LEARN HOW TO TATTOO: TATTOO LESSON 1 STRAIGHT LINE (PART 1)

Hello, welcome back. I'm Ben Fisher,

tattoo

artist and owner. He was Ink Rush. First, I want to quickly give you a breakdown of today's

lesson

. The

lesson

will be divided into two

part

s, theoretical and practical. Now the goal of this course is to help you at the tau level you want to achieve and to do that it is important that you follow both

part

s, we all digest information in different ways so some of you find that listening and the theory part are more beneficial for We either prefer the practical side of things, but by focusing on both naturally, you will progress much faster, so we will cover how to approach the

straight

line

, how to do it correctly, from manual machine position and angles to speed, and how to get in and out of the skin.

Below we will go through a simple exercise to put everything into practice and start your

tattoo

journey the right way, so I personally think

line

work is very important and if not done correctly it stands out like a sore thumb . and can be completely ruined, however when done to a high standard it can make the simplest tattoos look super sharp and super smooth. Just a quick little reminder before we get started. I have never worked a single day since becoming a waste of technology because I love what I do now, even though you are just starting out, you are relatively new to the world of tattooing and you are still in that beginner

learn

ing phase, the most important thing is Don't stress out and just enjoy the whole process, now some of you are.

I will get this instantly, but most will struggle and not be very good at this beginner stage, but that is the old reason for this course - just enjoy the process and in the end of course I think you will be pretty ready. and just below what you improve and even more surprised by the level of time you actually reach, so let me go over some tips with the whiteboard while I go over them, try to understand what I'm saying, but in the end At the same time, don't think about it too much or make it more complicated than it is, just accept what I'm saying and when we go over this again with Maschine in those hands, everything will be very clear and as you progress, of course it will naturally become second nature to you. you, so let's

learn

it.

Well, when we talk about joining a line, a

straight

line in particular for this lesson, there are five things that I want you to always do. I've been back in Mind and think about the first, one is eight to be a movement and practice. I'm going to go over this in detail, but just write down these angles from machine number two are the old ones on machine number three in and out skin number four speed number five stretch So if you have them all written down, we'll go over each one individually just to make sure, for example, movement number one from A to B 1 and we will practice if we want to make a line from there to there.

I mean, with one move and practice you say that's your machine and hopefully that's clear, you can see it's a side view, so let's go from point A to point B, we want you to do that in one go, what we don't want. What I have to do is get halfway and then stop to rinse my Lincoln. Rinse the machine. The goal of this lesson is to get from point A to point B in one smooth motion. Look, you want it to get under the skin. You are not. wanting to take a break and then having to rejoin that line, so we just want to cross and that's done by practicing what I want, what I mean is when you have the machine in your hand and it's really doing everything in the skin of practice, we'll do that in the second part of this.

It's just a test with the machine. Simply practice moving your hand to move it in that direction. This is really helpful and something I do regularly. You see, when he's tackling, sometimes you get to a certain point and your hand feels uncomfortable finishing that line, so if you just practice a little bit without putting the machine needle on your skin, that's a very good tip. The second thing is the angles of the machine. We're just going to go over this, but when we do it in the second part and you see it instead of just hearing it, I think that's where the multis will get the most benefit, but it's really good for others and understand it so machine angles if They are skin surfaces now we have two views eeeh, hopefully, you can see them.

This one is facing forward and is a side angle, so both, whether upright, are tilted back or forward, whether in a frontal position. Whether it's straight down from the skin or at an angle makes a big difference in how the needle enters the skin, so I'm just going to demonstrate that if you're looking at a machine head-on and the needles are going to eat into the skin, the needle is going to to penetrate the skin. skin there and go directly to where you put the ink on the skin that is directly below the entry point, so once you heal and get rid of this and the surface of the skin is renewed, the ink particles under the skin They are exactly where they want.

