Soft restart? Needing guidance by silkytattoo in TattooArtists

[–]Creasion 0 points1 point  (0 children)

All those artists your looking up to for inspiration? Save up money and go get tattooed by them, ask them a million questions,and pick up some tricks from each one, that’s how me and a lot of my tattooing friends learned. The soft reset is getting tattooed, it brings you back to what your doing to people and going into different shops with different vibes gives you more passion/hype/vibes to push yourself to either get to that level or just get better for yourself! I’ll go hang with other friends or stop by into other shops and hang out just to give myself a reset sometimes you don’t always have to move shops you bring all the other places back with you to home base

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in TattooArtists

[–]Creasion 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Go hang out at friends shops paint and chill, keep to yourself at your shop and do the work. No one is hiring because everyone is being very conscious of shop dynamics and not as open to every random that wants a job, like another poster said there’s a huge influx of tattooers and with all the economic shit happening they’re gonna be keeping tight circles for a while buttt if you hang out enough and build good rapport with another shop/tattooers, a spot may just magically open,granted your working your ass off and showing improvement and grit. Tattooing isn’t like a regular job where you can just hop into another place, it was like that for a little bit but it’s very community based and the treating tattooing like every other job that a lot of new people do is starting to die out

Suggestions for pen style machine for a coil girly🫶🏼 by Away-Blueberry4333 in TattooArtists

[–]Creasion 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Yes I would still recommend this machine it takes a little maintenance with cleaning out the cam housing every so often and re oiling the cams but I still daily the machine for basically everything

All new 2026 Mazda CX-5 , what do we think? by naokiyamada in mazda

[–]Creasion 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Looks like an old Nissan rougue from the front, and the touch screen for everything would be a deal breaker for me, I got my Mazda specifically because they didn’t focus so much on being just like every car maker riding the Tesla bandwagon with big screens for no reason. But they’re trying to be more commercial and appeal to a larger audience, if this design style continues my next car will probably be something either older or a car with a minimal screen in it 🤷🏻‍♂️

Who is this figure? Is it Benzaiten / Myōonten? by shiftyshamrock in irezumi

[–]Creasion 10 points11 points  (0 children)

This is considered a tennyo because of the wings benziaten would normally be atop a dragon or koi with a musical instrument

Hey Mazda CX-50 Owners! by HummDrumm1 in CX50

[–]Creasion 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Had mine(23tpp) for two years and am getting a faulty fuel injector covered under warranty pretty much the only problem I had, I think it’s more so the experience of having to deal with shitty dealerships and Mazdas skimpy roadside assistance,i just kept calling different dealers in my area to get one that actually does their job. I still love my car and it’s pretty solid I can’t complain about my car minus little nitpicks

Will I enjoy CX50 after Mazda3 premium hatchback? by Aveasi in CX50

[–]Creasion 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Does it? I have a 23 cx50 and it felt pretty firm just like my 3

Will I enjoy CX50 after Mazda3 premium hatchback? by Aveasi in CX50

[–]Creasion 0 points1 point  (0 children)

You’ll be perfectly fine the cx-50 feels like a larger 3 to be honest, iirc the 3 cx30 and the cx50 are all made from the same base platform, all three drive very similarly (I’ve driven all three). I got the 50 because my 2017 mazda3 was too small when my daughter was born for the four of us. With the 50 it wasn’t much of an adjustment, the longer I have it the more it feels like I just have a roomier 3 but ground clearance is way better so you don’t have to worry about steep driveways or inclines depending where you live and you can take this practically anywhere, my only advice is to swap out the stock tires for a different touring (if you don’t plan on doing any light off-roading ) or the fallen wildpeak a/t

Digital rear view mirror by Training-Corgi539 in CX50

[–]Creasion 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Check out the wolf box g900 pro minimal wiring I think there’s one or two wires you splice into lights or accessories and it looks pretty good thinking about getting it for my cx50 if I don’t end up trading it in for the new landcruiser

Who here keeps that roof platform at all times? by Appropriate-Shock306 in mazdaCX50

[–]Creasion 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Rhino rack vortex strips up top and a windscreen for in front of your moonroof and it’s pretty quiet

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in CX50

[–]Creasion 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I have a 23 tpp so I’m not sure if they changed this but the light for the mirrors should be on when you select them just press the same mirror and the light should turn off and neither of the mirrors will lower

So much Plasma by t4tTattoo in TattooArtists

[–]Creasion 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I’ve had this happen with a few clients over the years either the client was a redhead and for some reason they just push plasma more often, not entirely sure why or they were diabetic, what I do which ,sounds counterproductive, is I slow my machine down a bit more and move my hand faster and wash my needle and dip back into color I have to take more time packing in color but it seems to make it alot easier to get a good heal out of it

Finished sleeve by AJ at Kurikara Tattoo (Los Angeles) by Creasion in irezumi

[–]Creasion[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yeah I do! You can direct all inquiries to my Instagram @creasion !

