TexasPT

@TexasPT wrote:

I just looked at your deviantart stuff…nice. Rockabilly and Psychobilly? Man…I thought I was a dying breed. You guys are lucky to have three blue teardrops right in the area there.

Oh yeah, I’m a HUGE Rockabilly and Psychobilly fan. NUTS for the stuff. Nekromantix, Mad Sin, Southern Culture on the Skids, The Cramps, Tiger…[Read more]

@TexasPT wrote:

The face looks familiar. ;)

I like the idea, good stuff. Having seen your work I don’t think the shakes will be an issue when you go to clean it up.

Mark

AGAIN…thank you!

@TexasPT wrote:

That is AWESOME!!! When I was in high-school, long ago, in art we had to draw an egg and then create something around it. I drew about 1000 sperm coming at it from all angles. The teacher did no appreciate my ode to reproduction. :)

Some people! They just don’t get it, do they? Well, fuck ’em! I got a lot of raised eyebrows when I…[Read more]

@TexasPT wrote:

Great portrait. Let’s see some of your non-portrait work!

Oh, I got some comin’ up!

@TexasPT wrote:

Threw some flowers on my thigh today. Not going for anything but old school, no shading, broad line and color kind of thing. Got a new liner yesterday and figured I needed to try it out.

Mark

nice job bro!

@TexasPT wrote:

I’d tell him to fuck off…but that’s just me. (this could be one reason why I have no desire to seek an apprenticeship)

Mark

YUP! :D

@TexasPT wrote:

your body, your tattoo.

If you are concerned about reactions…hide it. If you think you’ll regret it…get a SMALL one first. Better to regret a little something than a giant dragon on your forearm. :)

A small regret VS a big one :D hehe yeah. Then again I couldn’t make my mind on 1 tattoo, now figuring out 2 tattoos…. could…[Read more]

@TexasPT wrote:

LMAO…I’ve got two kids from hugs like that!! :o

*ROFLMAO* Point taken!

@TexasPT wrote:

Looks nice, Lysa.

Still some room for improvement but I’m doing better than I did before. Thanks!

@TexasPT wrote:

Love sugar skull stuff!!!

Me, too. If worse comes to worse, I do have room on my thigh for one, but HATE working upside down when doing portraits. It really messes up my perspectives.

@TexasPT wrote:

It’s pretty…not sure I’d put a koi f’n a geisha on my body though…kinda beastiality-ish…not my thing. :shock:

That said…the piece looks nice. I think there is room for improvement on shading and color blending. You want it to be smooth. I like how you did the hair on the woman. (and she looks to be having a good time)…

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Just going to reply to one. :) I like the work. People who can draw people always amaze me.

Thanks. I do colored pencil, charcoal and I can do paint but I don’t really like it. Honestly graphite is my favorite non-skin medium.

Lysa

@TexasPT wrote:

Welcome, Lysa. This is a pretty helpful site when people show up. Good luck.

Mark

I hope so, Mark. Thanks for the welcome. I’m hopeful I can get at least some information and some help here.

Lysa

@TexasPT wrote:

I can’t wait to see this one come to fruition. Flower on the nipple is gonna HURT!!! :shock:

E told me she has a high pain threshold, and wanted boob coverage as well, we’ll just have to see how she takes it when the time comes :D

@TexasPT wrote:

Off to a good start!

Thanks, bro, I’ve got high hopes for this project, as it’ll be a really good learning experience, and of course, an awesome opportunity artistically speaking :)

@TexasPT wrote:

It took a day for things to settle in. I think this one shows off the colors much better than the first picture.

Mark

That really does look great :) Nice work indeed :)

@TexasPT wrote:

That is about what I got out of my reading too. Yesterday I took apart the shading machine and replaced the long .18g front spring with a shorter .20 spring. I was able to run it a bit faster but the hit stayed soft and I kept a short throw to smooth stuff out. I decided to rework the bird on my thigh because it came out very light…

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I know it covers it in the book…but maybe I’m unclear.

My liner has a “notch” where the front binding screw goes. I actually run the front binding post about half-way between the left and right side of the hole. I also run a short “liner” spring…wouldn’t this be considered cutback?

To get a shader as a cutback would you just…

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@TexasPT wrote:

It probably took about an hour and a half…give or take. Finished the lily quickly but then she wanted to add swirls. Took us a while to come up with swirls she liked so we drew…erased…drew…erased. :)

Good practice for sure and another great area for me to work on more. Lining it my biggest challenge when the lines are over…

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@TexasPT wrote:

less than 11 volts

I can usually get a machine running solid at 3-4 volts w/ Pulse power supply. Most artists like the 6 volt range, so thats where I try to build. But I have found that the less volts used the cooler the machine runs – so I try to tune in the 3-4 volts range. I hear some guys say they run around 8-9 volts.
There is…[Read more]