The way I fixed my depth issues was to bring the needle down very gently to the skin and very slowly go deeper into the skin until I noticed a puddle of ink form on the skin, once there if I just went ever so slightly deeper I found this hit the dermis consistently every time
Just did my first tattoo on human skin and I was way too light. It was scratchy and I’m sure it won’t last . It was free and she knew what was going on. 😬 I’m going to keep at it!! Thanks!!
I have done about 20 tattoos already and I've been very frustrated because I can't seem to get the correct depth down, it's always either too light or too deep. This video is helpful although I feel like a more in depth demonstration and explanation of this subject could be great for people that just recently started tattooing on real skin.
Try feel the constant vibration in your hand that's when you hit the sweet spot also good needles and long stroke 4.0 machine will help but 3.5 stroke is ok for smaller round liners. With smaller liners you can move faster with bigger liners move a bit slower but not too slow keep a constant speed. I think last tip is make sure it's poking out enough the needle.
The only issue I've had with depth has Ben with pens but I started with coils and rotaries but I did find out on myself what not to do with pen machines. I have found that 3.5mm stroke is a good start and been liking my other machines that are 4.2mm stroke for an all rounder. For shading, lining and packing.
my issue was i got over confident with shading and tried to finish my hand , went to deep , caused lots of pain afterwards , scabbing , very slight infection , awful color changes , swelling and redness / discoloration. its very important to go at the right depth , i appreciate this video alot. thank you.
Just practicing the right depth for me. All on fake skin haven't even touched real yet. I want to learn as much as possible before I do anything on real skin. This video has been on repeat for the past hour as I wrote notes down. Thank you very much, we appreciate you and your knowledge.
I'm not a "tattooist", but I do my own tattoos. I started out with a cheap amazon chinese coil machine. Some of my work came out decent. Most looked like sh1t. Then I bought a wireless brand name rotary. I can hear and feel the difference. This machine is a game changer for me. My lines are so much better. My coloring is much better. I tattooed the tree of life on my wife and it came out great. I have no plans on doing this professionally, unless I get bit by the bug, but I love tattooing myself and seeing what the final results are. Doing my own allows me to play around instead of destroying someone elses body.
I'm still in the cheap machine phase, thinking about upgrading soon but I want to get more practice in. Looking forward to tattooing myself, I'm the same as far as I'm not trying to make a career out of this. I just enjoy it
I did that too. I bought multiple cheap Chinese machines over the years. I don't think they're all sh*te - kind of. First thing I did to every Chinese coil was to replace springs to eikon. I have 2 "normal machines" one coli and one rotary, coil is either not good or I can not set it up correctly. Rotary is the best - old school style direct drive monster, I can do anything with that. To this day my favorite liner is some cheap Chinese frame with coils I bought from ebay (UK hand made) and eikon springs. This machine cost me maybe 50£ total and works flawlessly. I think if you're patient and practice long enough you will be able to pull off great tattoo with $5 Chinese sh*te. Quality equipment might help a bit but I believe that 80% is the skill.
@@walles1 The main issue I had with the cheap coils were erratic skips/misfires with voltage spikes. I ended up buying quality coils, armature bars which helped, but never went back to coil machines once I got my wireless rotary pen lol. I freakin love it.
You covered this topic great!! I love how you cut into the fake skin to show people what it looks like. I’ve only been tattooing about 2 months now but you guys have taught me so much. Thanks again !!
This guy is great. The illustration by cutting into the fake skin really helped alot aswell as his explanation explanation of going to light and color peeling off .youre great.
I am a total beginner and I started yesterday to practice tattooing on fake skin. I love to watch these kinds of vids because I don't want to cause a blowout.
I'm a seasoned artist but I have to train my apprentice with rotary machines I was taught with coils but I'm so glad theirs youtube I dig your guys channel man 8n the 90s it was unheard of to find this knowledge let alone youtube
I’ve been practicing for 2 years and I’m still doing something wrong. Now that I watched this video I’m going to light because I am heavy handed and trying not to damage the skin. I will keep trying to get this comfortable when I tattoo. Thank you for the video😊
I went too light in a few spots, but would rather that than too deep. No blowouts yet, however I'm surprised you didn't cover different areas of skin. For instance doing an upper arm was night and day difference from the wrist consistency wise.
