Do you really know your tattooist? Do you really trust him as he put tattoo on your body? Be informed to avoid skin infection how to choose a tattoo artist

i guess i will start by saying i have been tattooing for over 15 year and i never seen a tatto infection i no there are risk . but it is like when one of my clients get one it kills me .i have 3 shop and thay are all super clean and sterile im a clean freak and just dont like this to happen to me .can this happen to some one just out of the blues??? i no for a fact it was no from a u nsterile shop or am i just over reacting .or after 1000 of tattoos it was just time to happen ??

I am going to start tattooing. I have an extensive artistic background that ive always wanted to take into a tattooing career. There isnt anywhere in my area available for an apprenticeship so im just gonna go it on my own. I realise that this is not the ideal situation, but whatever, thats not the point of this post. Im wondering if anyone could recommend what sort of equipment i should buy to start out with. Im looking for something reasonably priced but good quality. Im willing to pay slightly more for a better quality machine. Could anyone please recommend a particular brand of equipment? Also a good brand of ink to start with? And if its not too much trouble, if someone could compile me a list of everything i should get to start out. Quantity, all that. I have a general idea what im doing (my best friend was an apprentice before being untimely incarcerated) and intend to ask around and find any books i can on the subject. I know sterile technique and all that jazz and am schedualed to take a bloodborn pathogens course at the local community college. Thanks tons who anyone willing to help me out with this! -Lady

hi, just stumbled across this web site looks pretty cool! iv got this large thistle at the top of my right arm with some shading but its only on one side and im stuck for what to put on the other side to finish it off. i will post a pic asap but im off to the bar for a pint in a min its a bit of a scottish theme. would b cool to see others with patriotic tat of their countries to see how they'v used the space.

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hi, just stumbled across this web site looks pretty cool! iv got this large thistle at the top of my right arm with some shading but its only on one side and im stuck for what to put on the other side to finish it off. i will post a pic asap but im off to the bar for a pint in a min its a bit of a scottish theme. would b cool to see others with patriotic tat of their countries to see how they'v used the space.

Do you really know your tattooist? Do you really trust him as he put tattoo on your body? Be informed to avoid skin infection how to choose a tattoo artist

I'm extremely interested in getting into the art of tattooing. Been watching a lot of vids on tips; styles; etc. Was wondering about knowing how to transition your colors.... Is there a specific chart i can refer too??? or a basic color chart would do????

has anyone ever heard of dragoart tattoo machines and are they any good...please forgive my ignorance

i know i might get slandered but o well. what different techniques are used in soft shading?

i will be heading to the evian tattoo convention next week and then staying around for about a month. i'll be guesting at inkvaders in geneva right after for a week but after that i have no solid plans. im trying to find some decent studios that could host a guest artist between the 28th of oct and the 12th of november. if anyone can help me out with that please let me know. thanx dustin

Hey everyone I have recenly purchased a tatoo it from thetttooshop.co.uk and have been attempting to practice with it on grapefruit and a practice skin, for some reason I have to keep dipping to top up the ink on the needle every few seconds, the lines I do are very thin, and if i try to press a little harder in hope of getting a better line the needle tends to drag so I get the feling it is not getting the right depth, the needle I am using is a 5 needle round liner so i understand it will be quite thin but the 3 needle liner I used did seem to be a little thicer than this, I dont know what im doing wrong but it is not going very smoothly atall. p.s I dont know if its needle depth but I have followed all the tips such as when setting up the needle should barely show from the tube. Any tips Ideas welcome

Ok so I am new to tattooing, I decided to buy a kit from [link] and am wondering if I also HAVE to buy and Autocave and an Ultrasonic or is it suitable and possible to just clean the kit itself some other way as the autoclave is around 600 pound and ultrasonics are 60 pound plus at the moment i will be just practicing on grapefruit etc but im just curious as ive never seen either of these items at the tattoo shop ive been to

Here's part 4 of the video tutorial series 'Learn to tattoo' which focuses on how you can practise tattooing

Part 3 of the series, focusing on seting up the tattoo machine: Click here for part four, which focuses on tattoo practise