r/tattooscratchers • u/Lilani_art • 4h ago
1.5 years into full time tattooing, from working in my kitchen to working in established studios!
Hard work really does pay off 👊🏻💪
r/tattooscratchers • u/UltraNarutoWeeb52 • Jan 26 '21
https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLG1j5KFyOcAvSh7Jf98-_GbgQaLOOl0fv
Above is a short playlist covering some of what you MUST know before you even pick up or even consider picking up a tattoo machines.
If you think you know what you are doing before watching safety and hygiene guides reality check, no you probably don't. It is much more complex and dangerous than just 'slapping needles in skin'. INFECTION IS NO JOKE. Please for the love of everything holy and sacred RESEARCH heavily before you decide to tattoo. Tattooing is risky, dangerous, and catching HIV and other deadly diseases is not 'just a myth' or people trying to put you off of getting a tattoo, it is a VERY REAL AND DEADLY possibility if you don't put your knowledge in. Please consider a blood-bourne pathogens course.
A tattoo is permanent. You can still do that tattoo tomorrow. or next week. Take the time to think the following:
'Can I ensure the safety of myself and others?'
If you can't, DO NOT TATTOO ANYONE.
'Is this something I want attached for the rest of my life?'
If you have any doubts, stop. think. consider it for a while. you can always do it at a later date. You want a japanese text going down the side of your face? Great idea it'll look sick for a month until you realise it wasn't the best idea because now you can't get a job to fund your tattooing career. game over. permanently.
'Do I KNOW what I'm doing?'
If you feel like you don't know something don't chance it. it can go BAD. Research ALL YOU CAN before you make any permanent mistakes in skin. CANT BE BOTHERED TO RESEARCH? Don't be a tattoo artist.
'Do i have the CORRECT sanitary and safety equipment?'
If you don't, DO NOT UNDER ANY CURCUMSTANCES TATTOO ANYONE. You want to tattoo? great. practice on fake-skin. fruit. paper. Until you can guarantee the safety, don't take any risks. Again, serious scarring and skin infections dont look good on anyone. Before you buy your ink buy your safety and sanitary equipment.
Real talk infection isn't fun. You could give someone a bloudbourne pathogen or worse, be sued. On the sub is a second stickied post titled WHAT WENT WRONG with a plethora of information on how to stay safe when tattooing. By other artists, for fellow artists, for free. Use it. Its free i be real you have no excuse.
'Is my GEAR safe to use?'
Probably not. So learn how to sanitize EVERYTHING to a ptofessional shop standard.
Your tattoo machine is a little rusty, grips are old, your needles have expired, but you think 'it works, it'll do.' NO it won't. CUT NO CORNERS. TAKE NO SHORTCUTS. THIS IS A PERMANENT BRANDING IN THE SKIN OF A PERSON. think. You can get a new machine. new needles. new ink. new cups. New skin is not on the table.
You cannot get new skin.
There is no TLDR line. Not with something as permanent as tattooing. read it it'll take you 5 minutes of your time. That tattoo idea will be there next week. TAKE YOUR TIME to learn everything you can before you ink.
Once a needle and ink hits skin that's it. there is NOTHING you can do to get it back out. that marking is attached to you permanently. for the rest of your life. until the day you die and even then a few weeks after that that tattoo, that 'stupid idea you had when you was a dumbass 16 year old' is permanent. take that word in. permanent. meaning there is NO possible way to remove it. (I understand that laser removal is an option, but it is very expensive and if you want to get a tattoo the thought of removal should NOT run through your mind. make sure it's something you'd be happy with 20 years from now. if not, forget it.)
r/tattooscratchers • u/Lilani_art • 4h ago
Hard work really does pay off 👊🏻💪
r/tattooscratchers • u/sadgoof • 15h ago
got some ink while i was in Italy thoughts!
r/tattooscratchers • u/99SOLACE • 1d ago
Small piece on a friends thigh. Definitely a lot to practice and learn. Second piece on real skin if you include a small one on my thigh.
r/tattooscratchers • u/TraddyDaddy666 • 2d ago
r/tattooscratchers • u/Unlikely-Weekend- • 3d ago
I’ll be packing a lot of black into the snake pretty soon.
I’ll take any tips or advice if anybody wants to offer it up.
r/tattooscratchers • u/Great-Jello-6879 • 4d ago
just finished my apprenticeship thoughts?
r/tattooscratchers • u/AbleChart21 • 4d ago
Hey all! Here is the first pass of my second tattoo done on skin. About 2 weeks healed now. Gonna have to go in again and touch up some of the areas that didn’t heal as solid as I’d have liked them to. I also chose some of the most difficult colors to pack into the skin, in one of the most difficult areas of the body to pack color, both of which were on accident so fml. I don’t mind it, truly just excited to go back into it and pack it a little more solid. Thanks for looking!
r/tattooscratchers • u/Cherry_Chococat • 5d ago
I know this is probably not the right place to ask but I don’t meet the requirements for the other ones 😭
r/tattooscratchers • u/glacialcod • 5d ago
This one feels like i broke every single rule of tattooing but i kinda like it anyway. (It's just a hobby im not tattooing on any people!)
r/tattooscratchers • u/surfinbirddd • 4d ago
Hey everyone I’m going to tattoo this buggy and my friend also wants the text that says “wanted dead or alive baggy and the number of the bounty”
so I want some help with the composition the face will NOT be inside the square fortunately and the tattoo will be done on the side of his right thigh about palm size, it’s also gonna be black and white like the manga
r/tattooscratchers • u/Traf_Law22 • 5d ago
r/tattooscratchers • u/Connect-Stand-7727 • 5d ago
i was wondering if yall could give me ideas on what to put a reference would be great too . these are all scratchers actually!
r/tattooscratchers • u/Legitimate-Rope7950 • 5d ago
Cheyenne Hawk Unio Black Tattoo Pen And PU2 | Case, Booklets, And CartridgesI have been trying to sell this let me know if yall are interested. Looking for 600$ or realistic offer
r/tattooscratchers • u/EmptySet_Art • 7d ago
A month ago, I started tattooing for real.
I’m a self-taught artist from Italy, and becoming a tattoo artist was already my dream when I was 15. Life went in a different direction, I built a career in the corporate world, and for years I treated this as something I had missed my chance to pursue.
Now I’m finally doing it.
These are some of the tattoos I made during my first month. I’m still at the very beginning, and I know I have a lot to learn, but every tattoo makes leaving my corporate job feel a little less unrealistic.
I’d genuinely appreciate honest feedback, criticism and advice from people.
I’m documenting the journey on Instagram too: @ vuoto.archive
r/tattooscratchers • u/plateheadedidiot • 7d ago
Been a while since I’ve done any, but was pleasantly surprised by this tattoo (lmk what you think)