Great video, explains clearly how to avoid damage to the skin. Finding the sweet spot has so many variables. Get to know your machines and practice practice practice.
my problem is that i'm tattooing too light and too fast. Im used to drawing with graphite and mediums that require me to have light and fast traces so i'm still getting used to this, this helped me a lot, thank you
I can VERY much relate to this when i first started tattooing. My fav medium was also graphite and similar mediums where ur pressure plays a huge role in ur blending. Tattooing has a LITTLE of this but mostly it is done totally thru gradients...so same pressure and depth but to get the shading u use black and grey wash. I use Dynamic Black 100%..then i make 2 oz bottles of 75% black/25% witch hazel, then a bottle of 50%blk/50% witch hazel, then 30%black/70% witch hazel. I also have a 10%/90% for portraits. And will use my rinse cup to get 75% or 50% a touch lighter. U can use distilled water but i prefer witch hazel as its mostly distilled water and also os a skin soother so i suggest that. But just use a light hand and a shorter stroke for good shading. U can usually add more saturation to a point but u cant un saturate. But its hard when ur conditioned to using hand pressure to create dark to light tones. Think of this b&g wash kind of like using harder and softer graphites. Practice practice practice.👍🏻
Nice i was going too shallow and getting kinda like dotted lines and you clarified the voltage for me too i was too low great video thank you I’m subscribed now
My problem is definitely my angle which then cuz me to go light and staying in the first layer. I’ll definitely start holding the matching more upright
I'm a beginner and have been tattooing people for free. It's free but at your expense. :) Glad they trust me although I'm a newbie. Nice video, Brandon.
I am not going deep enough! I end up having to go over the lines several times which I’m sure isn’t great for the skin at all. But like you said, I’d rather be going not deep enough vs causing blowouts. I’m gonna order some reelskin
@@Tattooing101 I just have one more question for you! The only part where I couldn't find an explanation is the drawing part, I know you have to start with lines/shapes but then I don't know if it's better to create these own drawings directly or to reproduce at the beginning a can?
I stopped for a while but my problem was the depth i did words on fingers but the second on was a neck tattoo and he is very happy but what is better cord or cordless machines because tattooing is something i found helps me keep my art going.
I put a flower on the top of my left hand.the colors I used was framed with red and kinda shaded a little with blue.and you can barely see the red and I have redone it .3times. am I not going deep enough but it's on the top of my hand so there's not a lot of fat there.
My biggest issue starting out, wasnt depth but making my skin ground beef 😂 it’s unfortunate, I was far too excited and jumped the gun with tattooing myself
Could you please do a video on using coil tattoo machines, just starting out, an just want to make sure I obtain as much knowledge possible before moving to a different machine if necessary.
Thank you so much for explaining the correct depth.Its so important and I'm new at this.your advice makes all the difference and you explain it so clearly and straight to the point🖤🤘❤
I’ve noticed that i am obviously going too light. A lot of ink is falling out and the tattoo doesn’t look nearly as dark as when I first did it. Everyone says you should just be able to “feel” the depth. But all skin is not created equal so it’s hard to find consistency !
I can say mine are 1 and 2 mostly 1 but from what u said I kn I can fix them someone tried to say I had blow outs but I kn I don’t because iam not too into my skin deep . I have helped me a lot thank you again
My mentor has me using pens to practice lines for my first flash but the micron pens seem to be giving me issues . Does anyone have any suggestions. For reference I use ballpoints for doodles and am a painter originally if that helps 😊
Just starting to get into tattooing... Came across this video, thank you!! Its is one of the 2nd videos I watched for starting, I found you to be very insightful and helped ease a lot of anxious thoughts and worries of going too deep!! I know all too well what the end result looks like my very first tattoo I got done Professionally.. :( Learned a lot from your video, I will definitely keep following the bag and tips for tattooing!! I have always wanted to become a tattoo artist and told many times over my life I should be.. Any additional advice to give or link me videos of suggestions to watch before picking up the gun and running..... Interested in what the thickness of your fake skin, which also would help distinguish the actual depth of your needle to relation of the skin.. I know you said its Real Skins Brand, being new to this, so I'm not sure if they sell one standard thickness or variety, I have seen many different ones and many thickness call outs for them... Thank you so very much..🤩🤩🤩🤩🤩🤩🤩🤩
Went in to deep I left sun scarring but I’m learning they just let me try to see where I’m at and what I got to fix and your my go to person on this you help me a lot thank you for all these good explication and very detailed videos
Biggest problem is consistency when doing actual designs like the single line practice I have no problem when doing a stencil some lines are light I have to redo other spots I accidentally drop to low
Just starting out and my designs are extremally light. Then i get irritated and it goes to deep sweet spot is proving very difficult to find, but hey just starting got to keep at it!
