Tattoo Needles

hi am steve am a new to this site as well as tattooing ,,,, it good to see that the pros done slag our work of and some of the easy questions we put ,, ok my today post is on needles ,, last night i had another go on piggy skin ,, the transfer was 7/10 the lines was 8/10 and my shading well dont no what to say ,, i started off with a 7 soft mag ,, and the ink was leaveing lines in the skin had to go over it alot of times, then i swiched to a 7 round shader and it was 10 times better,cost alot of time cos i ended up going back over everything i did with the mag ,,,every tattooist has his on styles i understand that ,, do any of u find that a round shader is better that a mag ,,am useing cheyenne thunder , one\ out line ink , eternal ink for filling , and it all the real stuff from killer in ink ,,not sure how to put photos on as they are all on my phone ,, thanks guys lets show these pro that u dont need 10 year of apenterships , if we all work together we can be sucsessfull in what we want in life ,, i love tattooing so much i think about it more than my girl friend and am willing to do what ever it takes to get me there ,even if my 1st tattoo on skin is when am 70 god bless u all steve :icon_lol:

Welcome to the forum, I was advised to use round shaders when I first started as they are less likely to cause any damage to the skin.I now use mags more than round shaders but It takes lots of practice, personally I prefer mags for soft shading and blending but I still use also use Round shaders. If you practice everyday on pig skin you will soon get used to mags and probably prefer them. It really is down to practice, when you figure it out post up some pictures of you work so that everyone can see it, that way you will get some good advice. Good luck.

Welcome.

It's funny, I'm the opposite of Patrick. When I started out I tore up skin with round shaders (my fault, not the needles) so I switched to mags exclusively. As I progress, I'm finding that I really like what I can do with a round shader and I'm using them for whip shading and tight fills. I still use Mags for larger areas and big color blends.

If it works for you, it's right for you. That's the best advice I can give.

Mark

TexasPT said:

Welcome.

It's funny, I'm the opposite of Patrick. When I started out I tore up skin with round shaders (my fault, not the needles) so I switched to mags exclusively. As I progress, I'm finding that I really like what I can do with a round shader and I'm using them for whip shading and tight fills. I still use Mags for larger areas and big color blends.

If it works for you, it's right for you. That's the best advice I can give.

Mark

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Mark I'm just like you. Same thing. Liking the 7 Mag M2's

Patrick said:

Welcome to the forum, I was advised to use round shaders when I first started as they are less likely to cause any damage to the skin.I now use mags more than round shaders but It takes lots of practice, personally I prefer mags for soft shading and blending but I still use also use Round shaders. If you practice everyday on pig skin you will soon get used to mags and probably prefer them. It really is down to practice, when you figure it out post up some pictures of you work so that everyone can see it, that way you will get some good advice. Good luck.

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Agree with above. I started with rounds and was scared to use mags because I chewed up a couple of my friends with them. Now I prefer mags. I use a 7 and 15 round mag and love them. :icon_smile: