tat2theEarth

For black ink im pretty fixed on kuro sumi.. i went and got my collarbones tattooed and he used kuro sumi black outlining ink and its been a few months its still as black as the day i got it. They have a 3 pack of 6 oz bottles with black, greywash, and soft grey inks too that cost about 45 for the set, so u dont have to make your own wash. I use…[Read more]

It definitely does hurt like hell going through scar tissue.. i pierced my own nipple in high school (not smart, but whats done is done) and it migrated a little twards the front. I went to a proffessional and treated myself to an 18th birthday piercing session 3 years later and got them both pierced vertically. The one i did myself i still wore,…[Read more]

The lettering on the memorial was done in his handwriting i told him to let me fancy it up n make it a lil neater but he wanted it to stay the same.. i respected his choice but i agree with you it could have been better

Are you putting a slight bend in your needle bar? Only time i ever had this problem is when i didnt bend my needle bar and the tension from my rubber bands held the bar against the tube, making it bog down… u need a slight bed in the bar to compensate for rubber band tension.

Nice and simple but not too simple. Solid color and smooth.. nice work.. mo critique other than maybe a shadow behind it to make it pop off the skin? Good work

I used a 9 rl and 11rs on the last name, 5rl and 7m1 on both the cross and memorial.. starbrite colors and my own wash with startbrite tribal black. 1 drop ink into an ink cap of water

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Thanks i will consider that for the next one i havent tried using curved mags yet i did this with a 7 rl and 7 rs.. usually i use round shaders and mags but hear alot of good things about curved mags as well..

Yeah thats one little trick to keep customers happy and returning when i do a tattoo and its right near an old one or involved with it i do a simple touch up for free.. another thing about doing that is it makes your work more attractive if older ones integrated with it look good too

This is a nice clean piece.. i see nothing you did wrong, but the only thing i see that could make it better is highlights and color, and touchup on the name to darken it and bring it back to life. Maybe a shadow behind the letters. Nice tat tho.

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This one was trick.. she is a larger woman and the skin was very soft. There was a black outline with black daisy looking flowers.. went for a “”painted on” look hence the faded look and faint linework on the flowers.. constantly stretching the skin where it folded together was a pain..

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Here it is on my facebook page

http://www.facebook.com/#!/photo.php?fbid=137374489729815&id=100003717938907&set=a.103698939764037.4718.100003717938907&ref=bookmark&__user=100003717938907

No there is a size limit to what you can post on this site.. only suggestion is to maybe click the pic and try to zoom in. Idk if it will compromise the quality. I took the pic with my 8mp bionic phone camera so it might

Yeah i do agree. I have to work on my highlighting skills, hopefully with better ink i can make white stick better, the junk i have is super thick and wont even stay after thinning it..

Yeah same here im never happy enough with what i come up with.. but im thinking i want to get better at them and get one tattooed on me soon.. ive been trying my hand at sailor jerry/ ed hardy type flash but its just not my style.

That looks good.. im really starting to like the traditiinal style tattoos.. are u good at drawing sweet sugar skulls?

Looks pretty good so far man. Some shine in the letters would have been really sweet