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She claimed to be tattooing a long time.. said she worked in a shop for years til dhe got her mursing degree.. she did it for free and i told him if dhe ever wants to tattoo again he should charge her lol..

Thanks.. i did the original in 9th grade with a homemade machine.. i can see a big difference in using professional equipment and being 11 years older lol..

My little adjustment

Glad i can upload now.

For those of you who couldnt view the facebook link

I can upload now:) so no more facebook links.. so please whoever could not see them before check out all my posts im editing all of them

Thats nice man i like how you got those colors to pop. Looks like a few little holidays in the lines on the top.. easily fixed tho all in all a good job man keep it up..check out my work if u get a chance any feedback would be appreciated

I like my liner to hit fast n fairly hard.. short strokes and i start at zero on my power supply and go up til my armature bar hits the coil then go another full volt.. shader i use just a hair bigger than a nickel gap and turn the voltage up until the armature bar hits an go a hair lower til it just hits when running.. same setup for color…[Read more]

Its all said n done

Ok cool. I got 17 colors coming so ill get to experiment a lil. If there tgat good ill get bigger ones than 1/2 oz.

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I have a kit that i got off ebay and i looked at ALOT of them before going with these.. ultimately the power supply is awesome and all the cords and footswitch works great.. the ink sucks but it does come with some useful stuff.. like disposable tips and 50 assorred needles a decent case and some steel tips n practice skin.. things ive had to buy…[Read more]

I just ordered a set of starbrite ink and it comes with 2 bottles of nlack, true black and tribal black.. has anyone used these before? Are they any good or should i just hold on to them for practice and get intenze black?

Thanks.. the color didnt go in as bold as i would have liked it to. Used shitty ink but i have some starbrite on the way hope it helps. I used a 9rl for the lining and a 5m1 for shading..

If you want to showcase line drawings use linework as yhe shading. By crosshatching or dotting. If u have black and white drawings, put some shades in it to add depth as well as some shadows to show more than 2 dimesions. Highlights are also very useful in giving shine to your work’ though its a little hard on white paper. I use the paper itself…[Read more]

Seems like a few of those arent finished yet, which is a no-no when showcasing your work.. you want to show that you are committed and by leaving a piece unfinished at not at presentation-condition, it shows that you either gave up cause it was too hard or got bored, neither of which you can ever do when tattoing, so i would work hard at making…[Read more]

Got tge shading in tonight

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Sorry. Just fixed the links let me know if they work

Thanks for the advise guys u will take all into consideeation. I havent used mags yet but plan to with my next piece of practice skin.. will let u know if i do any better. Once again thanks a ton

One thing u should check is how tight ur conract screw is tightened..my first time running my machine i forgot ro righten the screw down and it did exactly what u are describing. Might not be the same issue but digured its worth a shot.