heyy im learnign how to tattoo i cant get find any apprenticeships so im learnign it on my own ( mostly by tattooing myself) but i was wondering what im doing wrong when i do a outline sometimes the ink dosnt seem to sink in properly and the line seems faded and uneven i heard you hold the gun at an angle when lining but i dont know if its true or not and at what angle to hold it, can anyone help please?

you will spend too many years doing bad tattoos on people. you need to quit scratching, get out there and make it happen. move to a different state if you need to. 99-100 tattooers that teach themselves will quit, or they'll never do a good tattoo in 20 years. apprenticeships are out there, you need to hit the bricks and find one.

"can't" should not be in your vocabulary. believe in yourself, but you're permanently marking people, and you don't know what you're doing. not to mention equipment, universal precautions and taking away the lively hood of the trained professionals 4 blocks from you.

not trying to be a jerk or nothing (lots of tattooers hate what you're doing), but what you're doing is wrong.

good luck- ronnyV

I am being deployed to Iraq for the second time. My platoon is called the WARGODS. I was wondering if there is a WARGOD Tribal Tattoo design out there or if there is someone who can design one so I can have it for the deployment. Perhaps Kat can design it?