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Posted 05 November 2009 - 02:53 AM

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How many tattoos have you done on humans other than yourself now?
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Posted 05 November 2009 - 03:00 AM

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View Postamybird, on Nov 5 2009, 03:53 AM, said:

How many tattoos have you done on humans other than yourself now?


Six, I think.
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Posted 05 November 2009 - 03:03 AM

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View PostJ.D., on Nov 5 2009, 03:00 AM, said:

Six, I think.


Nope, sorry, 8...
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Posted 05 November 2009 - 03:07 AM

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Fucksake. (A compliment, lol)
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Posted 05 November 2009 - 03:16 AM

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View Postamybird, on Nov 5 2009, 03:07 AM, said:

Fucksake. (A compliment, lol)



Thank you for that. I like it. It's not perfect, but I 'm very proud of the linework. I learned a bit more about getting a smoother gradient with more finess of my wrist when flicking the mag out. You can see some choppy gradients in there, but considering it's just pure black, I'm happy. Especially since the color will blend it all together. Hopefully this marks the end of my lining struggle. But know that I tattooed pounds and pounds of pigskin, and littered my thighs with practice. If you factor in the pig and my thighs, I can say I've done easily over 100 tattoos. It's been a long, exhausting effort.
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Posted 05 November 2009 - 03:25 AM

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View PostJ.D., on Nov 5 2009, 12:16 PM, said:

Thank you for that. I like it. It's not perfect, but I 'm very proud of the linework. I learned a more about getting a smoother gradient with more finess of my wrist when flicking the mag out. You can see some choppy gradients in there, but considering it's just pure black, I'm happy. Especially since the color will blend it all together. Hopefully this marks the end of my lining struggle. But know that I tattooed pounds and pounds of pigskin, and littered my thighs with practice. If you factor in the pig and my thighs, I can say I've done easily over 100 tattoos. It's been a long, exhausting effort.


Well it's been worth it. A lot more people should probably make their first 100+ tattoos off-human!
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Posted 05 November 2009 - 04:41 AM

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when u do ure shades with un-dilluted black, do u do whip shadeing ? to make it fade
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View PostMarcuz, on Nov 5 2009, 04:41 AM, said:

when u do ure shades with un-dilluted black, do u do whip shadeing ? to make it fade


Yes. Whip shading. Flicking outward towards the fade. A basic guideline to smooth out the gradients is to try to work in a crosshatching pattern. Hand speed and feathering out your wrist flick are key factors too.

View Postamybird, on Nov 5 2009, 03:25 AM, said:

A lot more people should probably make their first 100+ tattoos off-human!


Absolutely. There are a lot of mistakes that can, and will be made on pig when learning how to control your machines. A LOT of mistakes. :P
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Posted 05 November 2009 - 12:42 PM

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Looks great JD you should be very proud bro. I cant wait to see this finished out.
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Posted 05 November 2009 - 05:38 PM

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Damn good job.
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Posted 06 November 2009 - 01:29 AM

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Thanks guys.

Finished the black tonight. We'll wait two or three weeks and start on color.

Posted Image Same deal. Kuro Black, 9mag. 2 hours.

Thanks for looking. :)
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Posted 06 November 2009 - 02:00 AM

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Do you fancy a trip to Norway to finish my arm? :)
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Posted 06 November 2009 - 02:04 AM

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View Postamybird, on Nov 6 2009, 02:00 AM, said:

Do you fancy a trip to Norway to finish my arm? :wub:


Don't tempt me. :)

Besides, it's not done yet. You're gonna jinx me. ;)
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View PostJ.D., on Nov 6 2009, 11:04 AM, said:

Don't tempt me. :)

Besides, it's not done yet. You're gonna jinx me. ;)


Eek sorry. Yeh, it totally sucks. Go back to piggies you crazy fool! :wub:
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Posted 06 November 2009 - 04:47 AM

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wow JD ! very nice bro ! .......this is gona look ace finished !


side note: do you lower your voltage for the whip shading ? or is it purely increasing hand speed while whipping out ?
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Posted 06 November 2009 - 09:14 AM

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View PostTeo, on Nov 6 2009, 04:47 AM, said:

wow JD ! very nice bro ! .......this is gona look ace finished !


side note: do you lower your voltage for the whip shading ? or is it purely increasing hand speed while whipping out ?


With Kuro, what works for me, is I lower the voltage as much as possible. Just hard enough to get that needle grouping fully penetrating. This is with Kuro Sumi black though. With most other colors, I need to turn the volts up. But for me, and what I've adapted to, yes, a soft hitting shader is what I prefer. It's not very fast either. It's in the low 80 Hz range.
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looking awesome j.d How many hours including concept and design have you put into this.....every one of em was worthwhile
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View Postpaulengland, on Nov 6 2009, 09:18 AM, said:

looking awesome j.d How many hours including concept and design have you put into this.....every one of em was worthwhile


Man, I don't know. From the first pencil to paper sketch, up to now?

I'll say about 5 hours conceptualizing and coming up with the final layout and lines. Maybe more.
8 hours for the full color rendering.
4 hours lining. Maybe a little less.
3 hours first black session.
2 hours last night to finish black.

So 17 hours so far. Maybe 20.
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Posted 07 November 2009 - 08:57 AM

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View PostJ.D., on Nov 6 2009, 06:14 PM, said:

With Kuro, what works for me, is I lower the voltage as much as possible. Just hard enough to get that needle grouping fully penetrating. This is with Kuro Sumi black though. With most other colors, I need to turn the volts up. But for me, and what I've adapted to, yes, a soft hitting shader is what I prefer. It's not very fast either. It's in the low 80 Hz range.


how do you personally gauge the lowest volts for whats needed to just penetrate the skin ?

thumb test , slowly increasing until it doesnt stall while aplying your thumb ?

sound ?

or have to bump it with the flick of the wrist to keep the volts low enough

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View PostTeo, on Nov 7 2009, 09:57 AM, said:

how do you personally gauge the lowest volts for whats needed to just penetrate the skin ?

thumb test , slowly increasing until it doesnt stall while aplying your thumb ?

sound ?


Thumb, and sound. Putting my thumb on the nipple over time, over and over and over, every time I changed something up. It took trail and error over time to where I know what hit is too much, too little, or just enough. It's one of those many things in tattooing that you have to just learn to feel on your own. Pig skin man. Hours and hours and hours on pig skin is what taught me. :)
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