still learning but my method is i like to hang my needles quite alot. and the dermis is around 1.6 2mm give or take depending . so i hang my needle 4mm and use half that length as i like to see my needle. is this a good method to approach it
What would be useful also, would be, about how to know what depth to set your needles at, as a lot of tattoo guns and pens etc have the option to adjust this to your own level, what are the best options for this etc
I tattooed myself I was thirsty and It was a small tattoo I did buy a whole kit and everything I took the right precautions but I think I went over it to many time and I used red ink so I’m not sure whether it’s good I think it’s ok I’ve practiced a little before hand so
I have a question. So this is the 1st time owning a tattoo gun (bought off Temu) basically just for me and my guy to mess around with and try it out. Needles absolutely scare the hell out of me! lol but I've got tattoos, piercings & gave birth to 2 kids (yeah not even gonna try to begin explaining how all that works) lol but anyways.... My guy has tattoos on his fingers the nickname Z U R Y (his baby momma's nickname) on his fingers and wants them covered up with a circle "O" with an "X" going through each letter. Now like I said I have never held a tattoo gun much less ever thought of ever giving anybody a tattoo and he's never held a tattoo gun or given somebody a tattoo before either. So this is really kind of a learning experience for the both of us. But he wants me to do as much research and practicing as I can, so I myself can do this tattoo for him. Now he's Mexican and African American so he's got darker skin and he also has thicker skin. Which from what I'm getting from these videos that I'm watching is that that skin is harder to tattoo now being somebody who's totally inexperienced I'm afraid that I'm going to go too deep or blow out the tattoo or that I'm going to hit bone or I'm just going to mess it up in some other way. What is your best advice on figuring out the right depth and the pressure and the angle and just in general how to do this? I need some help lol I hope you can give me so kind of insight on how to go about this! Thanks
What I doing wrong when some of my tattoo the color is falling out and the skin underneath has no color in it. Just raw looking is it not deep enough? Or to deep or did I go over to rough?
If the ink is falling out then the needles aren't going in deep enough to reach the dermis. If the ink is blotchy and expanding around the area you tattooed then it's gone too deep and hit the hypodermis
I seem to have a problem going too shallow. I have been tattooing prolly about 3 months, and I almost always use a coil machine. I do have a Wormhole pen, but prefer the weight of the old school machine. Any recommendations to help me
I did a like more than 8 tats on human skin so far, some of them are perfect lines and perfect saturation but in some areas I did them too light like the first one. I’m still trying to figure out the depth even after my third or fourth time. But thankfully I never went to the third deep line. I try very hard to avoid that, maybe it’s what cause the lines to be so light?
When you’re wiping the ink off the practice skin what do you use?? Everytime I try to wipe or dab the ink off the ink just gets everywhere. I’m not seeing you use anything here but in other videos I see them rubbing something on the stencil before each wipe.
Im having issues with consistency, granted my hands are shaking a bit and i flinch a tiny bit which is causing issues, idk how to stop it. But i keep trying to draw a consistent line and im struggling, im an artist so i know how to draw and stuff, but keeping a steady line is so much harder with a tattoo gun
Using 3 points of contact when doing your line work will significantly stabilise your tattooing hand so you can pull/push lines consistently. You can check out our free line work secrets guide in the description if you'd like to learn more about it
3 points of contact will help out with this I will make a video explaining all of this to help you out. its all about how you hold your machine and how you have your body set up
Can I ask a favor ?can I have one of your old tattoo machine ? I'm also learning how to be a tatto artist or be one of tattoo artist. I'm beginner and I do love all your vedios .thank you in advance
If the lines I made are all bruised and I ca tell clearly tv difference between the regular skjn ad the skin lifted under the lines. Does that mean I am hitting the right spot?
