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I'm doing well! I haven't been uploading because there are many other things I am interested in or busy with. But I know I want to make more videos. Especially when I move to a bigger studio and have apprentices too.

@@jjjaylud that’s good to hear your doing good and can’t wait for more videos!

I don't know too many wireless ones besides the Brother PJ printer. Yes my arms are healed lol.

@@jjjaylud awsome bro and I will keep drawing my stencils

Hmm there are many videos about this. I think you should watch those because it will explain it better than me.

@@jjjaylud ok thank you

Yeah this actually happened to one of the two printers. It was blurry so I clean the printer head but It actually got worse and worse until it was nearly all missing like what you're experiencing. Then I did it one more time and it fixed it completely. I had no idea what to do but that somehow worked lol.. its so unpredictable.

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So Manny factors to consider right? I always stress out when the price talk comes up during my emails lol. Anyways this way helps me keep it somewhat consistent. Glad it helps you too.

I never do because I hear it changes the skin and the way it takes in ink. I’m also very light handed so no need. Also, I believe pain is good for you especially controlled pain like a tattoo session.

No I never do. I hear it makes the skin receive the ink weird. I'm light handed too so its not needed.

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Thank you so much. Absolute best of luck to you. Learn as much as you possibly can from this tattoo and healed updates(in person is best) will teach you a LOT. Be smart, responsible, diligent and hungry with your work and craft. 🙏

I remember saying the ink dilutes with the blood and plasma in one of my videos yes. But now that I tattoo, I don't ever come across this problem. Maybe I have gotten to the point where I do not cause enough damage to the skin for my client to bleed a lot anymore? Or could I have been wrong back then about blood or plasma actually being a factor in the ink drying? Or it could be that I rarely tattoo for 6+ hours in one sitting anymore(I'm getting older I can't tattoo for that long now) so this problem of ink drying naturally does not occur anymore? In any case, If I happen to be right or wrong, you should replace that ink cup half way during one of your many breaks in a 9 hour+ session. Thank you for the question!

@@jjjaylud thank you so much for your reply, you are the best, I will always admire your work 🙏🏼

Hmm.. I think you need to go lighter. Either get a machine with a lower stroke, lower the voltage, or be lighter with your depth? Sorry its always difficult to help without actually seeing you tattoo in person. Only then I can give you the right answer. Otherwise you must troubleshoot by yourself unfortunately.

Only black ink non diluted

@@jjjaylud thanks man!

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Kind of. But drawing is much easier to set up and you can do it anywhere and everywhere. it's like exercising in your back yard instead of getting ready for the gym to exercise. Maybe that is a good analogy.

Both are good though as long as you don't mind setting up to tattoo the fake skin every time. As long as you are exercising.

12-01RLLT from Kwadron. 7-8V on a sol nova 3.5 stroke pen.

@@jjjaylud hi , thank you 🙏❤️

Do you mean if I stroke the skin on the down and the up? So both instead of just one way? If that's what you mean, then yes I shade mostly striking both the down and up. sometimes it is only one side if I want to be more careful. I do both.

@@jjjaylud Thank you so much! :)

I could do this with 3Rl too yes but I prefer single because it is different for many reasons. A few reasons are, you can see the needle very clearly hitting the skin, smaller ink "pixels" and less skin resistance when the needle pierces the skin.

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Only 100% dynamic black

Always pure black with my sol nova 3.5 stroke at 7.5V. Only changing depth, hand speed/movements and layers to get the tone I want. This isn't THE way it is just my fav way. You can try diff techniques and greywash too but its possible with just black. Just be very very careful because you cannot undo going too dark.

@@jjjaylud thanks a lot, yes i love the idea of just having that minimal set with just pure black. And I’m practicing only on fake skin at the moment. But I think I’ll do my first real one soon.

I like simple and natural so I recommend dry healing with some lotion if itchy or dry and thats it. I put on the second skin one(a good quality one) for the first 1-5 days for convenience.

