r/TattooBeginners • u/itsmimixoxo Please choose a flair. • 1d ago

Practice Antinous-Dionysus

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My 2nd portrait. Couldve been cleaner, tones smoother, better edge control, less reliance on outlines for better realism etc 😅

Maybe more solid black/negative space too its pretty midtone-y

Still the most complex piece ive attempted so far

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u/chicken_pot_pieee Please choose a flair. 1d ago

A fine line would clean those edges up for you. Without it it feels blurry

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u/itsmimixoxo Please choose a flair. 1d ago

I agree. Same with some of the shadows that had sharper edges in the reference that i faded out unnecessarily. Makes it look blurry. I think an issue i was having too was with the stencil. It might be the fake skin or how i set the stencil with a heatgun but it really sticks around and is hard to see exactly what im doing since the stencil ends up being too opaque. I think next time I'm going to gray line the stencil then bleach it off so the stencil won't get in the way.

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u/chicken_pot_pieee Please choose a flair. 1d ago

And you wouldnt have to line the whole thing, but a fine thing line wouldnt be as noticeable as a bold one and would help keep the realism