Im not that happy with the piece. First I accidentally used a 3rl needle for like every line. Took me an eternity to figure this out. Then I fixed that but made some accidental stipples around the moon. I tried to hide it but now it lowkey just looks like shit.
Would love to hear your opinions :)
Tapping into some imagination after years of observation work is quite nice ! I think this would be a fun flash piece but I need to work on my lines not being too close together I think
I recently started at a private shop under "apprenticeship" aka I'm the shop bitch for my owner and all the cleaning, appointments ect. But I'm already tattooing clients for little or no cost. I'm working near 50 hour weeks, 8 hours 6 days a week and I get a flat rate of $237 a week which I'm grateful for because I know most apprenticeships are unpaid. I get 50/50 for paid tattoos.
My quality has dropped SO badly. I've done 3 this week and every single one of them I've been horribly disappointed with and my mentor hasn't been soft on me about it. I can't even seem to pull a good line anymore and I have a near full sleeve on myself and 20+ I've done from home that have been very good quality. Decent lines, clean shading, good blending, I've only had a couple of blow outs EVER and I even have a half sleeve black out ornamental on myself with no issues. Definitely not PERFECT work by any means, but work I was proud of. And it's like all of a sudden this is my first time holding my machine. It's killing my drive, I'm so burnt out, I have so much passion for art and my mentor says if I don't "eat sleep and breathe tattoos" I won't make it. But this has pushed me so deep into a hole about my work. Is it just jitters?? What can I do to combat this? I feel like I'm ruining my own dream.
First 3 photos are home done, last two are ones I did this week. I know the first 3 still aren't perfect, but they're significantly better than what I've put out this week. Cropping to reserve some type of anon.
Getting my first tattoo tomorrow about 5x3 on my lower right stomach. Finding conflicting answers online about how bad it will hurt and was hoping someone could give me an idea lol
Was also curious if since it’s my first tattoo if it’s a good idea to go ahead and get it in what people say is a “more painful” spot since I have no other tattoos to compare it to
Work in progress obviously,, will post an update when it's ready.. if I don't fuck it up
Yeah, this sh*t hurt REAL BAD 😩 took me about 4 hours total, definitely was questioning my life choices halfway through
Hello lovely peeps, these are my 1st and 2nd work on human skin. Sorry for the crap quality photo for the first one, wasn't able to contact the model for an update.
The fishy is done on myself and it's in the 4th week of healing.
I have gone through a few months of mentorship and wasn't able to look for a suitable apprenticeship near my current location. I'm currently just practicing on fake skin and trying to look for a direction on where I should go from here.
I appreciate any feedback on my work and any suggestions on what I should focus on, that will be immensely appreciated. Also, what style or artist should I look at to build up my references and style studies based on what I have done.
All love from a lost newbie 🙏💖