I got some thin skins where I practice on. Even if the skin is thinner than the one in the video my lines should go the same depth? That's something that I'm trying to understand but i got some troubles to it :')
I struggle with pulling a long line. I don’t know if it’s the weight I put on my hands to stretch the skin and try to stay straight? My lines recently look to faint and blotchy. Super frustrated with myself.
I been having trouble with the depths of the skin when I tried to tattoo myself the tattoo faded out I don’t know what I’m doing wrong I don’t know if it’s the angle or if I’m not going to deep in to my skin
I JUST done a tattoo on my self (it extremely bad but it’s on my skin) after too months of practice and I was WAYYY too light. I’m just scared to go too deep I guess
Ok out of curiosity i just got a tattoo gun like 4 days ago ive only touched it like 3 times 2 to test it on fake skin but i only used it for like 10min each time. And the 3rd time i tatted myself. Did anyone else just naturally pick up on the depth control? And is there any worries i should check being a complete beginner?
Not necessarily. When you tattoo ribs you will see that quite a lot. The way you tell a line is blown out is that it will look a little cloudy at the edges. Where a good line will have sharp we’ll defined edges
The way I fixed my depth issues was to bring the needle down very gently to the skin and very slowly go deeper into the skin until I noticed a puddle of ink form on the skin, once there if I just went ever so slightly deeper I found this hit the dermis consistently every time
Excellent
Ben fisher has a video on just that same technique as you explained
@@michaelearley1056 Link please?
Now everyone here is going to tube ride, without them knowing how long your needle hang is... blowout galore
Sounds exactly like how I bang my girlfriend ngl
Just did my first tattoo on human skin and I was way too light. It was scratchy and I’m sure it won’t last . It was free and she knew what was going on. 😬 I’m going to keep at it!! Thanks!!
Wayyyyyy better than going to deep🙌
You can always touch up the tattoo after it fully heals. But you can’t fix a blown out tattoo without laser correction.
Not uncommon to be apprehensive on first tattoo. Better too light than tearing ppl up. Confidence isnt taught...it comes with practice.👍🏻
how is it going now vs where you were a year ago? 😁
Have you tattooed you're own thighs already?
I have done about 20 tattoos already and I've been very frustrated because I can't seem to get the correct depth down, it's always either too light or too deep. This video is helpful although I feel like a more in depth demonstration and explanation of this subject could be great for people that just recently started tattooing on real skin.
Try feel the constant vibration in your hand that's when you hit the sweet spot also good needles and long stroke 4.0 machine will help but 3.5 stroke is ok for smaller round liners. With smaller liners you can move faster with bigger liners move a bit slower but not too slow keep a constant speed. I think last tip is make sure it's poking out enough the needle.
The only issue I've had with depth has Ben with pens but I started with coils and rotaries but I did find out on myself what not to do with pen machines. I have found that 3.5mm stroke is a good start and been liking my other machines that are 4.2mm stroke for an all rounder. For shading, lining and packing.
my issue was i got over confident with shading and tried to finish my hand , went to deep , caused lots of pain afterwards , scabbing , very slight infection , awful color changes , swelling and redness / discoloration. its very important to go at the right depth , i appreciate this video alot. thank you.
Just practicing the right depth for me. All on fake skin haven't even touched real yet. I want to learn as much as possible before I do anything on real skin. This video has been on repeat for the past hour as I wrote notes down. Thank you very much, we appreciate you and your knowledge.
I'm not a "tattooist", but I do my own tattoos. I started out with a cheap amazon chinese coil machine. Some of my work came out decent. Most looked like sh1t. Then I bought a wireless brand name rotary. I can hear and feel the difference. This machine is a game changer for me. My lines are so much better. My coloring is much better. I tattooed the tree of life on my wife and it came out great. I have no plans on doing this professionally, unless I get bit by the bug, but I love tattooing myself and seeing what the final results are. Doing my own allows me to play around instead of destroying someone elses body.
That's how I started was Amazon cheap coil machine I tattood myself up tell I got comfortable
I'm still in the cheap machine phase, thinking about upgrading soon but I want to get more practice in. Looking forward to tattooing myself, I'm the same as far as I'm not trying to make a career out of this. I just enjoy it
@@VeneerSlinger It's an investment for sure when buying higher quality, but the end results is worth it.
