Tattooing For Beginners | Realism Tattoo Tutorial

[@Dissident0910]

Bro i hope you take this as a compliment because that in the intention. You are the Bob Ross of tattooing! Thank you so much for everything you do.

[@Tattooing101]

Wow, thanks! Being compared to Bob Ross is high praise 🙌🏼

[@stevenmoll8709]

I love this channel I've only been practicing for like 3 weeks and I'm already getting better thanks to these guys especially my line work

[@Tattooing101]

Awesome, keep up the progress!

[@SagittariusMom]

8.5v is a bit high. 7 is enuff

[@brad8284]

Please do more of these longer tutorial style videos. They are so great!

[@deetee5861]

UNBELIEVABLE! Thank you for breaking it down so well. I can't wait to give it a go!

[@chadredding111]

Wow man. I have been watching ur vids for the last 3 or 4 weeks and have learned so much from you. You have such great talent. Great work and keep bringing out tutorials. I have been watching them all. Thank you

[@chrisrobins2705]

I currently use a 4mm stroke machine for my black and grey and it's better then ever. I can get tones in faster dealing less trauma to the skin and the tattoos have been healing up faster . But then again it all comes down to hand motion riding the ocean ..wax on wax off type stuff !

[@musicmaze640]

Would love to be able to see the stencil/photo as an insert while you're inking so we can see what you're looking at (ie. at 6:20, you say "And we can see that there is a very light area right here...", but we can't). But super great video to watch. Amazing.

[@Mikester85]

I was thinking the same thing

[@Carlzday]

thanks for your tutotial, id love to see a tutotial on smooth color blending and smooth transitions ... like a sunset, or firey phoenix with briliant reds, oranges and yellows

[@JamesBath-m7g]

I liked this video as I do with most! My only suggestion or ask would be to split screen like a little cube where we can see the reference photo.

[@tyquanartis6937]

30 million that perfect we'll this is the best channel, I ever watch anyway.

[@HopeMain-n9r]

Looks amazing!! I really want to learn to do realism!!

[@Drakenah]

Awesome ♡ thank you. Learning greyshading ….. Was just about to ask you to make a video on it; this is great. Cannot thank you enough

[@Tattooing101]

Glad it was helpful!

[@tomchristensen2914]

I have family in Maryland and you have a Baltimore accent...great video

[@stacyhughes5496]

I love your work and you explain/show it really well

[@brycehansen119]

I'm just starting out love your work brother would love to see more I'm a us army veteran severed in Afghanistan could you do videos of Fallin soldiers I think that would be dope brother

[@kevinstrosnider1545]

Yes I'd love to see another realism video. Maybe how to do animal fur. This has to be the best video on KZbin for realism. I've watched this video 4 times now! The way you break everything down. Realism is something I want to try, never have I done realism. I'm not the best at drawing portraits so I always figured realism isn't my style. I'll never know if I don't try and practice. So with that being said I'd love to see some more videos just like this one. As always much much respect Brandon. Oh by the way on your short 50 thousand subs video you were in West Virginia. Do you remember what part of WV looked familiar almost looked like the rest stop off RT 81.

[@Michenseki]

Do you ever need to line realism tattoos, maybe with a light grey wash? I was wondering how artists preserve the stencil for a realism tattoo that requires multiple sessions.

[@sarag1158]

This is an amazing question. I'd also like to know.

[@mr.nugget4458]

I heard they line with water but it only lasts like a few days

[@sarag1158]

@@mr.nugget4458 interesting. Thanks for replying.

[@papajupri1070]

I'd probably use his lightest grey to line it (a drop with three drops of white)

[@tommylourdes5652]

So in my experience: there are water lines/blood lines which are essentially invisible a few days after the session which we use to map out many larger realism/surreal pieces. And there are ghost lines done with either a very light wash, gray ink or even a piece powder blue. As long as the lines are eventually absorbed into the edges and values smoothly, there are many technique for lining realistic tats

[@xrpslinger662]

Nice video Brandon...why can't you use the axys valhalla on real skin? I think you mentioned that. Thanks

[@fernandoj.mirandaramirez2156]

Same question!

