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tpole68
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 Posted: Fri Dec 09, 2005 4:12 pm Post subject: need to practice tattooing |
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| i am learning to tattoo...i have noone around to apprentice from...i am tattooing myself and wife....i am taking it very slow and trying to be mindful to not "fuck up" either of us...the problem is, i want to know the best thing to practice on...i've heard oranges, cantaloupes, the skin on a pork roast, a football, softball, etc. any suggestions would be appreciated...thank you |
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| Posted: Fri Dec 09, 2005 5:01 pm Post subject: |
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They just NEVER get it, do they?  |
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tpole68
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| what is there to get?...I'm new to the sight and feel that is a legitimate question...rather than practice on humans , I would like to know (from more experienced tattooist) what is the best thing to practice on! What exactly am I not getting???!!! |
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| You don't practice on anything. You learn properly, so there is no need to practice. If you have an excuse as to why you can't do it properly, it isn't for you. You can scribble all over everything you get your hands on, and it will not prepare you for much of anything having to do with working on humans. |
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tpole68
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| Ill' find a way around "my excuse" and produce quality work. Thanks for your input. |
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Just to let you know, without an apprenticeship it might take anywhere from 3 to 4 times as long to reach quality status when learning on your own... if you ever reach that level.
2 good years as an apprentice might be 7 or 8 years on your own, more if you're really convinced you have what it takes and think you already know it all. Good luck, have patience... and hope no angry clients gut you along the way for f*cking up their skin.
Oh, even when you do reach quality status you might have a hell of a time getting to work in a decent shop because you werent' apprenticed.
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BadWolf
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Yea, the guys from "Ink MasterZ" thought they were producing quality work, too. They were so convinced, that they flooded every tattoo forum on the internet with ads, just like the one posted here. At this point they have recieved SO MUCH negative feedback about their "Quality work" that they have shut down their guestbook. They have to constantly remove negative (but accurate) comments about their "quality work" from their blog. It is sub standard work (at best). One dimentional garbage that no one should ever have their skin polluted with. And they were actually convinced it was quality work.
Out of the millions of times I have heard someone tell me they will learn on their own and produce quality work, only a couple have pulled it off. Those people struggled unnecessarily, and would council you against doing it that way. The ten years you spend trying to stumble across BASIC info could have been spent on far better things.
But you probably know it all....that's why you are here asking what to practice on.
What could any of us tattooists possibly know about tattooing?? |
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