To be now, if we turn it at an angle, the entry point is still the same where the needle pierces the skin, so to speak, but it came in at an angle and it will disperse the ink under the skin and in all different places, so once. That's what our Lil has skinned, the entry point is the same as before, but the ink has been deposited in a different place under the skin. This is really important. That's why for a lot of people the line is really sharp and then if the angle of change of the Then the machine looks like explosions, our lines get thicker or when the curved lines rotate, it almost gives it a 3D look, it starts with one thickness and then it gets thicker, this is because the machine changing angle and it is depositing ink in a different location. where and how the skin because it is at that angle, the same thing again if we stop looking at it if we tilt the machine that way, it will hit the skin at the same point, the button that the needles will deposit ink here once it heals, the ink is in a different location so you always want to do it later in the inking course, we'll use this to our advantage when using shading and whip techniques and just smoothing out the back and for all of this it's a useful thing, but for make a neat, neat line, a straight line from front position, we always want to be in that position Earthbrite now if we look at that vertical position, no matter how far you tilt the machine back, whether it goes 90 degrees, whichever will deposit. directly below or even if you tilt it, it will still leave the ink in this position from the front view, but from the side view, if our line starts here and we angle it too much, the skin will show where we want it.

Boy, it's going to deposit the ink far from the start of the line, why do you think this is important? Well, that's why a lot of Tytos want to cure, sometimes the lines don't seem to meet and a lot of that is For this very reason, that angle when you first start the line, ideally should be in a more vertical position so that depositors They deposit the ink below the entry point and then when you start drawing the line, you can get your hand model at an angle for a comfortable mark and it also helps it retain a little better under the skin if you enter at a slight angle. to point out a front and side view, but you don't need to fully understand it at this point.

Going over this again and again and using all these different angles to our advantage whenever we want in different techniques, but for now just remember that depending on what angle you have the machine at from a front view, it will deposit the ink not in line. wherever you want it and also from this angle that we are going to cover again in a second bullet number three of ours and how it leaves the skin and just remember that it will also make a difference in the entire earth jealousy no, I don't expect you to Understand this completely from immediate, but like I said before, it's not important that you understand it completely, just accept what I'm saying and later when we go over this again and again using different techniques, everything will make 100.% sense, so the number three in and off that skin or we'll use this again to make it your skin we want to make a line from A to B we want to do it in one motion now the way we enter the skin determines where it's going to leave that ink so ideally we want to go pretty sharp at a 90 degree angle to start and then gradually cross over and as we leave the skin, we want to leave the skin the same way.

We don't just want to pull it out instantly we want to gently go into it, draw a line and then gradually come out. I'll just wipe a thick board to apologize, so again I don't expect you to understand it right away, but you don't. you want to stab it into the skin, everything wants to be a smooth, fluid motion, so you want to go into the skin gently and then come out of the skin in the same way, so the neck on number four is speed. Now what I mean by this is the speed at which you move, everything will come into play with this one because the speeds will change depending on the needles you use, depending on how fast a person was at smart movements, you and everyone are different , so you can't just run your machine on this. speed and move that fast because I could move my hands faster than a coiled turn, they could run their machines, they told me the difference, well the directors say it, if this is your skin, imagine yourself with a tall needle that goes into your hands.

As you move it it comes out inwards and that's why you want to move your hand at a constant speed so that it goes in and out of the skin at the same distance now if the machine was running at exactly the same speed but in the end I'll move faster . that gap will be further apart and that will give you a break, that's why you want to move here and nice and slow to get a nice smooth plane, if you move too fast you will get a dotted effect which later again all of these are not right not bad because we will use that concept later to create a different tone effect that we will later fail in our old designs using only that method with only the eyeliner and doing contours and shading. with a needle to create a really nice effect using this concept, what if you have to run your machine at the same speed but you're going really slow like a snail?

Well, the needles are just going to work, let me. clean this up for you, so if we're going to go really slow, it's just going to barely move in and in and in, and yeah, you're going to get a very solid line, but it's just going to break that skin because it's basically You're going to be going in and out in and out. from the same place, which will only cause trauma, you will skid scared and just destroy your cue and I don't panic about that, you will find out what speed and what machine and what speed. running your machine, like with cholesterol, this costs because each and every one of you will be different.