[@Tattooing101]

Because their disposable grips don’t come sterile so in order to use the machine on human skin you would need an autoclave but if you have one, you're good to go.

[@NicholasLetourneau-vj4bf]

Yes I will be watching

[@Lifello1]

Great break down bro

[@elieme7719]

Thank u bro ! Great videos ur helping us a lot! Can u please do a vid how to do fur and others realism like faces 🙌🏻🙌🏻🙌🏻

[@raldlorgilakyatan8118]

Salute from philippines

[@jboogiejustin5903]

Ur videos have got me to be better tattooer thank u so much

[@amannath9028]

Congrats bro u are legend

[@ivancowan8037]

I've got it and many more like it can't wait to watch live been tattooing for decades and love the show!🤑🌁

[@joecesario1149]

Are you just scratching the skin when doing the light shading or are you hitting the dermis layer.

[@kevinstrosnider1545]

Been 7 months since this realism piece. come on Brandon I need some more realism! Whats the next piece your thinking of doing? As always much RESPECT and God Bless!

[@Inkbyjeremy]

That helped a lot and I would love to see you doing a portrait hair nose lips ect im actually just got reel skin and I’m gonna start practicing on it with portraits I’m super excited I have empire shade set and I also got the whitewash set too

[@davidfranco4991]

IM HEATING UP NOW!!! 😇🙏🔥💎✨🥷👑👁️😁

[@dwaynedeocampo]

Thank you for super awsome work.

[@Tattooing101]

Thanks!

[@Lovabletaj]

Can u please do a realistic animal tattoo, like lion or tiger or wolf ... With fur and all.. plz.. thank you in advance

[@body.artstudio3968]

Hey thanks for this but is there a tutorial where u show how to map out the areas in the stencil. Thanks!

[@thasavagequeen1057]

Yes please

[@davemelo2143]

can you do a vid on color realism? thanks for all the content

[@BaneBalt]

Incredible! It’s a little overwhelming for a newbie though😖

[@Tattooing101]

It’s okay, take it step by step. And practice!

[@ta2101]

Great channel bro! Just wanted to ask... You said in the video that you couldn't use the Vallhala on human skin. Why is that? I have this machine also.

[@mrtsm2367]

Great!!! Nice work bro !!

[@Tattooing101]

Thanks ✌️

[@jameslavish4999]

I’d love to have seen the reference… but great video!✌🏾🤙🏾

[@Tattooing101]

You can check out the reference in our previous video on how to make a realism stencil kzbin.info/www/bejne/mIDUm2SPoKukf8k

[@mauricioolivares7315]

thanks so much brandon!!!!!

[@maskfam6608]

What is the dipping technique you are using as far as knowing how dark you need the shade color

[@abigailgindis7142]

Thank you so much for this video! ❤️❤️❤️

[@DJLivano]

@tattooing101 Thanks for all the tutorials you make. Awesome work!! Small tip, it might be easier for projects like this to pin a small screen of the original at the bottom right of the screen so that people can see where you are in the project and what you are doing. Maybe then people will understand some parts better

[@Tattooing101]

I think we will start to incorporate that in future videos!

[@vincentgaudite986]

May I ask what ointment or cream do you use?

[@Tattooing101]

On the fake skin? Vaseline

[@vincentgaudite986]

@@Tattooing101 Thank you!

[@TheDMN69]

Good look this video was seriously helpful

[@Tattooing101]

Glad to hear it man!

[@twrecks116]

Great Video! Anything on Realism would be Awesome to Learn! Thanks for these Incredible Videos! 👍👍🤗

[@Tattooing101]

I'm glad you found it helpful buddy!

[@santcervant1985]

Just subscribed carnal.. thank u.. i needed this

[@kenchingsalinas7680]

When you mentioned 8 6 3 water does the eight need white ink and water or it’s just straight up black?

[@florenciajerez8108]

So it's better to do lines only at the end with this type of realistic designs?

[@stacyhughes5496]

Can you do some tribal, well preferably a red tail hawk?

[@neko15condez63]

one question sir, bout the graywash, did you stir the mix drops of inks in the cup?

