Tattooing myself for the first time (My 1st tattoo!) 

I'm a self taught artist who has resorted to tattooing themselves many times in order to learn...here's just a couple of tips (apologies if you've read them elsewhere)...use A&D ointment on the skin to help the needle glide. It helps a bunch, especially for lining. Next...(this applies especially when doing realism)...always work from bottom to top..or top to bottom depending on what part of the tattoo is closest to you...imagine that you're a printer. It means that you won't lose your stencil and you can concentrate on every individual element piece by piece. Cool content!

To anyone reading this who's new to tattooing.. tattooing yourself is no joke.. it's hurts more and takes a lot of mental stability to hurt yourself and concentrate on hurting yourself.. it's well worth it for practice but no joke..

I’ve tattooed both my shins (right starwars) (left witchy stuff) my ankles and forearm and I absolutely love tattooing myself, I was super shaky the first time but a good meal before hand helps and a drink

Honestly very impressed with the shading excited to see some more tattoos

Hats down to you man, fearless. I felt so sorry when I saw you shaking. I know the feeling all too well, It sucks. But you did good.

Proper good job there bro I shook loads when I did my own tattoo 😂

My tatt has healed brilliant, can't believe you did this to yourself x

came out really good, i hope when start doing mine they turn out as good as this

That is ridiculously good for your first tattoo. Makes me want to finish my own sleeve lol !!but there’s no way it’d turn out half as good. Looks like you got your self a side hustle there bub ! 🤘

Ahahah man this just reminded me when I gave myself my first ones! Magical moments

I am also a self taught artist that started tattooing myself in 10th grade and that was 21 years ago. I now have over 150 tats on myself and have did another 3 or 4 thousand on other people. Just a few tips from me, try to line your stencil up a little better depending on where you want it and start from either end and work the opposite direction just so you don't lose your stencil from wiping. Also the nerves will definitely go away. It's almost like drawing for me now. The new tattoo pens are the way to go. I have 7 other machines but the tattoo pens are so quiet and comfortable in my hand. A&D ointment is the best for healing but only a thin layer. Never tattoo anyone unless you have a few under your belt and are comfortable with machine and not shaking. All love and like the video.

Great tattoo brother 💯 ive done a few stick n pokes on myself and i just got full pro tattoo kit with practice skin but my lines are all over 😷✌ thanks for sharing your videos 👊

Yes brotha get it. That’s right. Self tattooing 👍

This was awesome content!! Excited to go binge your videos. Great job!!

Ur shaky lines actually look good. I love it! Great job!

That's a decent job you did there!! How you had the courage to do it fair play.. Tattooist in the making 💯 Look forward to mine 😬

LOL!!!!🤣🤣🤣🤣 its the ink splatter on the carpet for me!!!!!! Ahhhhhhh crying laughing so hard! Good for you mate! Keep trying you'll get there eventually LMFAO

That shading looks amazing especially since you’re doin it on yourself! I’m learning how to tattoo rn and shading is the worst part when I practice on myself usually have too do it in parts tho that’s also probably because of some of the places I’ve picked lol

dude you did suchhhh a good fucking job!!! best video ive ever watched on tattooing oneself. so yeah super encouraging im totally going ahead w my own tat. thanksssssss

I’ve been tattooing on myself for about 5 months now, this inspires me to document my journey as well! Great video, best wishes. TATT TATT TATT IT UP!!!!

Like ur style man. Its brave AF to do ur first tattoo on urself. Big up. I subbed and liked.

It came out amazing! I bought a tattoo gun because me & my sister love tattoos but we wanted to do them ourselves & I tattooed her & I was shaky at first as well. I need to practice more but I’m so nervous to do one on myself. But you did an amazing job!

Great job! I like those pens.

I shook a lot when I first tried tattooing too......your shading is impressive I’m trying to get my shading down still , good job great first tattoo

Great Job Jay. What a super talent you have. Good luck .. I have no doubt you will make a total success of this. .. I might even be tempted myself 😉

Well my thighs are a mess😬😂 but that's how i learned mostly. I can totally relate to shaking. Tattooing on myself also helps to understand how my tattoos are healing. Good content!

