[Teo]

well heres my first attempt at some piggy , its def nothing like real skin ....but is 100% viable practice medium
...got some more on order at the butcher and concentrating more on art\practice for now

i need to break some boundries and with JD as a prime example of staying true to your strengths
and recognising your weakneses....its back to the drawing board so to speak

i am planning a rose for my outer thigh and used skyns tutorial for the design....
the greys\black shading under the color came out perfect...whipped to perfection
with "pepper" effect and i should have left it as is, but i want a color piece on my leg so color it was...
but none the less stoked that i can achieve the effect ......

9rl - forgiven liner
11m1 mag - buzz custom


the leaves are partially done.....rushed it towards the end ...long day ....frustrated...packed it in.....no excuse tho
and i wasnt going to open a new bottle of brown for the smaller stick doohickys..so black they are
...

fire away

[Noble]

Teo, I cant really jump into how traditional style tattoos should look but I think your on the right track. Some of the black to red blends could be pulled out a little smoother, lines are a little choppy in some areas but who cares, its on a pig. Still looks like your making some good progress bro.

[Teo]

Noble, on Mar 17 2010, 07:24 PM, said:

Teo, I cant really jump into how traditional style tattoos should look but I think your on the right track. Some of the black to red blends could be pulled out a little smoother, lines are a little choppy in some areas but who cares, its on a pig. Still looks like your making some good progress bro.

yup i agree 100% , im going to be redoing this again on piggy and try new methods.....but next time round i am going to try blend the black to red in my tube.....without laying any shading down first ..

and thanks !

[WOLF]

Teo, on Mar 17 2010, 11:31 AM, said:

yup i agree 100% , im going to be redoing this again on piggy and try new methods.....but next time round i am going to try blend the black to red in my tube.....without laying any shading down first ..

and thanks !

You're on the right way.... I personal think you should continue with trying to lay down a nice shading first and then do the colors, piggy takes the colors real good so it looks like
the shading is gone. What I don't like are the leaves and that black stuff behind it, but I'm no expert and also try to learn. Keep at it.....

[Teo]

WOLF, on Mar 17 2010, 10:40 PM, said:

You're on the right way.... I personal think you should continue with trying to lay down a nice shading first and then do the colors, piggy takes the colors real good so it looks like
the shading is gone. What I don't like are the leaves and that black stuff behind it, but I'm no expert and also try to learn. Keep at it.....

thanks wolf, ...yup the leaves and the black things are terrible.....

apart from trying to blend in my tube the next time, i may try washes on piggy to get the same look if it were on skin.....but that would kinda defeat the purpose wouldnt it...trial and error...trial and error.

[WOLF]

Teo, on Mar 17 2010, 02:55 PM, said:

thanks wolf, ...yup the leaves and the black things are terrible.....

apart from trying to blend in my tube the next time, i may try washes on piggy to get the same look if it were on skin.....but that would kinda defeat the purpose wouldnt it...trial and error...trial and error.

Its very difficult to get a nice shading on piggy.
I always use selfmade graywash (water and talens drawing ink).

[pencilingmad]

WOLF, on Mar 17 2010, 02:14 PM, said:

Its very difficult to get a nice shading on piggy.
I always use selfmade graywash (water and talens drawing ink).

Yea I agree Wolf. Hard as hell to get a nice shade layered down on pig without graywash and easy to over work it. The traditional old school thing is so cool and you do it justice man. To me the line work doesn't look to bad. Did you freeze the pig first? That made all the deference for me in my lining and shading pig was not as tough (cred to JD). Keep up the good work.

[Teo]

pencilingmad, on Mar 18 2010, 12:00 AM, said:

Yea I agree Wolf. Hard as hell to get a nice shade layered down on pig without graywash and easy to over work it. The traditional old school thing is so cool and you do it justice man. To me the line work doesn't look to bad. Did you freeze the pig first? That made all the deference for me in my lining and shading pig was not as tough (cred to JD). Keep up the good work.

thanks pencilingmad,

nope i didnt freeze it...bought it fresh that day and used it same day...

in regards to the shading...i can get it pretty much how i want it with straight black kuro, whipping ,cross hatch.... changing hand speed and lowering volts on my shader..
i did dip my tube in my cup of water a few times to semi dilute but for the most part it was straight black ...and whip shading..
i wish i had taken a pic of the shading as i was pretty stoked with it...

yeah lining isnt too bad...the 9L is pretty forgiving with tiny shakes...and trying to get a decent stretch on a small piece of skin is a ass ache...