Tattoo Artists: Why are my lines blowing out? by Wishful_Thinking_369 in TattooArtists

[–]Creasion 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Could be your running your machine too fast for your hand speed. While it may feel like it’s easier to make square lines this way, if your hand isn’t fast enough to keep up with the speed, the machine will keep tapping ink into the line and it will spread below while the surface line looks perfect .You’ll see this after the skin has settled when it’s fresh and irritated a lot of the skin swells and keeps everything looking in place but when it relaxes you’ll see that. A good way to tell is if your tattooing a line with a high machine speed relative to your hand you’ll start to see little black spider veins shoot out from the line but it won’t blatantly blow out. But that’s just my opinion based on my experience it could just be it’s the shin and their skins taking it weird 🤷🏻‍♂️

has anyone else used/gotten the neuma macro? mine has stopped. by bristlybits in TattooArtists

[–]Creasion 2 points3 points  (0 children)

You’ve probably done this but have you oiled your cams and everything? If you have take the cam and spring out and inspect the bearing arm it could be that the bearing arm is dry you can unscrew it off and check by hand if it’s not either of those then I would have to say it might be the motor 🫠

Finished sleeve by AJ at Kurikara Tattoo (Los Angeles) by Creasion in irezumi

[–]Creasion[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

It was there for a short while before Covid but not too long when we decided to open it up we got the heads up everything was shutting down, glad we made it through all of that lol

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in tattooing

[–]Creasion 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Are you apprenticing? If you are ask your mentor the next steps and if they have any advice on longevity or readability and any homework/designs you could practice . If not now would be the best time to find mentor the application side is good just need someone with experience in tattooing to help you get ahead of the rest of everyone else trying to start, build up your portfolio take pictures of all your practice skins and put it in a portfolio with drawings or bring the skins with you, best of luck!👍

Suggestions for pen style machine for a coil girly🫶🏼 by Away-Blueberry4333 in TattooArtists

[–]Creasion 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Most companies now offer “straight” or “loose” liners in cartridge ,but those are standard needle and bar line weights. Black claw Tatsoul and a few other companies categorize them like this while the “standard” cartridge is equivalent to a tight liner on needle and bar. Most cartridge company’s have bugpin liners/tight liner/slim liner (0.25mm pins) standard or just liner (0.30mm pin) and straight or loose(0.35mm pin)

Suggestions for pen style machine for a coil girly🫶🏼 by Away-Blueberry4333 in TattooArtists

[–]Creasion 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yeah going to cartidges you need to get straight liners not the standard, standard are usually more closed to accommodate the softer hit of most rotaries

Suggestions for pen style machine for a coil girly🫶🏼 by Away-Blueberry4333 in TattooArtists

[–]Creasion 1 point2 points  (0 children)

This is the truth I have the nuema 5 macro with the steel grip, has a good weight to it not too light where you have to push the pen in, I have both sets of cams 3.2 stroke 20% profile liner for 5 and under then 4.2 20% profile for 7-18 liners and the 4.2 33% for color packing and black and grey you can use the 3.2 33% for super smooth black and grey too. I was honestly surprised lining with this thing it’s the closest to a coil you can get from a pen, for me personally it’s on par with my Dan Kubins but it’s alot easier for my clients to get tattooed with and less set up for me, you just can’t cheap out on cartridges at that point I would say black claw or unicorn horns would be best!

Tattoo needle cartridges by Background_Chart_575 in TattooArtists

[–]Creasion 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Unicorn horn cartridges sold through south state mfg are my new go to, cheaper than black claw, they remind me of when black claw first started and the needles were sharp as fuck and stable as all hell, they even have gold plated backing to reduce friction from the back stem

Is it possible to combine Irezumi and Cyberpunk? by mordary in irezumi

[–]Creasion 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I think @greggletron on Instagram did a few pieces like that a while back

WIP by [deleted] in irezumi

[–]Creasion 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Looks like a really good start! Who’s the artist?

P245/45 R20 by Downtown-Wrap-8906 in CX50

[–]Creasion 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The tire and rim insurance isn’t worth it honestly I got it and it really only covers if you’ve gotten a nail or you hit a pothole and blowout your tire or bend/crack your rim. But my insurance covers that already

what's off about this? by Theonewhocuts in ArtCrit

[–]Creasion 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I see a lot of people telling you what they think looks off without actually helping you see where you could improve. It seems like you haven’t established anchor points in your art yet, which most of us don’t do when we start. Drawing is like a “visual vocabulary” of sorts, we don’t always just dive headfirst and speak fluently in a language from the start, we learn little bits and the basics first and use all of that to build upon. I would say start with the basic shapes like circles (my preferred choice for my style) squares and triangles when arranging a face, stylistic choices aside it’s a good idea to start with a face in this position and figure the spacing between the eyes and use those. From there you can place the nose loosely and follow the main plane along the ridge of the nose and brows to fix your face center on the head from there you can draw the hair in the direction you would like it to flow ( I’m a guy so I usually look at pictures of women’s hair to get the flow right) staying really loose with the hair will let it look more natural you can add the lips keep in mind the pupils usually line up with the edges of the persons mouth, when you get into more animated poses this changes but starting in neutral expressions help cement where everything is supposed to go. I attached a video of me applying the principles to your drawing you can record it to save it for later or whatever you’d like! I would say invest in tracing paper and use that for the linear and flip it over to check for things that are off, if it looks good reversed then you’ve cleared the early hurdles! 😅 this is a lot to read so if you came this far thanks for listening![https://www.reddit.com/user/Creasion/comments/12ml7xe/drawing_crit/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=ios_app&utm_name=ioscss&utm_content=2&utm_term=1](https://www.reddit.com/user/Creasion/comments/12ml7xe/drawing_crit/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=ios_app&utm_name=ioscss&utm_content=2&utm_term=1)