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I’m guesting out of state and my client i had booked in tomorrow just told me they are trying to get a wisdom tooth extracted as a walk in right before our appointment tomorrow. At first i thought the dentist wouldn’t even accept this as a walk in, but then they told me their last extraction was done as a walk in as well. This feels very wrong to accept this appointment now and im worried about what kind of toll an extraction would take on one’s body the same day as getting a large tattoo. I already received the deposit and it is now 11 pm the night before. I’ve continuously advised the client to walk in another day, as i cannot reschedule due to being a guest artist. They are being stubborn and now i’m unsure how to proceed forward. Is this advised at all to accept this client? It feels wrong but i’ve researched and some say the extraction isn’t as invasive but the fact that it would be within less than 6 hours of each other is what worries me.

Is there somewhere on here to buy/sell and trade tattoo machines??
I have a few high end tattoo machines I don’t use that I wouldn’t mind selling or trading.
I obviously don’t want to post on here
If it is against the rules.
Thanks in advance 🙏🏻

Ciao! Tatuo da quasi 5 anni (ho iniziato da sola a casa e ho cercato nel mio piccolo di migliorare e avvicinarmi di più al mondo del Black&grey). Negli ultimi due anni ho lavorato con la Krea della dormhouse, roteando il grip per lescursione sono rimasta con la centralina in mano e i fili che si sono staccati . Li ho risaldati, ma ho paura che mentre tatuo se cambio la regolazione i fili si possano nuovamente spezzare. Non avendo una macchinetta di riserva vorrei comprarne una nuova e magari conservare lei per le emergenze.
Fra una macchinetta con una corsa da 4 e una da 3/3,5 per il Black & grey, quale reputate più idonea? Oppure la differenza è minima/ nulla? Vorrei un prodotto buono che mi aiuti e che duri a livello meccanico ( non 10 anni ma almeno 3-4 ). Mi hanno consigliato la shader della bishop ma al momento leggermente fuori budget per me….

Inoltre colgo l’occasione dell anonimato per vomitare più paranoie possibili. Sono una persona abbastanza timida, ho sempre dovuto fare più lavori per sostenermi economicamente e appena avevo qualche ora libera mi dedicavo ai tatuaggi affinché diventassero il primo e unico lavoro. Ora mi trovo a 25 anni in una nuova città, sempre “piccola “ come la mia, ma con zero clienti e nessuno studio che possa ospitarmi come guest per quei pochi lavori che faccio sul territorio… e oggi sono due mesi che non tatuo e questa cosa mi sta mangiando il cervello e mi sta facendo rivalutare tutto il mio percorso, e qualsiasi scelta io abbia preso.

Cosa potrebbe aiutarmi ad avere quelle sfumature vellutate così omogenee (tipo Claudia Bindi) ?
Mi piacerebbe molto seguire un seminario da lei ma siamo molto lontane e al momento non ci sono nuove date….

A couple walks into the shop. The boyfriend gets a $100 shop minimum tattoo from one artist, and the girlfriend gets a $150 custom tattoo from another. The boyfriends artist leaves for the day. The boyfriend pays for both in one transaction, leaving a $50 tip. Does the tip go to one or the other? Do they split it evenly? Or do they split it unevenly?

Doesn’t have to be perfected, can be sketches too!

Helllo💗💗💗 looking for some helpful tips on getting started with Mags! I used them twice and I love the colour blending. But I am worried about overworking the skin and I know they need to be used different then doing colour with a RL! Am I right In thinking it needs to be a sweeping motion ?

Hey guys! I’m an artist in Austin. I do a lot of stippled neotrad and blackwork fantasy. And I’ve been making the transition from pen machines to a rotary with an armature bar.

So far I’ve been lining with my needle on bar and then packing black with my cartridges and pen machine.

So the next step will be buying some mags on bar. I’ve been using flat 7s and soft edge 15s but kinda wanna try some other sizes. What sizes are y’all using? Either for shading or packing black.

I’ve been tattooing professionally for three years now and pretty much only worked with black in the past. Clients often ask for small color accents but I’ve found it super hard to work with certain colors. I’ve overworked colors like dark red (ended up looking purple like the color of red wine more than once), flesh tones and light blue and can’t seem to figure out what I’m doing wrong. I have no issue with colors like bright red, blue or green - those have always healed nice and even without scarring or fading.

Do you guys have any tips on how to tattoo those colors without overworking? I use mostly RS needles for pops of color.

Hey all. Looking for a little advice if you have any experience tattooing on leather, glass, metal, etc.

I’m a 6th year tattoo artist who recently had to start using a walker for my disability. I’m pretty young still and I’d like to customize my walker, and I’d love to do something irezumi inspired on it — it would be white, tan, or gold on black (the walker is black).

I’ve only ever tattooed on skin, or fake skin / fruits in apprenticeship, but have no experience “tattooing” on other materials. I’ve seen a lot of people doing it so hoping someone here might know!

The walker is metal, and the seat is a fake pleathery type of material. I’m wondering what paints/varnishes people are using to tattoo on alternative canvases, and are you using standard needle cartridges or switching them out for those pen-nib cartridges? If there are any tutorials or courses anyone recommends please share!

Thank you very much, any help is appreciated. I hope to successfully tatt up my walker and be back here sharing pics with yall! Also open to any non-tattoo advice on just making a walker more personalized and cool looking if any of y’all also use one. (:

( Sorry if this isn’t the right sub, mods pls take mercy on me and point me in the right direction if not 🙏🏻 appreciate yall! )

I've been tattooing for about 5 years now, on and off as I've worked part-time for most of it, and I feel like my linework is decent but could still improve. I tend to have some shakiness in my lines, and i try to do different voltage, different needle length, holding my machine tighter/looser, but I'm not sure what I'm doing wrong. I try to practice on fake skin when I don't have a client, but I just wanna have my linework looking nice and crispy, any advice?