Fine Line Tattoo Theory - Can These Tattoos Last?

[@DZADangerous]

Wow, this is literally science and this is helpful for me as I'm learning. I'm gonna watch your other videos and sub for more!

[@bepkororoti8019]

"If you need to practice, don't practice on paying clients" haha, pure gold, should be put up in the workshop somewhere

[@curtiscarlson8958]

Great explanation!

[@wolfmantattoosjl8631]

Very informative!

[@Uncle.AndysTattoo]

Thanks for explaining this. This is so true. Now it's getting clients to understand! Lol...I'll just send them to Mark Mahoney!

[@BetterTattooing]

Nice callout! I find it funny that these "trends" we see are cyclic, and that so many folk don't remember how commonplace fineline tattoos were... just 40-50 years ago. So much effort is taken to highlight Traditional Americana while ignoring a large part of tattoo history. I assume this happened once the great cataclysm of knowledge occurred in thr late 90s- early 00s, and apprenticeship evaporated once the TV shows became mainstream. Folk often look at TV as a direct representation of life, or equivalent to an education (look at people using this Platform to learn... but how can you know what is good avice?), which resulted in a massive surge of self-taught artists flooding thr market. This erased a large swath of connection to the past experiences of artists who worked towards an understanding and created a gaping knowledge-hole. On top of that, people are less prone to analyze and critically think about why stuff happens because they can get a result immediately from places like Google or Facebook,, etc... Maybe this is a bit of a vent, but we started this channel focusing on giving theory and short classes that enable people to think, rather than mimic, which would help in growing knowledge to better self-teach and understand the craft as it is. But yeah... M.M. is a badass🤘

[@nicolasdelor2037]

Hello, you were talking about fine line tattoos made in the 50's. I am really curious about it, but can't find any pictures on internet, could you advise me about what to ask to Google to find them? Your educational videos are great, I would rather understand the science behind a style (exactly what you do) than an opinion based only on emotions, like most of the other KZbin videos... Keep up the good work 👍👍👍

[@BetterTattooing]

Thanks for the kind words! If you look up Jack Rudy and Marc Mahoney, Good-time Charlie’s online you’ll see what we were talking about. In fact, Bob Shaw also has some fineline work that predates a load of what we consider contemporary

[@adamtochuj]

Knowledge !

[@BetterTattooing]

Appreciation!

[@ThoughtformsOverstood]

Nice bro

[@BetterTattooing]

Thanks!!

[@hacedms]

Hi Rian, some tattoo artists dilute their ink to minimise movement of ink particles. They tend to use 50/50 or 70/30 dilution. What do you think about this technique ever come across it? Thanks for the channel.

[@BetterTattooing]

Yeah I know of it. We've got a couple of videos that talk about using washes but there isn't one discussing the science behind how they work. I'll make a video this coming week discussing that🤘

[@hacedms]

@@BetterTattooing Thanks a lot Rian ❤

[@BetterTattooing]

@@hacedms we got chu🤘🤘