I will attest that I didn’t do a proper tattoo until I apprenticed. I
struggled to get ink to stay in, I hurt people, I damaged skin, and
I used unsafe and stupid techniques. Tattoo is something that
you just can’t learn in one day from reading a book or watching
a DVD. It takes time and patience and you have to be able
to have that feedback with a professional. If your machine is
not doing quite what it is supposed to, you can’t always get the
answer from a book. You need to be patient and have some respect
for the practice of tattooing, the rest will fall into place for
you over time. If you insist on tattooing your underage buddies
in Mom’s garage, then at the very least you have to know some
basic stuff about sterilization and risks involved.
Newbie confessions
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The Dime Gap
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You must apprentice!
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I would also like to note that the best artists in the world will always say that they cannot...
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Armature Bar Rules of Thumb:
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More gray shading techniques
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Another common technique is the true grey pigment method. With the true grey ink method grey inks are mixed...
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Why we shade
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Shading is definitely where your artistic skills will be visible more so than lining and coloring. In reality nothing...
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2014 Book Expo New York
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Tattoo Books Online was featured at the Book Expo in NY this year. Here is a copy of the...
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Coils and magnetics as related to tattoo machines
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Tattoo machines work off of an electromagnetic coil. It is usually agreed upon by artists that the coil has...
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Coils
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The coils are the prime power-plant of the tattoo machine. In my opinion the coils are the most important...
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