Skeleton Samurai, Full Single-Needle Tattoo Session

[@kevinmccabe9188]

Outstanding! Your OCD is perfect for this! Probably the best single needle artist I’ve ever seen!

[@jjjaylud]

Thank you so much. Yeah I realize I need to utilize my personality into my work. Appreciate it

[@listenthewiseowl]

You and your videos such a big luck for us. Thank you for sharing✨

[@jjjaylud]

Happy it helps

[@FooltimateDash]

can you remind me, is this 1201RL? and what voltage is it? Again this is amazing!

[@jjjaylud]

NP its 1201RL Kwadron, 6-6.5V, dynamic black ink, sol nova unlimited 3.5

[@brysonkouns9504]

Is this all with full black ink or do you use graywash

[@vladlabyrinth6335]

Do you make your tattoos darker (contrasting) so that after a while the paint comes out of the skin and you get the tone you need? And is it 0.25? have you tried 0.18? Really appreciate your answer, just started to do micro, so excited

[@jjjaylud]

yeah correct. but I'm careful not to overcompensate because I don't want to go too dark. you can't go back. But I am aware that it is actually lighter than it looks before you wipe with green soap. I use single #35(12 gauge). honestly 25(8 gauge) and 18(? gauge) are too thin for me

[@PALAAAA]

brilliant perfect

[@imalogui]

Jay I appreciate your content and that you always answer questions. Do you use gray wash or just building up with black ink? Thank you in advance.

[@jjjaylud]

I don't use greywash so I carefully build with just black. the risk is going too dark since it heals darker. so it takes experience to do it so be careful! no problem

[@WoozyTattoo]

just curious about your voltage/machine's needle throw, im also a fine line artist, the dot work fading at the bottom is super sick

[@jjjaylud]

sol nova uses a display less voltage system so if I were to go back on when I used the xion pen, it was about 6V. try 5.5, 6, or 6.5 and see which works best. start low so you don't damage skin. I use the 3.5 stroke sol nova also. yeah the fade takes some time to master. lots of restraint and control. thank you!

[@WoozyTattoo]

@@jjjaylud thanks for the advice! definitely gonna try it soon 🙏

[@vu5344]

OOOOOOHHH SHIIIIIIIIIIT!!!!

[@kevinmccabe9188]

Just a quick question, if I may. I’m curious how you practice your technique? When I’m not tattooing on skin, I’m practicing on silicone. The fake skin basically sucks, but it works. I haven’t tried fine work like yours yet, but I’m thinking that it wouldn’t show up on simulation skins that great. I could be wrong, just a question

[@jjjaylud]

It could be practiced on fakeskin yes but it will feel different from real skin for many reasons. What you can do is you have to think about what you do on real skin right now. With the style and techniques you’re comfortable with and analyze and practice within that comfort zone. For example if I’m using a 3rl I’ll slowly try whipping with it as I’m filling a solid black area. So I can see how it feels on real skin. So there is no risk for mistakes because it’s solid black and I’m simply whipping that area and filling it at the same time. I’m scared to recommend this because it can be misused and recklessly practicing on live skin is bad. Unless the subject knows it’s a free tatt or a “practice tatt” but even then I don’t trust peoples choices sometimes and I want the best for them in the long run.. Basically do what you usually do but really pay attention to how the machine, needle, ink, and skin all behaves while you do your thing now. And try risky things on fakeskin. And try to put both sides together in your mind and only when you’re sure it’ll produce a certain outcome or effect, carefully try this technique on real skin. That’s how carefully evolve my techniques

[@jjjaylud]

This is where a good mentor comes in. I recommend apprenticeships. It really reduces mistakes and reckless practice, and gives you careful guidance

[@kevinmccabe9188]

@@jjjaylud thank you! I’ve done the apprenticeship many years ago. I’m thinking that on my next tat I’ll try a 1 when it calls for something larger. Just practice see how it goes, then go over it again with the appropriate size. Idk. My thighs have no room left on them. Haha! Although, I do have a nephew!

[@KM-qo3hi]

Love the details of the clothes! I wanted to ask how much does your needle stick out of your tube? I know there is a general guide of about 1.2mm but how does it affect the tattooing with a shorter or longer needle for single needle work? Or it does not really matter and depends on your experience to reach the skin deep enough?

[@jjjaylud]

I like it farther out so I see clearly where the needle hits the skin exactly. Too far is when the ink flow becomes bad and too close is when the ink from the tube spills out too often. I believe I usually go 2-2.5 mm out? I hope I got that measurement right. I don’t have a ruler on me right now

[@KM-qo3hi]

@@jjjaylud thank you! I feel comfortable with that needle range sticking out too.

[@tattooistEF]

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[@sherwincompa9587]

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[@pipearistizabal399]

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[@brds_83]

A new generation of koreans with no tattoos! I mean. Not cool to see a pizzaiolo who doesn´t have their shoes covered in flour. But they definetely can tattoo, so...

[@vu5344]

Lmao I guess women shouldn’t vote either.

[@jjjaylud]

Oh no I have a bunch on my legs upper arms and some on the torso. Its just all under the shirt hahaha. never judge too early! I was clean 2 years in to tattooing but a coworker said getting a tattoo will help you understand what you're doing to your customers. That made a lot of sense to me so I opened my mind. Also I'm Chinese American. But yea the new gen Koreans are crazy with the Tatts.

[@Kisachamp7]

@@jjjayludsorry, what’s going on with new gen of Koreans? They don’t like tattoos? I never heard about it, just curious

[@jjjaylud]

@@Kisachamp7 The new gen of Koreans are amazing tattoo artists. I think he thinks a lot of them don't get tattoos? I met and worked with a lot of Korean guest artists and they have so much more than me. They're super tatted tbh.