I have run my machine and my aunt was told the 20 different ones, I mean I know no one is exactly the same so don't do it. Listen people, you have to do it this way, you'll find out which rap is right for you, but that's what we're going for, making a straight line, it's just a nice steady speed, not too fast and not too much. slow, which in the second part of this class I will show you how I do it and you will discover that if you go in too slow or too fast you will know that it is different and you will adjust it accordingly so that that is the speed of your hand.

A machine could affect the energy of our needle in the skin and how it creates a line. The next thing is to stretch. Now, when you stretch the skin, it is very important. I'll quickly show you why if it's a flat piece of skin and our needle. and when you force the skin, what do you think the scan involves? The skin doesn't stay alone, it's not a rigid thing, it moves, it bounces up and down, so when you need a needle, it's skin, the skin moves slightly now if you're. Don't squeeze the skin, that bounce will be inconsistent, meaning the needle will go to a different depth every time it goes in and out because the skin bounces, so the idea with stretching is that you stretch the skin enough to hold it. inside.

Lay it as flat as possible so that each time the needle goes in and out, in and out, in and out at the same depth. Now, this is another quick thing. Depth is something I see in other pitchers, our YouTube channels, that you have to do. go so deep, place your needle a quarter thick. I have never dared. Makes a lot of garbage. Everyone's skin is different and on different parts of Mada, the skin has different thicknesses, so I'm going to go over a technique. We are the Alps. You will find the correct distance, no matter who you tell, where on the body a twin is, but I think all the results are still agreed upon.

The first 5 to 10 minutes in a calf. Basically, you're just feeling the skin of that client. find out how deep you need to go in certain areas and that one constant changed if your towel at the elbow is completely different than tackling someone's chest when he's tacklingspecial facial areas, for example, because Mattox does someone's eyebrows, it's super thin skin. Not going as deep to get the exact same effects as what you would get on someone's back or someone's mid or calf, everything is different, so if you know a technique to make sure that no matter who you're facing us, weigh it with him.

You're always getting the depth right instead of just sticking to it. You have to go so deep because that's wrong. All you're going to do is in some areas you're not going to go deep and often in some areas you're going to go too deep. and just deal massive damage to me so that's five points that I just want you to remember for this lesson, we haven't gone through anything with the machines and what are we going to do next, so if any of that doesn't make sense because it's just on a board and not don't worry we will go through it all again with machines and actually make lines and put it all into practice so definitely all the way in the next lesson you will feel much more confident and I have a proper understanding and I have done tons and Tons of perfect straight lines, so if you haven't written them yet, quickly write them down now, from number one A to B, you want to do it in one motion and practice before you do it. with machine number two don't forget that your machine tilts the angle at which it enters the skin you want it to deposit the skin so you want it to deposit the ink in the correct place if you enter at an angle remember the the ink will also be deposited at an angle Number three, the angle at which you enter and exit the skin is very important, you don't want your lines once the field to not be where they are supposed to be because you have exited. too much angle and it has narrowed, you have entered too abruptly and you have left a stain.

The next thing to get maximum height and speed is relevant to what you want it to be and a tip to get that nice line, everyone will be different. There's nothing good or bad if you have a fast and you're going to run your machine a little faster, otherwise you'd end up where you know if you're too slow and you slow down your machine a little bit, but you'll figure out what's comfortable for you over the next few years. weeks and then over the next few months you'll really work and progress on that and then last number five, really important, make sure you tighten the skin now, that's going to be difficult. during these next few months because we are going to do everything in practiced skin, I really had to stretch the practice problems, obviously, it is not real, however, always keep it in mind, understand it and in a position where, in a scenario of the real life, I'm going to stretch the skid and keep it in mind at all times.

I hope that all of that made sense and that you now understand the theory behind making a straight line correctly. In the second part of this video, we will put everything Put this into practice, so if you are still not sure, don't worry, this is the first lesson and the concepts that have been explained to you we will go over again and again throughout everything the course until it becomes second nature to you. That said, well done and thank you for continuing to participate. See you in the second part of this lesson.