Tattooing
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Tattooing
My wifes buying me a tattoo kit, for an early christmas present, my friend says I can tattoo him all over with anything I like.
Any tips?.
Any tips?.
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Re: Tattooing
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Re: Tattooing
Buy some pork joints to practice on, pig skin is allegedly very similar to human skin ![Thumbup :thumbup:](./images/smilies/icon_thumbup.gif)
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But do a good job otherwise they will lock you up.
Your friend is either brave or mad
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get her to get you something else instead. far too many scratchers out there already.StormingHonda wrote:My wifes buying me a tattoo kit, for an early christmas present, my friend says I can tattoo him all over with anything I like.
Any tips?.
if you're serious, get an apprenticeship at a local studio.
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no it's not.playerone wrote:Buy some pork joints to practice on, pig skin is allegedly very similar to human skin
practice on yourself, if you must.
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Practice on your soles of your feet the least painful place apparently.... ![Rolling Eyes :roll:](./images/smilies/icon_rolleyes.gif)
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Re: Tattooing
The problem is I work full time, so I dont have the time for an aprenticeship, my art skills arent bad and I like to do stuff by the book in regards to sterilisation and health side of it, I will study all this before I even go near my friends back, but it doesnt look hard to tattoo.rob... wrote:get her to get you something else instead. far too many scratchers out there already.StormingHonda wrote:My wifes buying me a tattoo kit, for an early christmas present, my friend says I can tattoo him all over with anything I like.
Any tips?.
if you're serious, get an apprenticeship at a local studio.
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I'm with Rob, I don't think home tattooing is a great idea.
There's a lot to learn about blood borne pathogens etc, a proper autoclave is about the only way of dealing with those and even then they need regular spore testing to ensure that they're working.
With all that on top of preparing a properly sterile work area I think it would get very expensive.
There's a lot to learn about blood borne pathogens etc, a proper autoclave is about the only way of dealing with those and even then they need regular spore testing to ensure that they're working.
With all that on top of preparing a properly sterile work area I think it would get very expensive.
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And that is the biggest downfall there is. You may be a fantastic artist but tattoo work and drawing on canvas or paper is a completely different ball game. As said above, Pork joints, get practicing and before you even attempt to ruin someone elses body practice on yourself. Your thighs are a great place to start on your first person tattoo. You'll find skin behaves strangely when your poking needles into it at around 190 times a second.StormingHonda wrote:
The problem is I work full time, so I dont have the time for an aprenticeship, my art skills arent bad and I like to do stuff by the book in regards to sterilisation and health side of it, I will study all this before I even go near my friends back, but it doesnt look hard to tattoo.
It takes years as an apprentice before they will even let you get near a person.
That said, good luck with it.
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And dont forget the public liability insurance. ![Laughing :lol:](./images/smilies/icon_lol.gif)
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Re: Tattooing
The health aspect of it it what I am really going to look into before I even think about tattooing my mate, hes already said that he understands its all on his head if something goes wrong, but I dont want anything to go wrong.Murv wrote:I'm with Rob, I don't think home tattooing is a great idea.
There's a lot to learn about blood borne pathogens etc, a proper autoclave is about the only way of dealing with those and even then they need regular spore testing to ensure that they're working.
With all that on top of preparing a properly sterile work area I think it would get very expensive.
I'm quite maticulous and have a do it right attitude to anything.
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I'm going to start with tattoo canvas then pork skin before I touch anyone.pinkyfloyd wrote:And that is the biggest downfall there is. You may be a fantastic artist but tattoo work and drawing on canvas or paper is a completely different ball game. As said above, Pork joints, get practicing and before you even attempt to ruin someone elses body practice on yourself. Your thighs are a great place to start on your first person tattoo. You'll find skin behaves strangely when your poking needles into it at around 190 times a second.StormingHonda wrote:
The problem is I work full time, so I dont have the time for an aprenticeship, my art skills arent bad and I like to do stuff by the book in regards to sterilisation and health side of it, I will study all this before I even go near my friends back, but it doesnt look hard to tattoo.
It takes years as an apprentice before they will even let you get near a person.
That said, good luck with it.
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Fair enough mate, look forward to seeing some of your work ![Thumbup :thumbup:](./images/smilies/icon_thumbup.gif)
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Re: Tattooing
a mate of mine is a tattoist, he did most of his own tats on his body, including homer simpsons face on his knob......
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