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really looks great. I love the stockings and the hatching to give them texture.

Quality vs. Quantity?

This isn’t a real active forum but the participation is better than I’ve seen on most forums in terms of staying on topic. Usually you have to sift through 20 pounds of bullshit to find something worth reading…this one just lacks the fertilizer.

@Tarantula wrote:

Dab with an alchohol soaked kitchen towel… then when he’s finished screaming ask him if he’d prefer you to go back to wiping.

:lol: :lol: :lol:

that was funny!!!

I just use anti-bacterial soap and I’m not afraid to saturate a paper towel. One drag over top lightly gets things back to where they need to be pretty quick. At…[Read more]

tell your buddy to man up. :)

or try to not be so aggressive. I wipe, dabbing just doesn’t clean, it spreads.

big honkin’ mag :)

The new skin and ink magazine covers this very subject. good read.

Mark

I had some pretty good scabs when I used rounds. I blamed the rounds. A few tattoos later I fixed things like needle depth and how hard my machine was hitting…my stuff is healing in 4-7 days now and scabs just are not happening.

I love my Mario Barth videos. He was covering this in one of his on a no-line portrait he did. He mentioned the old world way of thinking was always light to dark. He followed it with saying that it just doesn’t make sense since you can’t make things lighter really, but you can always add darkness. He would lay down his lightest tones, then…[Read more]

@leopardprints67 wrote:

Maaaaybe:-)

:) Better to have someone talented like you do it than me. My sugar skulls leave something to be desired. :)

The white just makes it. What an added dimension. Great stuff, Viper..

Mark

wow…looks great.

LOL…tattooing the butchering points on pig belly. It’s wrong…but funny. And yes, washes look good. What needle grouping are you using?

how did everyone find this place? I got “the book” with a kit and ended up here. I honestly would have never thought to look for a forum for wanna-be tattooists. I don’t mean that as a negative…we’re just folks that are not in shops.

I’m glad I found it, though. I’ve actually learned a lot here. When you get so many people who are making, or…[Read more]

foot switches have an “open” circuit. When you step on the peddle you close the circuit, and power can make it to your machine. What’s happening is your switch is stuck, somehow, in the closed position. (foot down)

You’ll need to open it up and see what’s going on. Probably a wire broke and has dropped to complete the circuit without you…[Read more]

Mario Barth video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_qoRvnnEu8w

watch this video…great information on blending colors.

@leopardprints67 wrote:

@LouieThaXIII wrote:

Ive had this idea for a virgin mary for a long time but never cld get it right finally got it the way i wanted it had a lot of fun sketching it srry the pic is so shitty took it with my phone used some walmart brand color pencils and some Box marking pencils from my old job

GREAT concept. I’m a huge fan…

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I got it from amazon, I had some gift card money to play with so I went on a shopping spree.

http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00579888K

Everything bad I have heard about Scream is from forums in 2006. I’ve heard they have reformulated since. if you look up any ink supplier you’ll find more negative than positive. Tell one guy about good…[Read more]

I’m guessing counterfeit or old. I just paid 11.99 after shipping for an ounce of Intenze true black.

$41 or $50 for shipping from China. Why buy something from the U.S that is sent to China to get it shipped back to the U.S.?

you can still go pretty big, but the picture you upload has to be that big. I do everything as big as I can and when mine pop up they take half my 17″ monitor almost. Just make sure the dimensions you are loading are at the limit for what the site will take.

please don’t think I was knocking down the piece…I love it. I just think a focus on what can be done better is a good thing. It helps everyone grow. One thing I failed to mention is the white highlights you put in. I really think these are a game changer in tattoos.