I did that too. I bought multiple cheap Chinese machines over the years. I don't think they're all sh*te - kind of. First thing I did to every Chinese coil was to replace springs to eikon. I have 2 "normal machines" one coli and one rotary, coil is either not good or I can not set it up correctly. Rotary is the best - old school style direct drive monster, I can do anything with that. To this day my favorite liner is some cheap Chinese frame with coils I bought from ebay (UK hand made) and eikon springs. This machine cost me maybe 50£ total and works flawlessly. I think if you're patient and practice long enough you will be able to pull off great tattoo with $5 Chinese sh*te. Quality equipment might help a bit but I believe that 80% is the skill.
@@walles1 The main issue I had with the cheap coils were erratic skips/misfires with voltage spikes. I ended up buying quality coils, armature bars which helped, but never went back to coil machines once I got my wireless rotary pen lol. I freakin love it.
You covered this topic great!! I love how you cut into the fake skin to show people what it looks like. I’ve only been tattooing about 2 months now but you guys have taught me so much. Thanks again !!
im glad it was able to help out
@@Tattooing101 hi my friend i am going too deep i think because the ink blows out on each side and it comes blue and my shade never lasts

This guy is great.
The illustration by cutting into the fake skin really helped alot aswell as his explanation explanation of going to light and color peeling off
.youre great.
I'm doing my first tat today. wish me luck brother your vids have given me courage and these dabs lol
Cutting into the lines is such a great way to see the depth! Thank you for this tutorial!
I am a total beginner and I started yesterday to practice tattooing on fake skin. I love to watch these kinds of vids because I don't want to cause a blowout.
I'm a seasoned artist but I have to train my apprentice with rotary machines I was taught with coils but I'm so glad theirs youtube I dig your guys channel man 8n the 90s it was unheard of to find this knowledge let alone youtube
I love that you are researching to be able to better teach your apprentice!
that's awesome its not bad to keep up to date on all the new stuff. the industry has changed a ton the last 5-10 years
I’ve been practicing for 2 years and I’m still doing something wrong. Now that I watched this video I’m going to light because I am heavy handed and trying not to damage the skin. I will keep trying to get this comfortable when I tattoo. Thank you for the video😊
I went too light in a few spots, but would rather that than too deep. No blowouts yet, however I'm surprised you didn't cover different areas of skin. For instance doing an upper arm was night and day difference from the wrist consistency wise.
Great video, explains clearly how to avoid damage to the skin. Finding the sweet spot has so many variables. Get to know your machines and practice practice practice.
my problem is that i'm tattooing too light and too fast. Im used to drawing with graphite and mediums that require me to have light and fast traces so i'm still getting used to this, this helped me a lot, thank you
I can VERY much relate to this when i first started tattooing. My fav medium was also graphite and similar mediums where ur pressure plays a huge role in ur blending. Tattooing has a LITTLE of this but mostly it is done totally thru gradients...so same pressure and depth but to get the shading u use black and grey wash. I use Dynamic Black 100%..then i make 2 oz bottles of 75% black/25% witch hazel, then a bottle of 50%blk/50% witch hazel, then 30%black/70% witch hazel. I also have a 10%/90% for portraits. And will use my rinse cup to get 75% or 50% a touch lighter. U can use distilled water but i prefer witch hazel as its mostly distilled water and also os a skin soother so i suggest that. But just use a light hand and a shorter stroke for good shading. U can usually add more saturation to a point but u cant un saturate. But its hard when ur conditioned to using hand pressure to create dark to light tones. Think of this b&g wash kind of like using harder and softer graphites. Practice practice practice.👍🏻
Nice i was going too shallow and getting kinda like dotted lines and you clarified the voltage for me too i was too low great video thank you I’m subscribed now
My problem is definitely my angle which then cuz me to go light and staying in the first layer. I’ll definitely start holding the matching more upright
I'm a beginner and have been tattooing people for free. It's free but at your expense. :) Glad they trust me although I'm a newbie. Nice video, Brandon.
I am not going deep enough! I end up having to go over the lines several times which I’m sure isn’t great for the skin at all. But like you said, I’d rather be going not deep enough vs causing blowouts. I’m gonna order some reelskin
Thank you so much 😊 I learn with your videos all I wanted !
You are the only men explain the tips and the details
I’m glad I’m able to help you out.
@@Tattooing101 I just have one more question for you!
