My Tattoos working as an Apprentice

John.D.Escu · 29 Sep 2022

Long Ship Tattoo:

Image:

Video:

DKJ · 30 Sep 2022

John, i don't post often on your thread but had to say it's very cool to watch all these pics and vids, amazing progress!

Peace,

DKJ

John.D.Escu · 30 Sep 2022

DKJ said:
John, i don't post often on your thread but had to say it's very cool to watch all these pics and vids, amazing progress!

Peace,

DKJ

Thanks DKJ,
Appreciate it!

John

John.D.Escu · 30 Sep 2022

Some new stuff:

Tattoo:

Video:

John.D.Escu · 6 Oct 2022

Some of the latest tattoos I have done:

Fotos:

Video:

John.D.Escu · 7 Oct 2022

Big Project time, Mandala and flowers day!

Photo:

Video:

John.D.Escu · 11 Oct 2022

Some new tattoos:

Fredo · 11 Oct 2022

From a shading point of view, on half of your work the shading seems to be all over the place, i.e. if light shines on something there are areas that should be lit vs shaded and it should be consistent throughout the entire peice. Get that down and you'll be on another level.

John.D.Escu · 12 Oct 2022

Fredo said:
From a shading point of view, on half of your work the shading seems to be all over the place, i.e. if light shines on something there are areas that should be lit vs shaded and it should be consistent throughout the entire peice. Get that down and you'll be on another level.

Thanks, I will look into it!

John.D.Escu · 13 Oct 2022

New stuff:

John.D.Escu · 17 Oct 2022

Boxing gloves tattoo:

John.D.Escu · 23 Oct 2022

Did a new Neck Tattoo:

John.D.Escu · 3 Nov 2022

Big lining day for this Project

Still need to add some details in the upcoming session:

John.D.Escu · 4 Nov 2022

I started working with a new Tattoo Machine.
The InkJecta Flite. So far im linking it!

John.D.Escu · 7 Nov 2022

Some Tattoos I did with the Scorpion X2 Machine.

MalligaMallan · 8 Nov 2022

You have a Scorpion x2 ?? How do you like it?? I have one too (I had the Scorpion first gen for about 3 years before that).

I really like it, but I have troubles shading with it. Shading's what I'm normally best at. My impression is it hits too hard, even though I really try to use sweeping motions I don't get a soft shading (I've always used solid black, maybe I have to start using washes

).

How do you find shading with it??

John.D.Escu · 8 Nov 2022

MalligaMallan said:
You have a Scorpion x2 ?? How do you like it?? I have one too (I had the Scorpion first gen for about 3 years before that).

I really like it, but I have troubles shading with it. Shading's what I'm normally best at. My impression is it hits too hard, even though I really try to use sweeping motions I don't get a soft shading (I've always used solid black, maybe I have to start using washes ).

How do you find shading with it??

The Scorpion X2 feels great and its really thin. I love that about it. But indeed I did not feel as I have that much control of it when shading.
Last week I tried the Scorpion X2 and the InkJecta Flite for the first time (I have been tattooing for almost one year on human skin, with my ol` 99 euro Amazon CNC Tattoo Machine) and after working with both those machines, I would most def go for the InkJecta Flite.

At the end of this month I will be ordering a new machine, and I am also considering the Cheyenne Unio, for its versatility.
Do you have experience with Cheyenne machines?

Thanks,
John

MalligaMallan · 9 Nov 2022

One of the reasons I want to stick to my Scorpion x2 is that it's so much more safe hygienically than other pen models. I will have to adapt my shading to the machine

No, unfortunately I have no experience at all with the Cheyenne machines

John.D.Escu · 9 Nov 2022

MalligaMallan said:
One of the reasons I want to stick to my Scorpion x2 is that it's so much more safe hygienically than other pen models. I will have to adapt my shading to the machine

No, unfortunately I have no experience at all with the Cheyenne machines

Oh well. I did it, i ordered the InkJecta Flight Nano Elite today, with the Cheyenne Sol Cartrige grip.

Im still curious about the Cheyenne Unio, but i dont want to invest that much if i cant test it out first.

MalligaMallan · 10 Nov 2022

I'm sure you will be very happy with your InkJecta Nano Flight! The ones I know who've use/d it, love it

No reason to be rushed about the Cheyenne Unio, new machines keep coming and you can't try or purchase them all anyway

My feeling is I have to close my eyes and not get to curious of all new machines, the cost would be massive in the long run

John.D.Escu · 10 Nov 2022

MalligaMallan said:
I'm sure you will be very happy with your InkJecta Nano Flight! The ones I know who've use/d it, love it

No reason to be rushed about the Cheyenne Unio, new machines keep coming and you can't try or purchase them all anyway My feeling is I have to close my eyes and not get to curious of all new machines, the cost would be massive in the long run

Yes you are right, you can get lost in all the machine types that can be found online.
The new machine will be arriving tomorrow. Will post a review/feedback.

In the meantime, some new videos:

MalligaMallan · 10 Nov 2022

Looking forward to review!

You do very good tattoos

John.D.Escu · 11 Nov 2022

MalligaMallan said:
Looking forward to review!

You do very good tattoos

Thank you! Will do!

John.D.Escu · 13 Nov 2022

Some of the old CNC machine Tattoos I got to do.

John.D.Escu · 14 Nov 2022

New Compass Tattoo:

John.D.Escu · 15 Nov 2022

Rose Tattoo:

John.D.Escu · 17 Nov 2022

Part 2 of the Friendship Tattoo:

John.D.Escu · 19 Nov 2022

So i started to work with my new InkJecta Flite Nano machine. I still have to get used to it, as I am used to my old machine where I had to go deep to get decent and solid lining.
I can feel it is more sensitive and accurate and am looking forward to work with it.

Here are some of the recent Tattoos I did with it:

John.D.Escu · 24 Nov 2022

Wedding Rings Tattoo:

John.D.Escu · 26 Nov 2022

Been doing a lot of Butterflies lately

John.D.Escu · 1 Dec 2022

Some of my latest Tattoos:

Hand of God:

Rose:

Rat:

MalligaMallan · 2 Dec 2022

It's taking forever for your videos to show. Maybe this thread is becoming overloaded due to all videos you've posted here, I don't know

But it makes me not having the patience to wait

Just thought I'd let you know.

John.D.Escu · 2 Dec 2022

MalligaMallan said:
It's taking forever for your videos to show. Maybe this thread is becoming overloaded due to all videos you've posted here, I don't know But it makes me not having the patience to wait Just thought I'd let you know.

Oh for real? You mean the thumbnails are not loading?

MalligaMallan · 3 Dec 2022

John.D.Escu said:
Oh for real? You mean the thumbnails are not loading?

Exactly. It looks like this:

John.D.Escu · 4 Dec 2022

MalligaMallan said:
Exactly. It looks like this:
View attachment 27868

Aw sznap, thats strange.
I Checked from different mobile devices, Ipads, desktops and laptops and its loading fine.
I wonder, does anyone else have this problem?

MalligaMallan · 5 Dec 2022

Maybe my phone is getting old

John.D.Escu · 8 Dec 2022

Wolf Tattoo

John.D.Escu · 9 Dec 2022

Rainbow Butterfly Tattoo

John.D.Escu · 10 Dec 2022

This was my first attempt at Micro Realism. No lines, just working with the 3RL and the 5RL. It was interesting and for sure i want to work more in this style

Btw, only the Dice were done by me.

John.D.Escu · 12 Dec 2022

So i got my Cheyenne Unio machine and did my first Tattoo with it. First impression is that it is very sharp and accurate. But I still need to figure it out and use it some more.