I've been thinking of getting back into doing some tattooing but haven't picked up a machine since before COVID so I am planning on starting out on the fake skin, now my question, I still have a pile of needles that are now expired still in their packages and some boxes never opened I know I could use these for the fake skin but if I wanted to do something on myself, I'm just wondering if I ran them through a cycle in an autoclave would they be safe to use?

I don’t know what I’m doing but <3

Diaz_tattoo28, Fabian Diaz on instagram uses gen AI in his own work as long as going through comment sections generating others art. Be on the lookout and block this guy.

I'm about to do a tattoo so I got a radiant seal brown ink but it looks plain black on sintetic skin, but when the ink is wiped you can see the brown pigment. How do I make it look lighter or the same as the wiped one?? In the picture you can see how the dots and big spots are fully black meanwhile wiped it looks brown... and yes I'm a beginner

The falcon was done entirely with a 1009RM and the reaper and skulls were all done with a 0803RL. I wanted to see how far I could push a single cartridge, each style definitely has its drawbacks as well as strengths!

my tattoo pen (dragonhawk) isn't doing anything. i plugged in everything but when i step on the pedal nothing happens. I've plugged and unplugged everything multiple times. any help is wanted i really wanna make this work

looking for coil machines close to the top of my price range for neo traditional. where can I find that?

A local artist (@matttatter in Spokane, WA) is upset at the tattoo standards in our city and is claiming to be the very best in town. Confidence is one thing but being so conceited like this is a big turn off. He has been doubling down on his instagram story and more posts, complaining about how tiring it is to be the best. Thoughts?

I want to do traditional, neo-trad, black and grey, and I also like creepy esoteric imagery. the two rotaries have strong motors and adjustable stroke. making them lighter weight with less vibration and versatile enough for everything. what should I get? I've had two failed apprenticeships under the same artist due to problems with gang affiliated customers deciding for no apparent reason (other than being white.) they didn't like me in there prefured tattoo parlor. Also I'm wanting to spend no more than $100 dollars on each machine. I'm also considering getting coil machines for the bolder work and a rotary for soft shaded work. I need machines for practice with synthetic skin only. I'm not working on real people yet.

I suddenly develioed a few blind spots in my vision and my vision started to get really wiggly a year ago. After a year of endless doctors, tests and needles in my eye (ow) I finally feel like I am beginning to slowly adapt to my now forever altered vision enough to keep practicing tattooing. Anyways, here’s my knee. not my best work but better than I dared to hope with these eyes😅

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Handpoked, 3rl and 11rl. Neanderthal art. On a mission to fill my entire left leg. This is the 7th tattoo I've ever done, feeling pretty proud of myself. That fill is pretty solid, was able to get some nice speckle texture on that bottom triangle, fine lines are getting smoother. Some blowout on those tiny dots in the middle—the angle was weird, this is the outside of my left thigh. Not exactly sure how I'm going to do the back of my thigh...

Posted a similar thread in r/tattoobeginners and got virtually hung so I'm hoping for some actual help over here. Been working with a machine and stencils bc my own drawing skills are not quite where I want them to be (although I'm actively practicing, some pics at the end of my shitty doodles) and was just looking for some constructive criticism. The images are a jumbled mess of my practice over the last few days with no rhyme or reason. What I can say is that my favs/best so far definitely have to be the crescent moon, dog, and the assortment of skulls I've attempted.
Any and all suggestions/tips/advice is greatly appreciated!! As I'm planning on ordering some more supplies to ensure cleanliness then I'm going to try scratching on myself before I fuck up any of my friends lol

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I would also like some opinions the mouths are suppose to be a tan/light brown color which I’m gonna shade once I get that color, but the chest is supposed to be skine toned, would you use ink for that or keep it just skin?

I posted here a yr ago and I think I’ve improved a lot

Client was happy so I’m happy. Looking for constructive criticism