@@jjjayludthank you so much for your reply. Which brands of second skin would you recommend?

fair enough. A lot of these micro tattoos don't last too long because of poor execution. I wanna say I got it down at this point in my career but that's not for me to decide. I have a lot of healed photos some only a few months and some a few years. It's on my instagram story hi lights, I have over 300 uploaded. 😎 I have a lot more but I've been lazy with posting lol. Anyways only time will tell!

@@jjjaylud So what's the oldest fineline tattoo you have seen healed and how did it look?

@@mandyschmidt7960 I can confidently say if done right, a finalize tattoo should look great 10 years. Now I'm going to give an educated guess for this part: 10-20 years it will look blurry but still good. 20-30 years is will be quite blurry and overall readability will now really depend on the execution, initial size that was chosen, adequate spacing between the details, use of contrast to separate details and offer image readability. 30+ will be very blurry and now have the mysterious vintage look, or just a blurry tattoo depending on how you want to put it lool.

@@mandyschmidt7960 But keep in mind, a lot of tattoos fineline or not, are not done great or done so-so. For example A lot of bigger bolder ones are way too deep and blowout/blur/ink bleed right off the bat. I say this having 10 years experience in the business. I also have a Extremely well done bold tattoo on my left bicep, a so-so bold one done on my right tricep, and a poorly done bold one one on my left shoulder blade. All done around the same time yet the shoulder one looks like it has aged 10x faster.. The same quality variations apply to fine line.

Nope! It always stays at 7.5. Keep in mind this voltage works best for me, my hand speed and depth handling.

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Volts I think you mean right? It's at 7V on my Sol nova 3.5 stroke pen. Be mindful that volts can vary a bit depending on the kind of machine you're using. some machines are stronger.

I would recommend a 3.5 stroke or lower if you're having trouble with damaging skin. And make sure the machine isn't "packer" or a strong machine. I run my 3.5 sol nova on 7V

I appreciate it. Yeah it's possible since I've been doing just these techniques with only black ink for many years now and I have a lot of healed photos to show it. A lot of it you will understand with experience so the beginning is the hardest part unless you have a mentor next to you to guide you every step and in detail. That's extremely rare to find nowadays unfortunately. You can def go too light and it won't stay, and you can overwork the skin. It's a but more complicated since you have to factor in the machine you're using, voltage, cartridge specs, and brand quality for all of these. It's not easy... I've been hosting one day classes and I'm pretty much dumping all of the information and even then it's not going to be fully understood. But ideally I would mentor them long term to fully teach them but I don't have the time and resources for that. I never knew how much depth this was until I started trying to teach it loool.

Do consider using greywash though. Because All black is very unforgiving since tattoo is permanent. experiment with greywash because going too light is better than going too dark.

@@jjjaylud thanks so much for the time to respond, i never leave comments but you’re a master lol. this is the only thing that has me confused. Because with black ink i can get the tone you have by using a very light hand. but, i don’t see how that will stay overtime! or maybe it does because single needle punctures the skin with less resistance than mags? i am able to layer as well but again just trying to keep in mind that i don’t want to overwork the skin. I’m using a bishop packer with amazon single needle with good reviews.

@@donkey3370 I would change the Bishop packer(too strong) and I would use better single needles(I use kwadron 12-01RLLT). Or at least borrow some from a coworker or friend and try it to see if there's a difference. And yes I have over 300 healed photos on my IG with this technique and it stays.

yeah I use both. its on the top left corner of the video

@@jjjayludthank you very much for your replies

machines with 3.5 stroke or softer machines. I use sol nova 3.5 unlimited. if you're going to use a stronger machine, your hand speed must be faster and you must be much more lightheaded and careful because that much strength with a small number of needles will damage skin very easily. But if you use stronger machine and with this method, it will produce a more dotted look and not the soft look that you see with my work.