Tattooers Guild Table of Contents

• 1) Introduction!

  • 1.1) A History Of Change

  • 1.2) Reinventing The Tattoo, An Overview

• 2) Design

  • 2.1) Flow and Fit

  • 2.2) Positive/Negative Relationships

  • 2.3) Contrast

  • 2.31) Guest Writer Russ Abbott: Color Theory For Tattooists

  • 2.4) Priority

  • 2.5) Reserve

  • 2.6) Lines and Edges

  • 2.7) Depth

  • 2.8) Lighting and Luminosity

  • 2.9) The Design Needs of the Tattoo Client

  • 2.91) Guest Writer Megan Jean Morris: Process and Mindset

• 3) Working In A Second Medium

  • 3.1) A Broader Perspective

  • 3.2) Examples of Other Mediums

  • 3.3) Surface Preparation, Building Your Foundation

  • 3.4) Acrylic Painting, A Brief Tutorial

  • 3.41) Rendering 3D Forms In Acrylic

  • 3.5) Oil Painting, A Brief Tutorial

  • 3.51) Guest Writer Nick Baxter: Sharp Focus Realism In Oil, An Excerpt

• 4) Working From A Reference

  • 4.1) Seeing the Real Thing

  • 4.2) Finding or Creating Our References

  • 4.3) Doing a Tattoo From a Model, Working From a Line Stencil

  • 4.4) Doing a Tattoo From a Model, Working From a Crosshatch Stencil

  • 4.5) Doing a Tattoo From a Model, Working From a Freehand Drawing

  • 4.6) Extreme Modeling, A Larger Scale Project

• 5) The Digital Tattoo

  • 5.1) Basic Computing for Tattooists

  • 5.2) A Brief Adobe Photoshop Tutorial

  • 5.21) Guest Writer Halo: Taking The Digital Leap

  • 5.3) Using Photoshop in the Design Process, Scanning and Coloring a Drawing

  • 5.4) Using Photoshop in the Design Process, Making a Digital Simulation of a Tattoo

  • 5.5) Using Photoshop in the Design Process, Sizing a Drawing to a Tracing

  • 5.6) Using Photoshop in the Design Process, Composing Multiple Images Into One

• 6) Tattooing Technique

  • 6.1) Technique, An Overview

  • 6.2) Design Transfer, Stenciling and Freehanding

  • 6.21) Guest Writer Don McDonald: Working With Large Stencils

  • 6.3) Needles

  • 6.4) Tubes

  • 6.5) Machine Tuning

  • 6.51) The New Wave of Rotary Machines

  • 6.6) Machine Setup

  • 6.7) The Stretch

  • 6.8) Tightening and Softening

  • 6.9) Starting a Tattoo Magnum First

  • 6.11) Comfort and Ergonomics

• 7) Step By Step Processes

  • 7.1) Bringing It All Together

  • 7.2) A Simple Rose

  • 7.21) Guest Writer Phil Garcia: Attention to Detail

  • 7.3) A 3- Hour Skull Project

  • 7.4) The Sacred Heart

  • 7.5) The Seahorse

  • 7.6) A Difficult Spot, Neck Inferno

  • 7.7) A Black and Gray Design

  • 7.71) Guest Writer Nick Baxter: Working In Layers

  • 7.8) Making Your Technique Work

• 8) Coverup Tattooing

  • 8.1) Coverup Tattooing: Facts, Myths and New Understandings

  • 8.2) Coverup Examples, Large and Small

  • 8.3) Almost Too Good To Be True: Laser Tattoo Removal

  • 8.4) Scar Coverups: A Next-Level Challenge

  • 8.5) Incorporating Coverup Tattooing Into Your Career

• 9) Conclusion

  • 9.1) New Horizons