The only part where I couldn't find an explanation is the drawing part, I know you have to start with lines/shapes but then I don't know if it's better to create these own drawings directly or to reproduce at the beginning a can?
Yes it was to light when I enter in the skin and sometimes I got the perfect depth that you explained... It was a nice video Brandon.
Glad it was helpful!
Mine is being too light that i have to go over the tattoo a second time but like you said it’s better to be going too light instead of going too deep
Just wanna say thanks for you and your fellow team members time…very much appreciated
I use Reel Skin to practice on. Im having problems slightly slicing the skin
I have serious issues with going too deep, this video will help no end thanks
I stopped for a while but my problem was the depth i did words on fingers but the second on was a neck tattoo and he is very happy but what is better cord or cordless machines because tattooing is something i found helps me keep my art going.
I put a flower on the top of my left hand.the colors I used was framed with red and kinda shaded a little with blue.and you can barely see the red and I have redone it .3times. am I not going deep enough but it's on the top of my hand so there's not a lot of fat there.
My biggest issue starting out, wasnt depth but making my skin ground beef 😂 it’s unfortunate, I was far too excited and jumped the gun with tattooing myself
Omg
@@byebyeworldx. forgive me.
Does it heal okay though? Are you able to tattoo over your grounded beef? 😆
Could you please do a video on using coil tattoo machines, just starting out, an just want to make sure I obtain as much knowledge possible before moving to a different machine if necessary.
Awesome. A lot of good info. Could you give me a link to find the good practice skins?
Thank you so much for explaining the correct depth.Its so important and I'm new at this.your advice makes all the difference and you explain it so clearly and straight to the point🖤🤘❤
so great to hear. there will be many more to come
I’ve noticed that i am obviously going too light. A lot of ink is falling out and the tattoo doesn’t look nearly as dark as when I first did it. Everyone says you should just be able to “feel” the depth. But all skin is not created equal so it’s hard to find consistency !
For me in the beginning of tattooing I was going to deep. I thought I had to put more force into my pressure and movements.
I can say mine are 1 and 2 mostly 1 but from what u said I kn I can fix them someone tried to say I had blow outs but I kn I don’t because iam not too into my skin deep . I have helped me a lot thank you again
My mentor has me using pens to practice lines for my first flash but the micron pens seem to be giving me issues . Does anyone have any suggestions. For reference I use ballpoints for doodles and am a painter originally if that helps 😊
I'm actually just starting out and trying to see what kind of issues I may or can run into
me i got problem with my hand speed and voltage . thanks a lot again for your video . really helpful
Glad this helped you out!
I've got a good depth with line work but struggling to figure out where am supposed to be when it comes to shading as its different movements
I struggled with going too light. And angle! But getting better.
Just starting to get into tattooing... Came across this video, thank you!! Its is one of the 2nd videos I watched for starting, I found you to be very insightful and helped ease a lot of anxious thoughts and worries of going too deep!! I know all too well what the end result looks like my very first tattoo I got done Professionally.. :(
Learned a lot from your video, I will definitely keep following the bag and tips for tattooing!! I have always wanted to become a tattoo artist and told many times over my life I should be.. Any additional advice to give or link me videos of suggestions to watch before picking up the gun and running.....
Interested in what the thickness of your fake skin, which also would help distinguish the actual depth of your needle to relation of the skin.. I know you said its Real Skins Brand, being new to this, so I'm not sure if they sell one standard thickness or variety, I have seen many different ones and many thickness call outs for them...
Thank you so very much..🤩🤩🤩🤩🤩🤩🤩🤩
Glad that this video could help you out! I recommend you check out our website, there's lots of useful articles and guides for beginners
@@Tattooing101 thank you... i will do so.. as well as subscribing to the channel.. love learning.. thank you guys for making your channel..
Went in to deep I left sun scarring but I’m learning they just let me try to see where I’m at and what I got to fix and your my go to person on this you help me a lot thank you for all these good explication and very detailed videos
I am just starting out, is there a free training coarse that will help me learn all I need to know to be the best I can be
I'd recommend you check out our Artist Accelerator Program: learn.tattooing101.com/artist-accelerator-salespage
Biggest problem is consistency when doing actual designs like the single line practice I have no problem when doing a stencil some lines are light I have to redo other spots I accidentally drop to low
Just starting out and my designs are extremally light. Then i get irritated and it goes to deep sweet spot is proving very difficult to find, but hey just starting got to keep at it!
