JRock's House
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Vnsmkr
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I started with black and grey pieces on arms and 1 leg and that grew to one arm sleeved in color and the other leg sleeved in black and grey. I got all of mine done here except for a yant written in Cambodian script which was done in Cambodia and one from this old Swedish fucker here who I wouldnt let touch me again; that was my last tattoo prolly 4 years ago and its fading already whereas the professionally done arms are still looking great minimal fading.
WindyCityKush
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I believe we have the same machine. I have 2 , my gf wants to practice as well. I have a lot more practicing to do before I can get over the nervousness of working on someone else. I have mid terms this week or else I'd have some some more work on my sleeve this week. The one thing I noticed about buying the Amazon guns is the inks are shitty as fuck. I bought a separate black that is awesome but now I need the primary colors from a better source. I'm not an artist by any means. Im also what you would call a scratcher lol
Any helpful links on tuning one of these shitty guns?
Any helpful links on tuning one of these shitty guns?
jrock420
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Yeah the inks are kinda shitty. They work but it's a few coats lol.
I used this guys videos since he is covered in tats and he does them from his house. He gives u simple ways to tune up your guns.
WindyCityKush
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Thanks jrock. I just got out of court so I will check it out when I get home. I Go back next month and hopefully the state continues to take their sweet ass time turning over evidence. Lawyer is still optimistic about getting one case dismissed so there's that.
Do you have any ideas on how I can fill in spaces in my sleeve?
Do you have any ideas on how I can fill in spaces in my sleeve?
jrock420
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Well at least your headed home so that's a good sign right off the bat! When u don't leave that courtroom is when I'm told it starts to not look good so ur doing well.
Filling in between sleeves is a difficult task. I see alot of random shit in between most or some folks go with a kinda tribal type random design to tie random tattoos together. I'm in the same boat kinda. I have random ass tattoos and try to think wtf am I gonna do to tie these shits together. I might just go with a shit ton more random small tattoos to fill in my arms.
That's funny you talk about shaking when tatting someone else. Even tatting myself I shake. That takes alot of practice to stop that shit, I'm not there yet. Sometimes I just set the gun down and chill for a minute or 10. The heavy gun really puts a working in on the hand. It's like writing with a 2 lb top heavy pencil! After a hr of tattooing my hand is cramping and tired. That's why these tattoos guys spend big money on fancy chairs and arm rests so they are always in a good comfy position when working.
jrock420
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That's a pretty clever tattoo idea. I like the brick wall to fill in the empty space as you could make each brick a little different like they are naturally. Then u could always go over the bricks in black to tag ur brick sleeve again with another tat lol.
bassman999
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My bro has pro guns now, but remember when he was in teens an he stole all the bic pens cassette players and DC power supplies, oh and guitar strings lol
jrock420
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My guitar string tattoos have long faded away. Talk about a pain full bloody tattoo lmao. That was just my shitty gun tho. I've seen homemade jailhouse guns that look and function really well for being homemade. Some of those prison made tattoos are amazing considering the materials used and there usually done with a single needle style gun....most tattoos are outlined with a 9 round which is 9 needles in a circle.
jrock420
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@WindyCityKush here is a little needle chart with what tube sizes to use. It's kinda helpful. Alot of dudes shade and line with the same size needles. I like to shade and line with 9 rounds. You can practice on oranges and pigs ears is the closest you can get to human skin to practice. I have done oranges but never tried the pig ears.
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bassman999
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Those were his early tats, and yeah I heard they were painful, he even made a speed controller with variable radio shack power pack
Jail tats with cig ashes or something I think he said
kmog33
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9s is too big. You should be lining with 3-5 RL. If you need thicker lines after, you go over with larger groupings. Trying to dig your way through fresh skin with a 9rl is gonna make people think you're fucked up heavy handed when it's really just you should've prepped the skin. Lol.
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WindyCityKush
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I use 5r myself. Seems to be perfect, although I have used a 7r on myself and it wasn't too bad. Thanks form the chart @jrock420 .
Since you dropped in @kmog33 , I know you pollen chuck in your garden, what's a good way to pollinate a branch or two without ruining an entire crop. I want to hit a couple plants with Strawberry pollen. Fucker already busted his nut and I'm hoping he didn't ruin the run but in case he didn't, I still want to toss some pollen around. He busted in 18 days!
Since you dropped in @kmog33 , I know you pollen chuck in your garden, what's a good way to pollinate a branch or two without ruining an entire crop. I want to hit a couple plants with Strawberry pollen. Fucker already busted his nut and I'm hoping he didn't ruin the run but in case he didn't, I still want to toss some pollen around. He busted in 18 days!
kmog33
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5rl is a solid liner. 3s are more for fine line work and portraits. I have experimented with just about everything. My whole leg piece was done with a 15f then added tiny bits with a 1rl. That was a bitch and a half in that order haha.
For the pollen you can separate the male as its opening and put it over a black piece of paper or plastic or a mirror. Grab a qtip and roll it in the pollen that falls and touch the bottom few bugs that you want to pollenate with the qtip. I would wait until you're 2-3 weeks in 12/12 to pollenate to be sure you get prime viable beans.
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kmog33
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Generally melted chess pieces or graphite from pencils lol.
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jrock420
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How long have u been doing tattoos
WindyCityKush
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Soot from underneath metal jail bunks. They used to use them as grills back in the day, so plenty of black soot under there, mixed with a drop of VO5 shampoo and a drop of alcohol , some prefer to add toothpaste to the mix as a thickening agent , I usually don't.
kmog33
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I used to do tattoos. For 7ish years. Built machines as well.
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