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Tuesday, June 12, 2007

Pig Skin Tattoo

i have my first ever tattoo client and i'm nervous so i had to practice on pig skin before i do the actual tat.

the first time i held the tattoo gun, i was confused because of the weight and the machine vibrates. it's a lot different from holding a brush or a pencil.

i was happy i did the practice because i learned a lot. i learned a bit on how to tune my machine and about applying colors. i also discovered that i improved my technique. i'm getting used to the vibration and the weight of the tattoo gun. i did good on the lines on the pig skin but i know it's still different when i'm actually tattooing.

i felt good after the pig skin tat because i think i'm ready to tattoo on humans. here are pictures of the pig skin tat.






i noticed a lot of you are checking this out so here's the link to the final tattoo... Tracie

5 comments:

jamesss said...
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jamesss said...

Hey.
i was wondering how do u get hold of pig skin that size? i want to practice aswell, nice tats.

MVC said...

i bought it at asian (chinese), mexican, vietnamese or filipino markets.

tnx!
mel

greenendgirl said...

Hi that looks really good! I have done a few tats on people but i like to practice a lot and my partner is running out of skin so i have got myself some pigs skin but how do you prepare the pigs skin before tattooing it? i think i have to boil it ?

MVC said...

i don't boil it. i just wipe it with alcohol.