vextera:

Volume Commissions Mini-Tutorial

The recent Black Panther Charity Stream I participated in was the 4th time I’ve streamed volume work, and every time I do, I get comments about how quickly I’m able to whip out pieces.Ā 

Here’s some general advice on doing volume work, and some additional information on my personal process! Hopefully some of it helps you. šŸ˜€

villainny:

unforth-ninawaters:

mayalaen:

I’ve been asked many times what someone should look for when trying to find a good artist. The best way you can do this is to look at their portfolio, whether it’s in a book at their shop or online. If they don’t have good work in their portfolio, they’re probably not good artists.

The shop may be clean, the people there might be nice, and the design they draw up for you might be exactly what you want, but if your artist doesn’t stand up to the points listed above, then you’re going to get a bad tattoo.

It’s okay to walk into a shop, talk with an artist for a while, and decide you don’t want a tattoo from them. Even if the artist has a bad attitude about it or tries to convince you to just let them do it, remember this is going to be on your body for the rest of your life.

This is fucking fantastic thank you!!

So important. I had an apprentice tattoo me once without any supervision – wound up with a blurry tattoo, and a messed up tendon for a while after 😔