I recieved an email from your school? Unfortunately im not working..your videos are so helpful..i intend to check u out when i have the bread..
Been waiting on this video !! Yessss thank you 🙏🏼
Definitely been going too light, had to touch up tattoos any tips?
Amazing info as always :)
still learning but my method is i like to hang my needles quite alot. and the dermis is around 1.6 2mm give or take depending . so i hang my needle 4mm and use half that length as i like to see my needle. is this a good method to approach it
I feel like my problem is not moving fast enough. How should we prevent overworking the skin?
Lower Volts = Slower Hand Speed.
Higher Volts = Faster Hand Speed.
I was light for a while took a bit. Reel skins are where it's at and makes practice less stressful lol
Nice Info! Do you thing the dermis it s about 1 between 2 mm?
question is tho can you feel the difference between each layer of the skin or does it feel the same?
What would be useful also, would be, about how to know what depth to set your needles at, as a lot of tattoo guns and pens etc have the option to adjust this to your own level, what are the best options for this etc
I tattooed myself I was thirsty and It was a small tattoo I did buy a whole kit and everything I took the right precautions but I think I went over it to many time and I used red ink so I’m not sure whether it’s good I think it’s ok I’ve practiced a little before hand so
I have a question. So this is the 1st time owning a tattoo gun (bought off Temu) basically just for me and my guy to mess around with and try it out. Needles absolutely scare the hell out of me! lol but I've got tattoos, piercings & gave birth to 2 kids (yeah not even gonna try to begin explaining how all that works) lol but anyways.... My guy has tattoos on his fingers the nickname Z U R Y (his baby momma's nickname) on his fingers and wants them covered up with a circle "O" with an "X" going through each letter. Now like I said I have never held a tattoo gun much less ever thought of ever giving anybody a tattoo and he's never held a tattoo gun or given somebody a tattoo before either. So this is really kind of a learning experience for the both of us. But he wants me to do as much research and practicing as I can, so I myself can do this tattoo for him. Now he's Mexican and African American so he's got darker skin and he also has thicker skin. Which from what I'm getting from these videos that I'm watching is that that skin is harder to tattoo now being somebody who's totally inexperienced I'm afraid that I'm going to go too deep or blow out the tattoo or that I'm going to hit bone or I'm just going to mess it up in some other way. What is your best advice on figuring out the right depth and the pressure and the angle and just in general how to do this? I need some help lol I hope you can give me so kind of insight on how to go about this! Thanks
I can pull nice clean lines in reelskin. But am having trouble going deep enough on actual skin. I've only tattooed myself tho.
it can be very hard tattooing yourself because of the angles needed I actually created a video where I tattooed myself explaining everything
Not sure about coils but with rotary machines (using cartridge needles) you can sort of hear when the needle is too deep
What is the appropriate thickness of the fake skin in order to start practicing? Is 1.2mm too thin?
How do I pick the correct liner size and gauge?
Hey man Any advice on how best to get an apprenticeship I don’t even know how to start.love the video :)
We have an entire article on our site about this.
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What I doing wrong when some of my tattoo the color is falling out and the skin underneath has no color in it. Just raw looking is it not deep enough? Or to deep or did I go over to rough?
If the ink is falling out then the needles aren't going in deep enough to reach the dermis. If the ink is blotchy and expanding around the area you tattooed then it's gone too deep and hit the hypodermis
@@Tattooing101 it’s not blotchy or expanding. So maybe it’s not deep enough.
My problem is the ink pooling when I start and it messes up my stencil 😢
Your videos are some of my favorite keep it up bro 💯
What’s a quality ink to buy once I’m ready for real skin
You can't go wrong with Solid, Dynamic, Intenze inks
Awesome videos. Really helpful!
I seem to have a problem going too shallow. I have been tattooing prolly about 3 months, and I almost always use a coil machine. I do have a Wormhole pen, but prefer the weight of the old school machine. Any recommendations to help me
Helpful. Thanks
I work with a coil machine I find using a dime to set to tune it to line it’s not good is it because it don’t have any throw
I went too light on my hands 😅. But my question is skin on the hands and feet are thinner correct !?
