Ink Trails Tattoo Forum: Some While I Was On Vacation - Ink Trails Tattoo Forum

i made a move to florida and finally got myself some real work. found that apprenticeship i was after
its in a small shop which is fairly slow which is good for me...gives me time to learn more as i go
well before i made the move i had so much work i was turning it down. i think i may have fucked up by moving because business here is slow..
who knows i may just migrate back home but for now here is some of my latest work...
got to missin ya'll so i figured id say hello with some pics
these were done with 7rl ONE black mixture of moms intenze and starbrites

continuing on

cover up
by far my best piece in a while

another favorite of mine

the wife...she is cherokee indian

dont know what happened to the shape of the crystal ball but he was super happy
i was disappointed in myself but its part of the learning

another cross for a friend

backpiece for a friend

taurus zodiac

foot piece and reference

katrina for her kids

katrina hip piece

scotts back

Fuck me....I don't even know anything about anything and rarely speak up about this kind of thing because I'm not qualified in the least, and I know these tattoos are way better than anything I can do at this time in my life (with my lack of machine etc....). However, if I was doing tattoos which looked this shaky I would not want them to be on humans.. Sorry.

lower back this thing was huge

i added the bottom section

Seriously, I hope you are ducking down for the onslaught of abuse. These are pretty bad, in all honesty I would go back to drawing and inking pig skin. I am only a beginner but would not touch another human being if my work was this bad. If you are apprenticing then your teacher should have a word and take you back a step or two.

Your linework is so shaky, inconsistant, blow outs, color fades are bad, artwork is dodgy, I mean this is just the start. Sorry bro, but you need to go back to the start.

ya know i have to say every one here has a different eye for what they think is the perfect tattoo...
every tattoo i have posted here the customer has been super happy with...ive even pointed out mistakes to them and told them of plans to fix it and they all say they think its fine just the way it is...i know these are not perfect tattoos but they are far from bad...i have seen some really shitty work come out of shops...i have even had people come to me fromm shops to fix the shop work...i am still learning and plan to be learning 20 years from now....but to say these are bad tattoos is a far stretch....there may be a mistake or 2 but when some one can show me a perfect tattoo then i will shut up....thanks for your input but have a look around on the net on bad tattoo sites and i can almost promise you mine wont be there

But how can you feel ok in yourself, regardless of what the customer thinks, about putting such wobbly lines on people's skin, permanently? Can't you see that as long as you're consistently making so many mistakes, you need to practise more on something non-living?

Don't you have any standards for yourself? Or eyes? I'm sorry...I know you've heard this a thousand times and it sucks that it's coming from a n00b like me (but the very fact that someone in my position feels they have to speak up should in itself be giving you a strong message). You're clearly quite proud of this work...perhaps instead you should take a bit more pride in your work.


I don't understand how work like this is coming out of an apprenticeship, that grand high position that we're all meant to humbly look up to with awe-filled wide eyes, whilst so-called "scratchers" are trying really hard under their circumstances, not even touching fake skin until their artwork is insanely good. It's not surprising people just say fuck-it and order some piece of crap from China and start ruining people's bodies. Hey maybe I'll go do the same, and start offering free tattoos to people whilst drunk and blindfolded on a bus. Wonder whose would look better...


/rant

Incidentally, what do you think is the perfect tattoo? Who are you inspired by or hoping to be in league with one day?

"....there may be a mistake or 2 but when some one can show me a perfect tattoo then i will shut up....thanks for your input but have a look around on the net on bad tattoo sites and i can almost promise you mine wont be there"

I'll place odds against that statement. If you havn't seen a perfect tattoo then you need glasses...they're all over the place....use google.
Take it for what it's worth... there's a mutitude of exellent artists that are quite a bit above your skill level that are not inking skin yet.
Sorry... you're far from ready...no wonder that shop is "slow".

This post has been edited by Stoneface: 20 November 2009 - 02:27 PM