That’s pretty good for his first tattoo and doing it himself I have some tattoos I’m not artistic but even if I was I don’t think I’d be able to do it myself... fuck yea

It's a weird experience but I love it

Priceless I love these videos hhaha you legend!

Oh my gooood i feel sso much better that i am not the only one with a shaking hand =)))))))) i was so nervous when i started to tattoo myself, and my hand was so crazy shaking. Thank you for posting this

Wow this was sick!! Iv just ordered the whole setup of tattooing. Quit nervous myself

just saw this one as I am just starting to learn tattooing and decided to search for self tattoing vid. Yours looks awesome for your first actual skin! I hope I can be that good when it's my time

Looks great, cant wait to see more

The best 1st time YT tattoo I've seen yet.

I'm definitely motivated watching this ... I'm definitely going to try, I do nails and I can draw but I got me a kit and been practicing...so I'm trying my thigh tatto thank you for this video!!! 🎉you motivated me... I just need some numbing cream lol

sick dude my man Jay D!!

🤣🤣🤣🤣 i thought the 1st time i tattooed myself was bad..... lol untill i watched your vid. Cheers mate🤙 thanks for making me feel better about my leg and thanks for the laugh. Takes some balls to do it and fully commit. 👄

I had the shakes the first time I tattooed myself too. You did a good job 👍🏻

Balls of steel. Looks great your gonna be big.

Did my first couple tattoos on myself with a couple different rotary machines I made in my welding shop. Welded frames and down tubes with grips made from washers. Honed guitar strings for needles apoxied to straightened paperclip. And homemade black carbon ink from a clothespin.

I’ve done roughly 2 and a half on myself lmao my leg hurt so bad I decided to come back to it but I’m starting a new one today ! Been practicing for about a month now gonna do some real canvases this weekend I know I’ll be great

Shake work: 10/10 Nice work brother

Looks pretty good for a 1st self tattoo. Yeah, i'm sure there are flaws but from the self tattoos I've seen recently that's 10 out of 10. As far what you should put on yourself, I say if your looking to become an artist practice what types or art you want to excel in. If you don't plan on doing tattoo's pro then still do what you would like on yourself. Got the joke but they don't rub off. Great Job and GOOD LUCK!!!!

amazing man!!

Haha my hand also was shaking when I did my first tattoo on myself! So I feel you 😂

Too cool!!

Like the prep u did with keeping ur table and machine wrapped up, gloved up, but i think you forgot about your carpeted floors. Hehe. One tip for shaking hands, get a grip tape to make it fatter and easier on ur hands to hold the machine. Can fold a napkin under it and wrap it up with the tape. Helps wonders. Nice first self tattoo. Keep it up!

BAD ASS YOUR AWESOME brave man.

Now you've done it once and you know what to expect, next time you embrace the pain. I don't know if it's just me but packing in colour and shading is always less painful I find. Great job though, well done!

Super good first tat in my opinion! I just got my equipment and have been practicing on fake skin and eventually will tattoo myself, but what voltage did you run at? Thanks for the video :D

yo, went out really crazy bro!! 🔥🔥😎👍🏼 what needle did you used for the lines?

love ur humor

i swear this has to be the best way to learn tattooing the quickest...i mean at some point the mind seem to take control to the outcome of what is being done and as a result all the stuff happening to the pain receptors and automatically really speed up the whole process and made it less hard and stop the self infliction lol...

well done bro, impresive for 1st tattoo also done to yourself is harder, dont mind shaky hands you will soon build confidence and get over it ;)

actually came out F***ing DOPE!

I’ve done multiple tattoos on myself hardest part I did mine was my shin. Didn’t hurt at all just hard to get to placement wise

This was soo good! Illustration student looking to start tattooing here.. what equipment did you use.. gun, ink, etc? and where can i buy?

They always say.... tattoo yourself before you tattoo someone else. So I did....now I'm starting to do others. When I did myself, I wasn't shaking but when I did tat my friend, I was shaking.... maybe cause I was nervous and didn't wanna mess up. Good job mate! Carry on.

Good job. Yeah it upside-down is retraining the brain lol... looks good. Keep up the good work love your content

That's good for your first tattoo, How did it heal up ?

