Viper65

@Viper65 wrote:

bro…where i am at right now that is pretty much impossible…..my hobby is the gym but you can only do that for so many hours a day!!! LOL!!!

Back in Afghanistan? be safe!

Gym is my deal, too. Degenerative disc disease is keeping me sidelined a bit lately though. Even when I was good to lift heavy I rarely went over an…[Read more]

@Viper65 wrote:

your a better man that me bro…hang in there. 8-)

thanks buddy, i refuse to be a statistic. Hopefully some of this can help someone else. ill keep the board updated. cheers!

@Viper65 wrote:

I got this one set up for shading. Its a heavy weight machine with a ton of power, you wont bog this down anytime soon pushing those large mags and what not. Its basically the same as the light weight sniper model with a larger moter. The one thing i did notice with this due to the larger motor is that you will need to tighten up…

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@Viper65 wrote:

Wheres everybody at around this place????? Its like a damn ghost town!!!!! :o

Hey, I’m posting as fast as I can here! LOL

@Viper65 wrote:

Thanks guys…I do have an art background (extensive) so im familiar with the whole mixing process and what colors do to each other and the effect one will have on another. Tattooing …however, takes more practice and time in getting that process down.

Pig ears, i get them locally, fortunately our butcher has them in stock always.…

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@Viper65 wrote:

cool idea..invest in some decent colored pencils and youll be amazed at how much more this will pop out! Keep up the good work!

Oh yeah! Prismacolors, man. DA BEST!

@Viper65 wrote:

Tex,
thanks for the help. I actually started to get the gradient down near the end of this piece. I dont know why it didnt occur to me sooner to just cut the ink with some water and go from there?? I dont know if you have ever worked with the pig ears or not but it doesnt take much before your tearing them apart, gradients dont…

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Still trying to get the whole Graywash system down pat. I think I have a good grasp of it after tonight. I started off too dark with the shading then toned it down. First wash was 3 drops of black and rest water, then up to a medium wash out of the bottle…
The ear’s really dont do much for shading, I never could get them to look…

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@Viper65 wrote:

lemme bump this up……………

WHERE ARE YOU IN AFGHANISTAN???????

w/ the Marines!

@Viper65 wrote:

Looks like some modified “Coop” art. Love it, nice job!!!

Well, it’s not a modified Coop, although I love Coop art and that’s the feel I wanted, but it will have a lot more dimension to it than Coop line art. And the design is my own. I just googled images of chicks on their hands and knees, added a few lbs to the one I chose and…[Read more]

@Viper65 wrote:

LOL…I hear ya. Im 45yrs. YOUNG, yes, i started this late in life, but who cares, your never too old to try something new for change! Hang in there, something will develop sooner or later. I dont know if you have ever looked into it but have you thought of just opening your own shop? I look at office space for rent on Craigslist…

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Ive done art all my life, painting mostly and have always stuck to what i wanted to do. My mother would always ask me why i dont paint a pretty tree or a flower, or sunset or something!!!! Even when i was selling paintings in galleries (New Orleans), i painted what “I” wanted to paint, no exceptions, if they didnt like it they didnt…

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wow…I wouldnt even begin to be able to offer an opinion, I wish you the very best of luck in whatever you decide to do with this and hope it all turns out for the best!!!!

Yeah, it’s a sucktacular situation. I may never get another chance especially at this age. I’ve already had a shop here in town tell me a few years ago (and I…[Read more]

@Viper65 wrote:

Personally, and we have had this discussion before, i would have refused to do it as well. And KUDOS to you for doing so!!

I thought long and hard about this and I decided absolutely NOT. For the same reasons I refuse to do gang tattoos but love to do gang coverups. 1. I don’t want to promote anything negative 2. I don’t want my…[Read more]

@Viper65 wrote:

Lisa? I saw some more of your work over on deviant art…nice job!!!! :mrgreen:

Why thank you:-) Doing more as we speak. I’m eating up that sugar skull made of candy stuff…lol

@Viper65 wrote:

Mark..I got a question, I have a few of them, probably the cheapies…..but i notice when i did work on them the ink was like very faint..(i guess thats the way i would put it…). Have you had this experience? Oh, im using decent quality outline ink, its nice and black in skin so i dont know whats up with the skins or just…

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I made the jump and got the Hildebrandt rotary kit. I actually modified it a little bit and swapped out one of the heavy machines for a lighter one and also ordered the Hitman rotary from Valsturd just to see performance. I should have it next week…for those interested ill do a post and review of what i think so stay tuned.!!…

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@Viper65: Thanks man! Prints are on demand and not limited, so you’re good. I’ll definitaly be doing flash pages soon. Right now I have some illustration gigs down the pipeline, so I can’t focus all my time on tattooing (or rather get familiar with the equipment and everything involved) and doing flash for the time being.

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@Viper65 wrote:

……..not the end of the world for sure, just makes it easier to know what section your looking at. Nice work though~!

Is there anyway the moderators move them for me? I mean, I could delete them and repost…

@Viper65 wrote:

From your Cell? :?:

Yeah, my digital camera died so I just have a cell phone for pictures.