Tattoo Shading Tips (Traditional Style)

Do you have any recommendations on machine speed/voltage when shading like this?

I'm wondering what brand of practice skins you think are the best. I've had some that were just horrible to do any work on

What voltage do you tend to use for your shading?

A solid needle cartridge to tattoo fake skins with that are accessible and affordable to be able and full send with practice on fake skins. Do you have experience with or could do a review on Vertix Needle Cartridges? Preferably the 11 round liner and 15 curved mag. Finding this video was a massive help as I just tattooed a swallow on a fake skin and tried shading it just off of what I thought. So seeing this was awesome, I really appreciate all your content!

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Hi there, thank you for your kindness & tips for helping beginners like me out ,great tips :)

My truble is knowing wgare the shadeing goes..you are a great artists..hope i can learn this trade ..i been practicing for a few months..n i want to do traditional tattoos n trying to get the 1RL down ...n i love your vids brother n thank you for them

Having trouble with the tattoo healing and the solid black wanting to peel off

Can I ask waht brand of artificial skin you use in the video?

Did you switch needles when you went from black to Grey wash or was it the same needle?

Man your good I’m trying to soak up you’re info but how do beginners deal with nerves when it comes to real skin because the fake skin can’t talk lol

My biggest problem was using a bugpin… Switch to standard and everything goes smoother.. Great vids

im a hobbiest whos only done lemons and fruit and now ive done 4 skins. one of the skins is a demon head oni with color in american traditional and im concerned about color aaplication and shading to fake skins as what if i did the black last then it was wiped into say yello0w or white making it discolored so im considering going dark to light but do you have any tips or videos on doing color shading and application to fake skin?

IM TOO DUMB TO GET THIS. NOT TRYING TO BE A TATTOO ARTIST AT ALL. JUST CURIOUS HOW PEOPLES BRAINS WORK WHEN THEY ARE FIGURING THIS OUT

Hey man what kinda needle are you using and what’s your speed at?

Cand somebody help me? When i try to stick my needle to shade the needle get stuck in the fake skin..why😢😢😢

hi, what size of needle use for shading?

I’m have some big problems with making a smooth seamless gradient shade over a large area.

I can’t seem to be able to blend separate bits of shading together without making it splotchy… please help. Thank you.

I might have missed it but what size mag are u using and is it curved?

This might make more sense in my head than in text, but, how do you know if your whip shading is “deep enough” into the skin to stick. Meaning the part of the whip where it’s lightest (the little dots). Isn’t whip shading putting the mag into the skin and whipping it then out of the skin? Will the ink in the very end of the whipping motion stick into the skin? To me it seems like the very end, as the mag is coming out of the skin, wouldn’t be deep enough to stay? Might be a totally dumb question lol 😆

what are these practice skins called? the link says it’s no longer active

Shading big areas evenly is challenging

What does the ink you have in the 3 cups and du you blending it Whit something

I’m new to tattooing and I try all you telling us but the there are ink in can you please explains it to me and show what you blended it whit??

What Liner did you use and shader?

My biggest problem is not being sure where to add shading

Hey Brandon, first off thanks for making these in depths videos and being so approachable with questions as many in the industry aren't so kind. Anyway I have a couple questions that may or may not have simple answers. First is can I premix my own greywash in large amounts and save it for future sessions? Of course I would use distilled water and new sterile medical grade bottles, but is there a time frame in which I can use the wash? Also what do you think about witch hazel in your wash? I've also heard green soap but that seems a little risky. Thanks again brotha much love from los Angeles ✊💯

Hey! I know I’m 4 months late on this so I won’t be upset if you don’t get to this comment however I’ve been learning how to tattoo for over two weeks now and my biggest problem with traditional shading is having an even flow even when I do the cross hatch. I think the reason might be that I tend to focus on areas that don’t need any attention so I over saturate them. Would love to know what you have to say. Thankyou !

For your stencils you use a stencil printer? I don’t have one so it’s a bit difficult that I do it by hand and my lines aren’t perfect… can you show how you put your stencil on with whatever you use please Boss

I just started today, I’m not bad but i need some practice. This guy is so fast.
He’s like “you want black, boom, it’s black” lol

end goal i want to be a tattoo artist as of now I'm starting to work on my skills with hand drawing I'm always confused on where to shade I get the outline done and idk what to do?

which mag where you using in this tutorial?

Hello. May I know what's the voltage count and the needle used into it?

What voltage are you running your machine at when shading?🙋🏽‍♂️

Súper helpful dude! Big thank you. An issue i run into is that the mag marks look to obvious. Is there a way to have a smoother wash or is this simply an aesthetic choice that differs from one artist to another? Thanks again!

Do you have to use different machines for shading vs lining when it comes to pen style machines? Or would you just change the voltage and depth?

What stroke and voltage settings are u using

I really wanna know a guide for getting stencil stuff like getting flash art from a wall into stencil etc

Hey, what stencil paper do you recommend?

Thanks for posting this awesome video! It would be super helpful if you could include in the description the needle info (what size mag?) and the speed of your machine. I know there’s more than one way from point A to point B, but it would be great to have a general starting point. If I’m using your results as a reference, I have no way to know where I might have gone wrong. Thanks again for putting all this info out there!

Iam a tatoo artist from rwanda want to learn shading techniques

I am having trouble packing color after I've put shading in could you do a video about packing and shading in one

Can I drop color on top of this ?

you should try dishwashing detergent it works better to clean the mat

Ketika dengar mesin tatto nya, langsung ingin bikin tatto lagi yg baru ❤️👍😂

I agree with pizza sometimes I don’t know how far I need to transition outward on some designs that I draw up with

I still have a hard time understanding artificial light source placement with shading traditional. How do you decide where to place the shading with each different traditional design? Where would the light source be to create the shadow? And how come I see different tattoo artists placing shading sometimes with traditional in areas that don't make sense, as far as a light source is concerned?

Thanks man, this is going to help me alot

Hey I lost the link to your tattoo class/program online! Are you able to send it

do a portrait tattoo on fake skin next

Do you find a difference with using the smooth side of the reelskin vs the rougher side?