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Curiosity. If it is you you are very attractive! :D

if you get a really good solid stencil i try to line one letter, then fill it in. this way you are doing the fill BEFORE the swelling has a chance to set in and it will hurt a lot less, and in my opinion take a lot less time. however, if you are worried about losing your stencil line the whole thing, then go back and colour it
most of my…[Read more]

off topic
is your avatars pictures of both of you?

looks like you’ve got a good head on your shoulders and some direction
Welcome to the forum i hope you learn a lot :3

I use a mix of Scholar and Sharpie markers, but i’d say the best would be a stencil scribe pen. they are pens but make the same style of stencil as a carbon sheet. then you spray it with some spray stuff and you’re good to go!

http://www.tattoomachineequipment.com/sterile-skin-scribe-tattoo-marker-pen

:3
there are others, but those are the ones…[Read more]

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

well we are not going anywhere anytime soon and totally understand about being picky on the shop thing. We do not tolerate drug use and so have had many qualified artist turn down the booth because we don’t want them coming to work high. As such is our industry unfortunately. Booth still open for the right person….

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