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Overworked or bad aftercare?

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First fake skin trials

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Need to know how to thicken tattoo ink with glycerin...

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INNER LIP TATTOO

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What equipment to you prefer
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Ointments during tattooing process

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Drawing program.

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Tattoo machines and their configurations
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using printer with tank for stencil

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Machine lining colouring and shading in the tattoo process
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Drills for muscle memory on fake skin for beginers

Anything Else

Tattoo questions not covered in other categories
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cameronwhite
The Pros and Cons of Baby Milk Powder: What Parents Need to Know
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first time tattoo on the forearm and have questions please?
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Is there a difference between colour packing and shading?
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Ink: Best brand to mix my own colors?
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MissTacoBelle
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Does anyone know how to copy the colours of one image onto another image?
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Newbbb
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WhippTatts
Advice on this tattoo
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New To Drawing - Line And Eye Control
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DKJ
DKJ
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Steel Tip sizes
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Otherone11
Coil tuning Q’s
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Cyberthrasher
Cyberthrasher
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What size is a hand tattoo?
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DKJ
DKJ
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self tattoo, where’s the limit?
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Dazza
Dazza
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What happens if you do a large tattoo too deep
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soulstare22
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Color fills
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Esq
In need of a printer, and not trying to go bankrupt
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DKJ
DKJ
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Does experience really mean much?
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Many colours blend well with black?
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Los Angeles County, California License??
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Cyberthrasher
Cyberthrasher
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Is there a way of searching for a cover up tattooist by location
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Newbbb
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Do tattooists get paid too much?
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balooka
balooka
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Weak lines
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Tris
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Best way to prevent a scar from bad tattooing?
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gadsden1776
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Basha Blacke
Aztec - fake skin practice progress
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Basha Blacke
Basha Blacke
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Ink coming out of the fake skin
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MalligaMallan
MalligaMallan
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Do i have to wait to finish shading?
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DKJ
DKJ
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Ink not staying in skin
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Dazza
Dazza
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voltage range for color packing?
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Cyberthrasher
Cyberthrasher
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9 year old starting using tattoo machine
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MalligaMallan
MalligaMallan
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Help identify the symbol and artist
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Reel Skin - Clogging Cartridge?!
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Dazza
Dazza
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Sepia
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Lines differ
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Cyberthrasher
Cyberthrasher
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Needle direction
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jasonmnash043
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Too much blow out
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Rinkashi
Feedback and tips!
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KyleBl4ck
KyleBl4ck
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My first attempt on human skin
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Saheb
Fake skin practice for 1st time...need help
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KyleBl4ck
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Beirdo
Black packing feedback
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soulskript
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BAD TATTOO HEALING
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Vaseline, a&d, hustle butter, what’s your glide?
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Chris1982
Chris1982
Beirdo
Couple experiments and question about grey wash
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TexasPT
TexasPT
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Difficult with ink
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Beirdo
Question about cover ups and black and grey opaque
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Dazza
Dazza
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HELP!!!
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Dazza
Dazza
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I don't know if it's normal
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Beirdo
Question about RCA vs DC
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Dazza
Dazza
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PocketJet PJ-622. Ink Refill
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Dazza
Dazza
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Skin stretch and whip shading
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TexasPT
TexasPT
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How to hold my tattoo machine?
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TexasPT
TexasPT
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Brand new, needing help!
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P$ Productions
P$ Productions
Jman647280
Colour packing questions
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marked 4 life
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Big liners/RS as liners vs sculpting lines
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