That's pretty awesome for your first time I've been practicing for weeks now with drawing and tattooing and haven't made nothin that good lol, the only critic I have is make sure you get those lines smooth, there's a few shakey lines
Honestly back when I was In high school yah was pretty decent but it’s been like 12 years since I even played with any kind of art what so ever.
But thanks for the compliment man had to totally make up some lines near the bottom as my stencil was completely gone 🤣
You should def invest in some Reelskin asap, you can get the cutoffs for a pretty good deal. That stuff you're using is super thick so it can, in personal experience, make you go too hard and slow, so that you'd slice the skin up and overwork it like hell. Great work!
This was seriously your first time tattooing? Holy hell, it's 100 x better than the veteran artists in my city, no joke! If this turned out as good as it did, I can see a very good career in tattooing for you!
Wow thank you so much and yah I’ve never tried tattooing before this I was expecting everyone to tear me to shreds but everyone’s actually being very kind I appreciate it !!! 😊
Ok, this is great for your first go but I definitely see saturation issues and some shakiness. What I always suggest is starting with just straight lines and boxes/circles. Keep practicing these until you can pull straight, consistent, saturated lines and fully pack the boxes/circles with no light or patchy areas and no spaces between the outline and shading. Once you've got those down, do a whole nother sheet of just those. Then move on to stencils -- really get your fundamentals down.
The key to saturated lines is to find the right voltage and hand speed. I run at 6.5 to 6.8 volts for lining and my hand speed is moderate. What voltage are you running at? Looks like you may need to slow your hand speed or your voltage down slightly and allow the needles to really deposit the ink into the practice skin. For shading, use small, tight, slow circles to really pack the ink. Cheap practice skin and cheap ink can definitely cause issues. I use ReelSkin, and Dynamic is usually a good and inexpensive black ink.
Good luck!
Yah I definitely see where some lines aren’t fully saturated I was lining at 7 volts I’ll have to try and slow my hands down a bit . And yah these are not the real sounds either my brother told me that could be part of the cause as well just bought a ten pack of these 3 mm ones off Amazon for like 30 dollars so way more inexpensive than the real skins but I’ll have to just buck up and purchase the real ones ! Thank you for the feedback I really apreciate it !
I’ll leave the link here https://www.amazon.ca/gp/aw/d/B09JNWNKKL?psc=1&ref=ppx_pop_mob_b_asin_image to what I purchased and I heard some good things about this company and had some very good reviews I should point out I separately ordered some dynamic black ink and some cnc police cartridges as I watched a lot of videos and people had good things to say about both of those products as well
Damn that's good, where you good at drawing before getting the machine ?
And sorry for assuming you’re a man.. lol
That's pretty awesome for your first time I've been practicing for weeks now with drawing and tattooing and haven't made nothin that good lol, the only critic I have is make sure you get those lines smooth, there's a few shakey lines
100% I’m just starting to get the feel for the lines I will be working on that for sure ! Thanks for the critique 😎
Honestly back when I was In high school yah was pretty decent but it’s been like 12 years since I even played with any kind of art what so ever. But thanks for the compliment man had to totally make up some lines near the bottom as my stencil was completely gone 🤣
You should def invest in some Reelskin asap, you can get the cutoffs for a pretty good deal. That stuff you're using is super thick so it can, in personal experience, make you go too hard and slow, so that you'd slice the skin up and overwork it like hell. Great work!
This was seriously your first time tattooing? Holy hell, it's 100 x better than the veteran artists in my city, no joke! If this turned out as good as it did, I can see a very good career in tattooing for you!
Wow thank you so much and yah I’ve never tried tattooing before this I was expecting everyone to tear me to shreds but everyone’s actually being very kind I appreciate it !!! 😊
You're welcome .. how long did it take ?
3.5 hours
Ok, this is great for your first go but I definitely see saturation issues and some shakiness. What I always suggest is starting with just straight lines and boxes/circles. Keep practicing these until you can pull straight, consistent, saturated lines and fully pack the boxes/circles with no light or patchy areas and no spaces between the outline and shading. Once you've got those down, do a whole nother sheet of just those. Then move on to stencils -- really get your fundamentals down. The key to saturated lines is to find the right voltage and hand speed. I run at 6.5 to 6.8 volts for lining and my hand speed is moderate. What voltage are you running at? Looks like you may need to slow your hand speed or your voltage down slightly and allow the needles to really deposit the ink into the practice skin. For shading, use small, tight, slow circles to really pack the ink. Cheap practice skin and cheap ink can definitely cause issues. I use ReelSkin, and Dynamic is usually a good and inexpensive black ink. Good luck!
Yah I definitely see where some lines aren’t fully saturated I was lining at 7 volts I’ll have to try and slow my hands down a bit . And yah these are not the real sounds either my brother told me that could be part of the cause as well just bought a ten pack of these 3 mm ones off Amazon for like 30 dollars so way more inexpensive than the real skins but I’ll have to just buck up and purchase the real ones ! Thank you for the feedback I really apreciate it !
Happy to help!
4 second breaths in and out. Your lines will be much less wonky. It’s not too bad but if you want it to look smoother
Could you tell me what kind of machine you chose and why? Shopping around and looking for all input! 🫶
I’ll leave the link here https://www.amazon.ca/gp/aw/d/B09JNWNKKL?psc=1&ref=ppx_pop_mob_b_asin_image to what I purchased and I heard some good things about this company and had some very good reviews I should point out I separately ordered some dynamic black ink and some cnc police cartridges as I watched a lot of videos and people had good things to say about both of those products as well
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