Hi! Welcome and thanks for joining me on my journey as I become a self-taught tattoo artist. I will be sharing my insights and outsights on what it's like to build a creative life and the joys of being a beginner (yes, again).
A little about me? Love the sun, art, books & myths and I refuse to live in a disenchanted world. Voilà! :)
Bit of a tip, when tattooing your own leg, esp near the knee, put the stencil on stood up, your skin is streched when you are sitting down so when you stand up arter tattoing it will shrink
I hope you will be back soon with your update.i am also trying to teach myself tattooing I love it so much but finding it hard to get straight lines , the rite dept and holding my machine 🙈🙈but am goina keep trying....its so different tattoo on a flat surface than tattooing on humans skin.i don't know how or where to lean my hand to keep steady ....and I end up getn nervous and shaking ....hopefully with more practice I will get there too x ✌ wud lov to hear how u are getting on ...
Just found your channel. I'm starting my tattooing journey at the moment and thank you so much for putting your experience out here it's tremendously helpful and inspiring!!
I tattooed myself 1 month ago, was scared as hell for no reason - obviously :) and it was a big learning curve. I like the needle poking feeling XD Great job 😄
I've hurd that a local tattoo shop neer me having ppl prove themselves on fake skin, to me that's intimidating....I've done many tattoos, but in my day, you tattooed yourself, maby once or twice then right on to people...the most challenging part of tattooing, or art is the compitition. theres' probably 20+ capable artists per spot, but 7mos on fake skin sounds insane... 7 months you should be able to tattoo!!! you need to just jump in! Tattooing fake skin is no more tattooing than drawing in a sketch book. get yourself a couple of friends who You arn't gonna end up loosing touch with and make them the deal, and scrawl on them till your good in exchange for suit or tattoos anytime they like... you should be good as your gonna get at laying ink b4 their covered and you will quickly find that the selling of art/artists is more about the hustle than the quality.... cutthroats & gatekeepers.....at 7 mos you should be googling shops and looking thru the photos and seeing all kinds of busted work, and knowing about where you are talent wise. YOU NEED TO PUSH! if your waiting for somone to say, "your ready come on get this money we've been collecting'' your gonna be waiting 4ever.
there is no need or place for baby powder tattooing learn your stuff b4 teaching. the only thing you prep skin to be tattooed with is the stencil and inkcarrier. anything on the skin will be pushed into your tattoo, theres no reason to put anything extra on the skin, in fact it can only be counterproductive.
Hi Johan. Thanks for the comment.1st of all…I’m not teaching. I’m sharing. So let’s make this clear. 2ndly the reason why I’m using baby powder it’s because I used it previously on the fake skin mats for training, following advice from a tattoo artist. I found that it helped me stick the stencil. I realize that it might be counterproductive, and understand now why - kind of obvious, yes. But I’m learning. In a very diy/on my own style. so…I guess…thanks for your comment! You might not have the intention to help, but you kinda of did. Have a nice day 🌞
Never use vaseline on a tattoo, it is a petroleum product. Instead, a good tattoo butter will soothe the skin, apply lightly with gloves...these "butters" are during and aftercare as well.
@@catthefirst6289 There are many tattoo kinds of butter, i.e. Hustle Butter sold in tattoo supply shops. Or course they are aftercare creams and so many good products you can use for aftercare., The hustle butter ( and there are also many others alike from other brands) can be used during tattooing on the skin instead of vaseline, is much better for the skin, and soothing as well,. It can also be used for aftercare if one does not have cream. For a customer that gets a tattoo is more convenient to use an aftercare cream
Hi folks, I use baby oil for cleaning my fake skins. It also works on dried paint. Rub it into the skin, let it sit for a while and wipe off. You'll save a ton of petroleum jelly.
Great job, I'm also been learning to tattoo for about 6 months, and I've had a couple of "clientes" (friends from work) and also tattooed myself, it came out really great (it's a Charizard) keep up the good work!
I am suuuper interested in poke tattoo. I would love to see your stuff! As for pain...well whenever I got tattooed by other people it has been always really painless (though I don't have anything on a heavy pain spot...yet). To my surprise, it was quite painful to do it on myself? I think I went too fast and too deep. And probably my anxiety played a lot lot lot on it! But my hand started cramping a lot and the bending forward was weird on my back after a while 😅
Another great video 🤩 I’m about to order my first tattoo gun tomorrow and go down a similar path of what you’re doing! I’ve always drawn in my life and I’ve finally at 28 decided to try tattoo art. Specifically on fake skin as well for a while and eventually myself I suppose! Haha maybe I’ll just be incredible and we can be famous tattoo friends! 🤩🙏
This is literally THE BEST “tattoo myself” video i have seen. Very awesome video quality, really mature person, intelligent and well spoken! 10/10 video I support you 100% after seeing this video 🙏🔥
@@chandracox6814 hi there 👋 it was my choice to tattoo it like this. It's a reminder and a cheek-in-tongue joke regarding Duchamp's work. I understand that in terms of display and positioning...the traditional, and perhaps most pleasing way to see it would be the other way around. Buuut...this is my practice and my skin. If I would do it on someone else, I would advise it the traditional way, yes. but if someone would want it "upside down" i would do it as it's always a personal choice. 🙃
Once again great video. What I love the most is that you are putting urself out there and sharing your process. We should all be sharing processes. And of course whoever gave you that book must be awesome hahah
This is a super hard piece to tattoo for a beginner. I would suggest to choose sg that has more shorter and thicker lines. These intricate designs needs years of practice. Keep it up, and good luck!!!
Thank you for the feedback! 😃 It was indeed an intricate design and it's not perfect, nevertheless i am really happy that I took the risk (on myself, ofc). I am working on smaller designs with thicker lines. I seem to be more able to control the line work. I hope I can get to do this kind of work with finer lines in the future though. Thanks again and have a great day 🌞
