Well my buddie and i are currently trying to get into the art of tattooing and were looking at kits and stuff. But where do we go from there? We were thinking of just practing on oranges because of the texture we hear that works. ... How did u begin to tattoo?
you might want to consider looking for a tattoo forum or tattoo artist forum and ask there how is a forum full of stoners supposed to know?
[quote name='"Endless Rain"'] you might want to consider looking for a tattoo forum or tattoo artist forum and ask there how is a forum full of stoners supposed to know? [/quote] Cuz imma stoner and am too lazy and this said tattoo forum sooo ya never know.
Well you should be able to spell tattoo first, and know that it takes more than just having a kit to be a pro artist.
First step, read everything you can. Watch videos on tattooing (not Miami Ink, but real technical videos) Learn the different needle sizes and what they're best for, and always strive to be clean. Infections are easy to get and painful to get rid of. Tattooing itself is basically tracing. Instead of going straight to needles, tape a pencil to the machine, turn it on and practice tracing images on paper. It'll help you get used to the buzzing and grip. Once you're feeling like you have the basics, you've got a few options for victims. 1 - Go to your butcher and buy a pork belly. The skin is almost identical to ours, it's cheap, and the client doesn't care if you mess it up. 2 - Get "synthetic skin". It's available online, it's cheap but it's not really how it feels to tattoo skin. 3 - A common one, look down. That chunky piece of upper leg flesh is your canvas. A lot of the time, the artists wears his/her virgin work for life. Think of it like an initiation.
[quote name='"digu miki"']Well you should be able to spell tattoo first, and know that it takes more than just having a kit to be a pro artist.[/quote] Once i sent it i realized. And i cant fix it. So if you have nothing useful to say please stop posting on my thread.
[quote name='"Xspizx"']First step, read everything you can. Watch videos on tattooing (not Miami Ink, but real technical videos) Learn the different needle sizes and what they're best for, and always strive to be clean. Infections are easy to get and painful to get rid of. Tattooing itself is basically tracing. Instead of going straight to needles, tape a pencil to the machine, turn it on and practice tracing images on paper. It'll help you get used to the buzzing and grip. Once you're feeling like you have the basics, you've got a few options for victims. 1 - Go to your butcher and buy a pork belly. The skin is almost identical to ours, it's cheap, and the client doesn't care if you mess it up. 2 - Get "synthetic skin". It's available online, it's cheap but it's not really how it feels to tattoo skin. 3 - A common one, look down. That chunky piece of upper leg flesh is your canvas. A lot of the time, the artists wears his/her virgin work for life. Think of it like an initiation.[/quote] Your awesome, thank you! What about shading? Do i need to buy a seperate gun? Because me n my buddie r gonna split a kit and we need to know to get 2 guns or 4.
Generally it's good to have 2 machines per person, one for lining the other for shading. There's no difference in the machine itself, they're just set up differently. Your liner will be set to run faster, your shader slower. If you have a slow line machine, it'll come out 'blobby'. Conversely, a fast shading machine will just tear the ever loving hell our of someones skin and make the healing process slow. There's no real set mark for what speed you should use, and every machine is different, but eventually you will be able to 'tune' them just by the sound they make. You calibrate the machine by adjusting it's power, usually by turning a knob on the power supply box. The basic types of needles are "rounds" for lining, and "flats" for shading. They all have many needles, so you pick the appropriate one. If you've got a lot of shading to do, don't take the liner that has 3 slim needles or you'll be there all day. You might have heard of "magnums", they're just shading needles with 2 rows instead of one. Don't worry about "point needles" too much, they're just the singular point and are a pain in the butt to work with, and you can't tell the difference between that and a nice 3 point round.
Get an apprenticeship, there is no better way to learn than from someone who is doing it. Work hard, practice, and be patient, when you're tattooing someone that will be there for the rest of their lives. You want to make sure that your art is done right and it's clean. It's good to practice by yourself, but to actually get into tattooing as a career you'll most likely need to find an experienced artist locally and try to be his/her apprentice. Learn different styles of art, don't stick to one type of style. Make sure all of your tools are clean, you do not want infections.
You need to learn shading on paper, proportions, creativity. Once you get the tattoo gun, great. now sit down, read manuals about EVERY part of the machine. You have no rush into the art of tattoo. Rushing yourself is setting up for desastor. Learn the difference between your shading gun, and your line gun. Once you learn about your machine(s) and equipment, practice on grapefruit to get the hang of lines down. Or practice skin, either or. Once you feel comfortable with penetrating an object, now your thighs. Draw out some stuff and go to work on your thighs. You'll know how to progress from there. also get an apprenticeship as posted above. it's going to be hell but if you love the artist's work, it will be worth it because you are doing what you love.