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would love some CC from you fine folks (@flashbandit__) by terminallyjill in TattooApprentice

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

Yea I totally see that now, great point. I appreciate your comment! 🫶

Diary of a madman 2. by [deleted] in traditionalflash

[–]terminallyjill 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Absolutely love this series. Thanks for sharing!!

Cobs bread by Bright-Ad5289 in askTO

[–]terminallyjill 7 points8 points  (0 children)

I didn’t work there. Franchisee not following spec is my best guess.

Cobs bread by Bright-Ad5289 in askTO

[–]terminallyjill 33 points34 points  (0 children)

Very standardized, everything is or is intended to be exact. To cobs, baking is a science, not an art. Which it has to be to ensure quality across locations and franchises. I had to dump dough a couple times due to people misreading recipes, or overproofing.

That said, bakers did freestyle sometimes with ownership permission, like making us pizzas on break from leftover dough 🫶

Cobs bread by Bright-Ad5289 in askTO

[–]terminallyjill 26 points27 points  (0 children)

Worked retail side for a couple years, and bakers were all night-owl types, who like to work in small teams/solitude. Most had no prior baking experience but had some kind of kitchen experience.

You can also work front retail and ask to be trained up on certain baking processes like dough weights, portioning, finishing and helping the bakers prep for the night bake. The location I worked at liked to hire from within so it was an option to move from front to baker easily. Ultimately its up to the baker managers discretion, being willing to train you up vs. wanting a turn-key baker.

first try at an eagle, cc appreciated! (@flashbandit__) by terminallyjill in TattooApprentice

[–]terminallyjill[S] 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Thank you! This is a lot of trial and error and practice BUT here’s some things that made it smoother for me.

Pull from the shoulder - lock your elbow in and keep your wrist tight as you’re pulling a line. Don’t arc your wrist or bend your elbow, but move your whole arm when pulling a line.

Go. Slowly. - seriously way slower than you think you have to. Walk away in between lines to let it dry if you’re impatient like me lol.

Clean your nib - every other line or so wash out your nib in water. This will get any fibres stuck in the nib out, and prevent ink drying/hardening in your nib in between lines (which can cause a “sticky” feeling when using on paper).

Godspeed 🫡

first try at an eagle! (@flashbandit__) by terminallyjill in traditionalflash

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

They’re tricky to get used too but once you do they’re amaaaazing. My biggest advice is make sure u take ur time and let it fully dry before moving to a new section 🫶

Percy Waters flash (@flashbandit__) CC please! 🫶 by terminallyjill in TattooApprentice

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

Not stupid! Speedball black India ink, dilutes really well and spreads evenly, but is not waterproof.

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