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if the smudging isnt too obvious u may be able to have it re-lined but other tha nthat theres not alot that can be done

Im looking for other tattooing beginners (scratchers) from leicester or close by who want to trade tattoo's so to speak, e.g tattoo me and i'll tattoo you lol, i think this will help gain experience a ...

This is in no way an attack on you or anything as i am a beginner scratcher myself so please dont take this the wrong way but although you may be able to draw this doesnt mean you can automatically ta ...

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here is a reply I gave to a similar question, many others may tell me i am incorrect etc but may be worth taking a look at yourself.

having the voltgage higher will affect the throw of the needle meaning it will drive it harder into the skin and possible deeper entering the fatty tissue, when lining adjust your dial till its at a n ...

I may be looked down on for this 1 for the amount of tattoo's I have(only Cool

and 2 for the fact that I have never tipped for this.

I am from the uk and there isnt a big tipping thing here, I think ...

I'm no expert on this but I have 8 tattoo's and some of them have begun scabbing after this amount of time and sometimes even less if it continues to be that way for a number of weeks it may be worth ...

i mean this in no derogatory way but it may be that due to the thickness of the skin when stretched out during the tattoo process the needle entered the fatty tissue beneath the surface of the skin wh ...

I'm actually suprised you managed to get it at that strength due to import laws etc when i was looking to use Isopropyl Alcohol for another use (smoothing clay when doing sculptures) I was advised by ...

i'm from leicester I got my first 5 tattoo's done at devils own on braunstone gate and they are all good and the guys are good people in there (if you can get one done by thrax), alot of people say a ...

I had a friend who had this same issue and it was found to be due to an existing skin condition, so if you know of any you may have or have had previously it could be somewhat due to this. Also with a ...

im a begiiner myself but have researched this every day for quite some time. This is personal opion and also researched knowledge but here goes.

answer 1. dont buy any of the kits from china as the ...

as long as you dont pick at it or catch it on things it should hopefully be ok i had the same thing with one of mine and it healed fine but again as much as it itches dont pick just slap it and apply ...

from what i've heard from many forums the ebay kits should be pretty much a no go area as often the supposidely stainless steel tubes that come with them rust quickly and the same with some of the mac ...

Before I begin I would like to say this information is given to you by a fellow beginner but one who has researched every day for a good few months for hours a day.

I agree with jewelz, get yoursel ...

This tattoo actually looks like a branding (where the design is burnt into the flesh) as opposed to a conventional tattoo. It may be possible that as previously mentioned, the needle may have been alo ...

I agree with JonnyFlash about the depth as over the shin area unless you have enourmously muscley legs the shin bone has no layer of muscle protecting it meaning if you go too deep with your needle yo ...

I'm from the uk and here you are not legal to get a tattoo until the age of 18 and that is not affected by whether or not your parents give you permission(this is different with body piercing although ...

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I have that font in the writing I have on my chest its like old english sort of writing but i think it looks quite masculin even though the sentence I have is quite a soft one, although the font i ...

depending on how you deeply you felt towards them will obviously depend on what you will be comfortable with and I assume because you have them tattoo'd on you it was very deep indeed, many people thi ...

Hi dritchie I was having the constant dipping issue, first are you using disposable full tubes as when I got my kit it came with disposable v cut tubes (the black ones where one side of tip is cut out ...

im in the same position as taffster i have recently bought a kit and am currently practicing regularly on practice skin and after about 2 months of practicing about 5 days a week im seeing some progre ...

I have heard this could be one of a number of things such as infection, needle going too deep and causing the ink to bleed into the fatty tissue(not as extreme as it sounds) causing the surface layer ...