out the inks and such but id said using distilled water as your main form of dilution would be your…

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I agree!!! The way i started Was i knew kits where crap by reading different post ,and that black, red, blue, white, green, yellow and purple and brown where the main colors i needed and i did some research on inks and quality inks and went from there and researched different machines i ended up getting a couple hildibrant machines and Intenze…[Read more]

welcome

It looks like good line work but i don’t really like the black ink you are using, but it might be the computer screen..
Also my advise would be to stay away from ear, neck, throat tattoos until you really get the hang of everything and are comfortable with needle depth, speed of the machine and speed of your hand… Thats just my advise, but its…[Read more]

Welcome!!!

Welcome to the Fam…

Never tried them i just use a sharpy!!

I think but am not sure, its a line or triangle at the corner of the armature bar. I myself have never used this method. I was taught old school of dime thickness and from there bend the spring accordingly until it sounds and feels right.I hope this helps..

Dynamic black!! It is a great all around ink. Works well for lining and real good for tribal and heals dark!