My tattoo artist
Such a good video thank you
I did a like more than 8 tats on human skin so far, some of them are perfect lines and perfect saturation but in some areas I did them too light like the first one. I’m still trying to figure out the depth even after my third or fourth time. But thankfully I never went to the third deep line. I try very hard to avoid that, maybe it’s what cause the lines to be so light?
Love this man
What type of needle is the best to use for lining and shading is it a 9rs for line and shading is what a 13 rm ...
Any tips for tattooing old skin.
When you’re wiping the ink off the practice skin what do you use??
Everytime I try to wipe or dab the ink off the ink just gets everywhere.
I’m not seeing you use anything here but in other videos I see them rubbing something on the stencil before each wipe.
Put down a thin layer of vaseline and wipe away!
To light for sure and some power supplies don't have the exact voltages
I guess I'm not going in too deep. Every time I go to clean, the paint comes off. What's the problem?
Im having issues with consistency, granted my hands are shaking a bit and i flinch a tiny bit which is causing issues, idk how to stop it. But i keep trying to draw a consistent line and im struggling, im an artist so i know how to draw and stuff, but keeping a steady line is so much harder with a tattoo gun
Using 3 points of contact when doing your line work will significantly stabilise your tattooing hand so you can pull/push lines consistently.
You can check out our free line work secrets guide in the description if you'd like to learn more about it
I have trouble with my hands shaking too much causing shaking lines especially with thin lines if you have any tips about that
3 points of contact will help out with this I will make a video explaining all of this to help you out. its all about how you hold your machine and how you have your body set up
I started practicing not long ago. And my tattoo artist told me to draw oftenly on paper.. So I draw a lot of lines and pattern.. Helps also
My hand shakes a lot too even on paper. Thank you for the question I was stressing about this myself
Link to practice skin ? So many out there
Would I be able to get a good feel on depth if I dry tattooed myself? Why does noone talk about dry tattooing? Just curious
Can I ask a favor ?can I have one of your old tattoo machine ? I'm also learning how to be a tatto artist or be one of tattoo artist. I'm beginner and I do love all your vedios .thank you in advance
If the lines I made are all bruised and I ca tell clearly tv difference between the regular skjn ad the skin lifted under the lines. Does that mean I am hitting the right spot?
I got some thin skins where I practice on.
Even if the skin is thinner than the one in the video my lines should go the same depth? That's something that I'm trying to understand but i got some troubles to it :')
I struggle with pulling a long line. I don’t know if it’s the weight I put on my hands to stretch the skin and try to stay straight? My lines recently look to faint and blotchy. Super frustrated with myself.
I been having trouble with the depths of the skin when I tried to tattoo myself the tattoo faded out I don’t know what I’m doing wrong I don’t know if it’s the angle or if I’m not going to deep in to my skin
I JUST done a tattoo on my self (it extremely bad but it’s on my skin) after too months of practice and I was WAYYY too light. I’m just scared to go too deep I guess
Ok out of curiosity i just got a tattoo gun like 4 days ago ive only touched it like 3 times 2 to test it on fake skin but i only used it for like 10min each time. And the 3rd time i tatted myself. Did anyone else just naturally pick up on the depth control? And is there any worries i should check being a complete beginner?
Do I have to change the depth if the customer has veins
I love Pentel. They make dope ass mechanical pencils.
I put my lines too light. My family is pressuring me to do tattoos already but I haven’t even got the depth figured out yet
Yo I feel you man. My fam the same way, I'm like yall don't know shit it's different then drawing on paper 🤦♂️
The same thing happened to me.
But the lines remained enough to go over it a 2nd time 3 weeks later.
Using the 3 rl depth is different then 14 rl ? N different volts?
how can you tell when you've gone too deep into human skin? or how can you keep the same and right depth while tating real skin?
Is that an Ian Dana Camp sheet behind ya?? He’s the man.
When you are tattooing and you see the little lightning bolts of ink go through the tiny little veins, is that a blow out?
Not necessarily. When you tattoo ribs you will see that quite a lot. The way you tell a line is blown out is that it will look a little cloudy at the edges. Where a good line will have sharp we’ll defined edges
Thank you first off for your videos, second i have issues with getting smooth and even shading.
Put at least an hour a two or day bro. It’ll get easier as muscle memory last. Confident is key too