[@Tattooing101]

Yes I do

[@maddyzam3]

How many drops would you put in each ink cap if you were using the small ones?

[@viest9693]

Same

[@githa2607]

Great video. Helped me tremendously and so much fun to do 🙂 yes would love to tattoo a realistic tiger.

[@SagittariusMom]

Don't u think the voltage is too high

[@silvestrevasquez1435]

In your video you mentioned that you were using the axys Valhalla, but wouldn’t use it on human skin, can you elaborate why? I’m trying to get into the business and doing some research into what kind of machine I can use, and what is a good all around machine

[@5150BigBubba]

Wondering the same thing

[@shuyen163]

Need to rub a petroleum jelly to avoid the ink messy around?

[@filhadaberge]

Thank you for the video, very helpful 👍👍

[@tomchristensen2914]

so what is the best for lining stroke wise? my two machines are 4 and 3.5

[@Zpayne]

your good at what you do content & art

[@williamcarr1678]

Haven't tattooed in a while. Great refresher video for me. 👍

[@i-w.a.n1227]

Quick question as an apprentice, why mixed the color with water and why only water

[@markkavanagh5278]

Hi can you tell why when doing a black and gray That you use a light first then a medium and then black Could you nor just use the black first Regards Mark

[@kakus9494]

Really amazing and helpful video , thanks !!

[@Tattooing101]

Glad it was helpful!

[@kakus9494]

@@Tattooing101 do you also add some white color to the cups when you tattoo on human skin ? Or just water

[@Zetinthai]

Thank you for your good advise

[@ttt603]

Wow, mindblowing video, but sidenote, you ask for it xD but can you make an animal with a lot of fur, like a lion or a bear, i really struggle with fur, and i want to understand how the hell realism fur works. Thank you btw :)

[@melurroyaltattoosbeautypar8123]

Thank you so much.. for your valuable video 💐💐💐

[@HugoBOSS-f2o]

How do you get the perfect needle depth when your mostly all wrist and no figure right underneath the cartridge? Like does that matter if your using a meg or a rounded shader

[@sykoslim8851]

Ive heard conflicting info regarding "bugpin"... are those mags .030 or .025? I wished everyone would use #'s instead of nicknames lol

[@claythomas1133]

Why can't you use the Axys Valhalla on an actual client?? I'm really curious bc that's my main machine and I'm wondering if there's something wrong with that particular machine that I shouldn't be using it..?? Please respond!

[@thasavagequeen1057]

This is my fave and what I mainly draw….I had a horrible experience w my mentor could YOU PLEASEEEE reach out to me and eyes are my favvvv to draw!!

[@mikezaimis]

Hello my friend!, Is it nesessary to put dictelled water on the plastic cup to CLEAN our needle while we are tattooing? Or just tap water? Not at the small cups with tha innk, am talking to tha cup with clear water ...THANKS!!!

[@Tattooing101]

Generally you'd want to only be using distilled water at the very least

[@tenkings3419]

Hi I'm new here please can you explain why the water? Do you put water in inks while tattooing humans?

[@alaskawolves]

question: when you go real light in areas to build up the values, wouldn't that be fall out when it heals since its light? Thanks!

[@chrisortega7191]

Nice video I do fine lines and realism this video help with some of the under tones of the eye just got one question tho could you use a FK IRON FLUX at 5.5v and liner to build those tones in just dots like stipple shading

[@chrisortega7191]

I’m talking about a 0805rll

[@NaisTatts]

please wheres the link for that stencil process? i can't find it.

[@Robert69Cody-xs1kh]

Yes! Would like to see fur done on a Wolf, or lion? Or even a house cat? You got good work! Loved the eye!? Be cool,Mr.wolf

[@Tattooing101]

Thanks for the idea! I'm planning on doing more realism tutorials

[@leecraig7164]

What's the difference between your KZbin videos and your paid course?

[@purestress2]

Can you do realism with a 3.5mm stroke and get good results or do you recommend lower?

[@revitalmikles6689]

thanks so much ! do you recommend using white in a human allso?

