Punx Tattooists !!!

So i just thought i'd create a thread about tattooing

NOTE: This thread is about TATTOOING, not about getting tattoos or showing the tattoos you have !!! I'd be happy to see your tattoos but please go here: viewtopic.php?f=33&t=3538&p=37210&hilit=Tattoos#p37210, let's keep this topic clean and let's talk about tattooing art...
But of course if you do tattoos you can post some pics from your portfolio to show us

I always wanted to become a tattooist since i was in highschool but i couldn't find someone to teach me... So i finally decided to start anyway, and i learnt the same way i always did with everything... computers, coding, drawings, etc... : by myself

Does anybody else have experience in tattooing on this forum ??

I don't recommand to start tattooing without any lessons from a professional but if you are a beginner in the domain and you have motivation to learn don't hesitate to ask a few questions.... Best way to start without destroying people's skins is to buy a cheap tattoo machine on the internet (you can find some starter kit for around $100 or buy individual machines for $10 each)... Just be sure to pratice on pig skin or tattoo yourself before tattooing other peoples.... Once you have experience, tattoo people for free, it is a easy and effective method to get clients and gain real experience
Don't forget that you can find a lot of dvd and other videos/tutorials on the internet that will teach you tattoo basics.... And be sure to ALWAYS take hygiene VERY SERIOUSLY... Wear gloves, mask, use disposable sterile needles and tubes and NEVER use the same stuff twice, watch out for cross contamination


I'll try to add pictures of my tattoos to my website very soon, but i have started to tattoo only around 1 month ago so i have not a very big portfolio.

 

wow nice, just checked out your blog, great work !!! i haven't even done much shading yet, but so far everyone have been satisfacted with the job i have done

it's not the machine that makes the tattoo, it's the tattooist i think beginner kits is a good way to start, it can easily do lining job, i got a cheap machine from internet and i know pro tattooist who still use same kind of machines for their tattoos.... i'll stick with that until i get some good machine like an Eikon but first i'll buy a Micky Sharpz for shading and coloring

i learnt everything by myself by reading off internet and watching dvd... i dated a tattooist girl a few months ago but we broke up before i got my machines so it didnt help much hehe... now i have a couple of tattooist friends they helped me to learn the basis

Yep exactly, and it is a good job for an anarchist... It's independant, you work for yourself, you don't have any boss, no exploitation, nobody profits over your work, you work whenever you want, whereever you want, you set your own prices, etc....

 

Thanks! I'm very motivated and i take it very seriously, i will have a lot of patience

Apparently not all tattoo inks are vegan

http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index ... 420AAThTaY

http://www.associatedcontent.com/articl ... html?cat=7

http://vegdaily.com/2009/04/vegan-ink-t ... e-tattoos/

 

here's a tattoo i did yesterday :

 

heheh yeah sure, i'll tattoo you for free

Anyway i usually charge very low.... usually $15$ or $20$ per hour, thats fucking ridiculously cheap considering amateur tattooist charge $50 to $60 per hour, and professional charge at least $100 per hour Thats just because i need to pay back my equippement, i invested over $1200 in my stuff

 

I use Intenze ink, do you know if it's vegan ?? And what is the quality of Stable ink compared to Intenze ??

I use green soap, i didn't even know it wasn't vegan, i don't understand what ingredient comes from animal ??

 

i put up a gallery with some of my work here:
http://anarchoi.resistance.tk/tattoo

i'm still a beginner, i haven't done huge tattoos yet, and most of my tattoos are unfinished

 

lol yeah i know, i even tattooed a thor's hammer today (ewww) but i'm the tattooist, not the dude who get a tattoo, my job is to tattoo not to chose a tattoo
i'm supposed to tattoo the metallica star on my friend's arm soon... heheh.... i wouldn't get a tattoo like that but oh well, it's their bodies not mine