Comments on: How to Shade A Tattoo

By: James

James — Wed, 26 Jan 2011 05:24:19 +0000

Sorry I have to just say that Caash freaking ROCKS and I would pay for a tattoo from him ANYDAY!!

By: Caash

Caash — Wed, 19 Jan 2011 04:24:35 +0000

you all for real dont know wtf ur talkin bout, iv been a tattoo artist for 13 years, owned my own business for 9 years and make atleast $2,500 a day doing tattoos, Im busy from 9 am till 1 am when I close. You all dont need to listen to a bunch of fu#&ed up sh!t like what you hear on here. Its all up to the tattoo artist. Try different things and see what works best for you!

By: brodie

brodie — Mon, 17 Jan 2011 00:53:38 +0000

hey i been tattooin for bout 6 months now and i have just about completly covered both my thighs, and and bottom halves of my legs..they all pretty much look 2d how can i try getting them to pop ffrom the skin ??

By: robson de souza

robson de souza — Thu, 23 Dec 2010 11:44:31 +0000

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By: Nick

Nick — Mon, 06 Dec 2010 17:26:18 +0000

Always use jelly when practising even on that shit rubber stuff, try using watermelons instead. Once you understand the machine setup and the relationship between hand speed, machine cycles per second and needle arrangment go and tattoo yourself….thighs are good. Oh yes you should invest in a quality ultrasonic machine to wash out needles, not just for between colours but to unclog gloopy blood and ink mix.

By: Slim

Slim — Wed, 27 Oct 2010 22:05:36 +0000

Hey guys,
I’ve just got my 1st tattoo kit and done 1 swallow on some practice skin. I found Shading on practice skin to be quite inconsistent like blotchy and a little scratchy and I was using a 10 round shader. I also found that between colours wen I washed the needle in water the next colour would then be thinner even tho I’d run the needle through tissue. One last thing is that the practice skin is like rubber it’s nothing like human skin. I’d wipe the excess ink away and it just smudges all over so I had to us water every time to wipe. I didn’t use any petroleum jelly which I will try next time to see if it helps but I was wondering if there is any better practice skin or is it all the same?
Thanks Slim

By: keV carl

keV carl — Sat, 02 Oct 2010 09:45:46 +0000

Changing color doesn’t need a new needle it would cost you alot of time and money iam an apprentice and iam told off the boss to just fill a cup with green soap and distilled water and just dip in give it a shake with the gun running then shake exess off and draw backwards over some paper towel repeat if ink is stubborn hope thishelps . Tattoo apprentice 13 month

By: Rick75

Rick75 — Fri, 17 Sep 2010 01:28:19 +0000

This may be a really dumb question, but I’m just starting out with proper machines from home doing delicate eagle tatts on myself, but the one thing that none of the “How To Shade” vidoes tell me is…. For each colour, is it necessary to change tube and needle, or do i simply use water and green soap to rinse between clour?

By: dustin90

dustin90 — Thu, 16 Sep 2010 03:08:57 +0000

There’s lots of needles to choose from. Double stacked mags, regular mags, and flat needles. But if you wanna know specific size, it all comes down to personal preference, size of the space you’re shading and how fluent your hand is. I personally just use a 4 or 6 flat needle. I can fit into small spaces with it and I can do a little at a time and it just works economically.

So basically what I’m saying is, small tattoo, smaller needle. Bigger tattoo bigger needle. That’s what I go by atleast and I haven’t had a complaint or touchup yet.

To some ppl, shading and tattooing in general easily. It came easy for me even tho everyone says its so hard and you can’t just pickup a gun and be good at it (which is partially true) So practice, practice, practice! Hell, buy some of that good practice skin and try it out. Its basically the same concept.

By: smallpox

smallpox — Mon, 03 May 2010 16:15:02 +0000

Sorry to let you know but if thats your shading on the butterfly tattoo, your shading but it sucks. The shading is too flat, the point of shading is to give your tattoo depth. But you should know that since you have been tattooing for 9 years. I hope your lying about that because if your not maybe tattooing is not for you. Last but not least was that a Round Shader you were using in the video (“WOW 9 years”). I use a 9 double stack needle for a job like that, it works great for me.
That last sentance was for you too SONYP 81 try using MAG needles to shade they work better and might help you with your scratching problem.

FACT: thats y the pro’s call us scratchers.

Dude I dont want to be mean, I only have 2 years and I’m still learning, but I’m not writing post tring to teach people, and if that tattoo is not yours I’m sorry and you should take that picture out. It will hurt your rep.
Once again if it is not your tattoo I’m am VERY VERY SORRY!!!!!!!!!!!!