Iff you would like to practice tattooing I would be quite happy to let you your obviously seriously talented piece and love from 1 leg UK England

gave my self my first tattoo the other day and i was the shaking like hell just like you were at the beginning lol i was laughing pretty good! nerves went away after few lines

You did a really good job !!

this is hillarious because i saw myself to you back at when i was doing my first tatt at myself, and i realized that its the same design i put and same place at my thigh😂

Good tip, don’t use numbing cream, when it wears off the pain is worse than what it would be without numbing cream

Hi I've done lots on myself over the years to learn. It's really hard to tattoo upside down! It also hurts!!!!! I've ruined key parts of my body and regret it. All needs blacking out now lol black out tattoos look good. You are talented, it turned out awesome, nice shading. What machine are you using????

I'm about to tattoo myself in a few days, i'm working on sketching/designing it now!

ugh i hate the anxiety shakes... they’re so annoying lmao.. you did a great job, keep it up 👍🏼

That ink on the floors gonna be hard to get up lol I've been there great work though for your first bro gonna be real good in no time

I was shaking so hard just like you when I tried my first tat on myself hahaha.

Man I just started my tattooing experience this year. It takes practice I don't shake anymore. But I'm way better then I was on my first try. I have tattooed myself more then I should have but no horrible mess ups or botches so far.

Just did a tattoo on myself yesterday it's a black heart on my knee and I shook a little as well not as bad but the end result looks really good props

Good job mate it gives me inspiration to get my tattoos on the go I am also a Artist Designer Sailor Captain cheers

That experience is very real

Love that bro

I feel his pain. I know exactly what he’s going through when I first started myself, but once you get confident.👍👍

Can you give a link to the tattoo equipment you got? I wanna start tattooing as well, but I'm scared to just by some random gun and it being shit... Also, awesome job, surprised you managed to do such a great job despite the shaky hands, it turned out really well!

I subbed because you did a good job. Cheers.

U snapped

Wow that look pretty fuckin sick🔥👏🏼

I remember when I was self experimenting, I did some stuff on my hands. My first was actually my sternum. I could never get the hang of it and my needle would either drag or go crazy and move to the side, creating shaky lines. It was an inverted cross. It got covered up now lol. I tried to do a crescent moon on my thigh and I'm getting that covered up too 🤣 luckily I didn't go deep enough so the ink is faded. This was last year too.

Suggestion.... pirate bear !! Like with a pirate hat and hook hand haha, maybe a waistcoat

When started tattooing I was terrified the first time... very shaky so I know the feeling bro you did good tho

Not to bad for just beginning, you did really well on your shading. My biggest thing you should work on is like some of the other comments said, if you're right handed then start from the bottom right and make you way to the top left so the stencil doesn't smear or wipe off during the tattoo. But the biggest thing is that I noticed is when you grabbed the new needles with dirty gloves on, you always want to make sure to take off your used gloves before touching anything outside of you setup so you don't risk the spread of bacteria and diseases especially when working on other people because even if they say they're clean they could be carrying something they don't know about.

Looks good 👍🏻💀

That looks mint even it was it first attempt

Was this your first time tattooing like a real tattoo i ask because i never used a tattoo machine period but i bought one i can draw but is it easy to use.

proper sick bro i shaked like a rattle snake when i done my first one on myself lol

quedo muy bueno bro!

I've done 2 tattoos on myself and I was shaking too at first, both times! Actually more because of the excitment that i'm getting a tattoo hahah it's okay!

Been there done that👍 nice job

Looks great

Hey quick question. Tattooed myself about a week ago now and its still pretty sore and sensitive, quite scabby in a couple areas. Did I just overwork the skin?

It took me a min to get over the shakes, gettin comfotable usually helps me

Great job

Skulls are imperfect anyways brother ;) I think it's amazing.. I done the same thing and I couldn't stop shaking for a long time 😂

Just literally tattoo'd myself I shook like a leaf in a high wind, I used a 5RL so when I got a bit more confident I went back over and widened and straightened the lines, I think it was Adrenalin for the first 5mins ok after.

The song is so fire. Mad respect 3 years later😂

on my first tattoo i couldnt stop shaking on the first few lines too lmao

Lol I was shaking this hard when I tried doing my leg 🤣