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Colours are bright and it’s pretty clean! Good work!

Good job. You were able to bring out the depth. Looks great.

Definitely!

I really saw that I shoulda used a much larger needle. It`s all part of the learning. I`m gonna clean up the lines and try and make sure the shading is clean and hopefully it will become a much ‘craftier’ tattoo :)

Haha, it would be something Id get someone else to do…likely a back or chest piece. Let me tell you, if I could contort myself in a way that would allow me to tattoo my own back, I’d be ON it! haha I never thought about finishing it really, it was just an idea sketch for tattoo possibilities. We’ll see what happens though!

I realized that I really need to take some time to sort out grey scale…and how much water to add each go to keep the scale consistent. That’s tough…my black areas are a little too black for what I wanted. Use better ink (brighter, higher quality). All in all though, I’m decently happy with the way it turned out…technique will always get…[Read more]

Agreed. Not to mention…if someone walks into a shop looking like they’ve walked out of a “Virus” style movie…send them to a fucking doctor, especially after the moron explained in detail what was done. I used to manage an extremely LARGE adult store for many years, and although my knowledge of the industry, viruses, products and the like were…[Read more]

@avie11 wrote:

ya some lines are just harder to put in because of position. but i guess it comes with time and practice. im currently looking for a shop to continue my apprenticeship and i dont know whether i should put in some tattoo work in my portfolio. ive read here that its not good to include it in.

I’d say that what works in your…[Read more]

Oh, it took me about an hour as well I’d say…maybe an hour and a half, likely due to having to sculpt my lines. That will be the other key thing to learn over time…quality, but with speed. :mrgreen: :mrgreen:

@cjmahone66 wrote:

what type of needles and ink? how long did it take you?

it looks like you used a smaller needle grouping and sculpted the lines. this is ok for some styles, but for something traditional like this i would use a thicker needle grouping and try to do each line with one solid pass. i know that is easier said than done, but it is…

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Agreed.Constantly expressing coddling fake niceties definitely stunts creative growth.

Thanks man, I appreciate the compliment!

Not to sound uppity, but I’ve never actually tattooed on practise skin…ok, Ive tried an got through 1 line, couldnt wipe the ink off and I didnt like that I couldnt feel what I was doing…I’ve only ever done work on myself or others and Ive only ever done maybe 10 pieces period…thankfully I have plenty of guinea pigs lined up, but there’s…[Read more]

Some great work! Good on ya!

@Johnny…”Step into a Slim Jim”