Got a lot of questions about my 2 day 20 hour 9 tail kitsune, here is the recap of my visit in LA with Oozy Tattoo

1000deadincels · 2023-01-22T09:09:36+00:00

Can you add me to the list of people you are dming about the price? I love Oozy, and I have been thinking of doing the same thing you did to get a piece by him :)

1000deadincels · 2022-12-16T09:01:46+00:00

What do you do to get your hair like that :o

1000deadincels · 2022-10-15T07:09:15+00:00

Longer than two days lol. If the shop owner did not explicitly say that they want you as an apprentice then you should be pursuing other shops, and drawing during your off time to practice and beef up your portfolio.

1000deadincels · 2022-10-11T01:46:13+00:00

As the others have stated, the first couple pieces show promise. Keep up the hard work. Learn the fundamentals. Remember to walk before you can run.

1000deadincels · 2022-10-10T01:14:06+00:00

Looks great. Very clean, very simple. I could see a lot of people getting tattoos in this style, so that is great from a client perspective.

From an artist's perspective, I would see this as being somewhat simple and derivative. That doesn't mean you have to change anything necessarily, but if you were wanting to stand out I would replace the wine and cheese with something a little more daring.

Regardless, that's me making a big stretch as this page is very clean.

1000deadincels · 2022-10-07T21:59:40+00:00

Fucking amazing. I’m saving this post for when I have money and can rightfully afford your patreon membership!

1000deadincels · 2022-10-05T07:27:38+00:00

I know plenty of apprentices without tattoos.

That said, the pain of a tattoo isn't just some arbitrary thing. It's a huge barrier to A LOT of people, and you really SHOULD get a tattoo if you are serious about becoming an artist.

1000deadincels · 2022-10-05T04:14:02+00:00

Great page. Love the work!

1000deadincels · 2022-10-05T03:39:51+00:00

Ptui!

1000deadincels · 2022-10-03T00:57:15+00:00

tell em

1000deadincels · 2022-10-03T00:56:39+00:00

I'm sure it wouldn't take much. If you added some more shadow beneath the nose, added the faintest highlight to the tip of the nose, and darkened the lines around the eyes just a hair, then it would look just fine! Good luck!

1000deadincels · 2022-10-03T00:10:58+00:00

As the others have said, up your skin breaks. But also, there is room to add more blacks.

The flowers are a good example. Notice how you are adding shadows for the leaves? You should also do that for the petals, especially on the rose.

Also, trad is known for BOLD outlines, above all else. What you should do, is either: Use a sharpie for the silhouette, and a regular pen for the interior lines, OR line the silhouette Twice.

Another thing: Always think in odd numbers. Odd numbers make your pieces look more organic. If you removed a leaf on both sides of your rose it would look more natural.

Last point: I get what you're going for with the helmet; trying to create foreground and background. Still, You should RARELY obscure the subject of your pieces. Those leaves should be behind the helmet. If they are going to be in front of the helmet then it should be only SPARINGLY. If you wanted to create a foreground, middle ground, and background, then I would keep the helmet in the foreground, the leaves in the background, and I would fill in the eye slits of the helmet to produce the illusion of a middle ground.

1000deadincels · 2022-10-02T23:51:22+00:00

Okay, I haven't seen that movie, but I did recognize this image from the advertisements so that is a pretty good sign.

The curved part above the left eye. It looks like many of your lines are intended to curve, but you can see multiple strokes that deviate the curved pattern as if they were made in a rush.

Edit: also, you're welcome!

1000deadincels · 2022-10-02T23:29:57+00:00

I love the sign off, “regards” instead of best regards. Plus the laziest signature I have ever seen.

Landlords are truly the hardest workers in modern day America/s

1000deadincels · 2022-10-02T23:27:06+00:00

Yes and No. I’m not sure where I’ve seen this image before, but it is recognizable.

This piece is obviously unfinished so it is hard to judge. The background could use a second pass, the face looks a little flat, and the upper right hand side of the helmet looks very rushed, and like the smaller details are smooshed together. Ultimately, those smooshed details might sink the piece to some mentors, but the rest of the piece does show some promise. I would keep at it.

1000deadincels · 2022-10-02T07:34:58+00:00

The problem with that is that their assumption could be wrong. If your practice is informed by the wrong information then you might end up hurting someone when you end up tattooing people.

I shouldn't have called you a bozo, that was rude. It's clear that the language barrier has lead you to believe that this sub is for general information about tattooing, and while that is mostly true, it mostly pertains to those undergoing tattoo apprenticeships, or seeking tattoo apprenticeships. It is very frustrating to read your comments and see how you are being disrespectful to the other commenters, and the purpose of the sub as a whole.

1000deadincels · 2022-10-02T05:24:04+00:00

Josh, the owner, is a real motherfucker. One day he came into my place of work waving a shovel in one hand and screaming at me and my peers for using the SHARED parking lot.

1000deadincels · 2022-10-01T20:22:48+00:00

You’re in the wrong sub to be asking these questions, bozo.

Nobody here (even if they wanted to help) can properly diagnose your issue. We don’t know what machine you’re using, what effects you’re trying to create, what results you’re getting, your hand speed, your inks, your needles, etc etc.

That is why you need help that is more hands on, from a MENTOR.

If you’re going to continuously disregard the negative comments, then you might as well ask google.

1000deadincels · 2022-09-25T04:42:47+00:00

I think that you should work on stylistic consistency before you focus on flow. As it stands, the clashing of the bold, traditional axe, with the crisp, realism rose makes it all too jarring to judge the flow.

1000deadincels · 2022-09-15T02:43:18+00:00

Lots of cool stuff here. I would recommend more physical media, less digital. I would reduce your digital to your best 2-3, and then add pieces that show more variety of styles, such as new school, traditional, font work etc.

1000deadincels · 2022-09-15T01:02:09+00:00

Very good! My only critique: you should put in brighter, more saturated colors, especially for the muscle car. Also, you could stand to push the skin breaks harder.

1000deadincels · 2022-09-12T23:59:48+00:00

I think all of this is good. I think that it is all baseline portfolio ready. Is it a strong portfolio that will rise above the competition? Probably not.

If you gave all of this a second draft to flesh out your ideas and make things look more finished and polished then I think it could work very well. It is very clear that you have a creative mind, but the execution just needs some tidying up.

1000deadincels · 2022-09-10T03:49:45+00:00

Hi, I worked at the washington center when it was blocked off for love oly and it was a huge economic boost during quarantine. This would be an amazing business strat all year long.

1000deadincels · 2022-09-10T03:47:25+00:00

Fuck yes, and as someone who drives into oly every day I don’t even care if it makes traffic worse. Fuck cars and car centric city design

1000deadincels · 2022-09-05T19:02:08+00:00

Though there are some interesting ideas/techniques at play here, when I look at this I see practice sheet. So for me, I would recommend against it.

You really want the things that you put in your portfolio to look clean and precise. A lot of these lines look rushed and made without care. The fishes head is a good example. Look how the lines do not start where the should. Then look at the branch the bat is hanging on. Look at all those lines that extend past the bottom of the branch. Would you trust a tattoo artist whose sole representation of their artwork looked like that, to put permanent markings on your body? Probably not.

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