[@Tattooing101]

Yes, when used in the right way it can really help to make a tattoo pop.

[@TonyPajaamas]

You can’t use the Valhalla on humans? Why not? I’m still on my practice skin phase but I own this machine, should I be looking for a new machine when I move on to real people?

[@Draejetski]

Love it bro!

[@GobPeezy-x8t]

What's the ointment u rub on the skin so the ink doesn't smear?

[@zheeer0music]

vaseline

[@Tattooing101]

I'm using vaseline, but on live clients I will use green glide

[@GobPeezy-x8t]

@@Tattooing101 thank you brotha

[@squidgames3015]

He doesn't stir/mix the ink? The white is floating and the black is on the bottom not being used...

[@shawnomack45]

I think because he is shading with it

[@justinpriest6115]

I would love to see a video on doing realism human hair

[@jessicalittles6870]

so i see in your videos that you use the same needle for different colors/ shades; how do they not mix or mess up the tattoo?

[@Tattooing101]

You use a rinse cup

[@marieyelle261]

So what do you use to take the stencil lines off at the end?

[@esmaraldabignell69]

You make it looks so easy you have such talent!i dont even have 1% of your talent.people make fun of me :(

[@chuckb6256]

you have amazing lessons and great information. I am new to tattooing and i love your content. I am in no way a great artist but i am trying to work on it thank you so much

[@robertanderson4318]

What brand of needle are you using. Looks like a cnc? Is that right?

[@Tattooing101]

Yes it is

[@Eternal_Tao]

Great video! As an apprentice, I appreciate these video's a lot! Are there risks of scaring, when it comes to realism tattooing? Specifically when it comes to shading over areas multiple times? Thanks.

[@gim_tonic3394]

That’s why u should use bug pin and especially long taper set up for the needle, less stress to the skin and much smoother application and texture, the only problem u will really found out it’s the needle depth 2 mm is too much 1 mm is too little

[@claythomas1133]

Is it a cleaning issue? I replace the inner gasket and "plug" as someone else called it every time i use it- they only cost a dollar a piece- and autoclave it between clients. Is there any other issue i should be aware of??

[@NickNield-jf8py]

Total different qeustion are most needle cartriges comatiblr with different pens i bought a posiedon

[@steverichardson5248]

Is there somewhere to download the stencil?

[@coolfish32]

any chance you could give us the stencil to download please please

[@InkbyHall]

Hey Brandon you mentioned that you cannot use the Valhalla on “people” because it’s an adjustable stroke… can you tell me why that is? That’s the machine I’m running currently but curious if there’s Cons ?

[@Tattooing101]

Hey Justin I believe you were talking about my video on the Axys Valhalla review? The reason why I said it's not suitable to be used on people is because when I ordered the disposable grips they were not packed in a sterile condition. Therefore I can't use the disposable grips on people. The only other way to safely use it on people is if you have an autoclave to sterilise the machine

[@5150BigBubba]

​​@@Tattooing101I think he was talking about what you said in this video at 3:38 when you said you couldn't use this machine on a real person but I'm assuming the same answer is the reason

[@eliomechleb8518]

can you include the stencil to download please?

[@aaronroberts1842]

Thanks brother

[@inaanigayle9062]

Is it smarter to start the shading before the line work or its a preference?

[@Tattooing101]

For realism there is no linework.

[@shannarodriguez777]

Would like to see texture traditions in realism

[@SauroJay]

how do I relate the different shades of gray with the differences in size (small/medium/large) of the caps, for example if I have to make a dark gray in a 17mm cap, but then I happen to make the same dark gray but in a 14mm cap, how do I do it? obviously the drops of black will not be the same, because the size of the cap changes. I'm probably stupid, but it's a question I've been asking myself for quite a while. thank you very much if you want to answer me

[@thasavagequeen1057]

I would jus cut it in half or use smaller bottle

[@SauroJay]

@@thasavagequeen1057 thanks for the advice 🙂

[@freedomfighters1236]

Gave you another sub

[@martin63236]

Thanks for ur video we would like to se a realistic nose

[@darrenjones8712]

Can you do animals with creases like elephant or so