LineWork Challenge

Recently my line work has become what I’m most proud of. I’ve been putting quite a lot of time in on the fake skins both at home and at the tattoo shop. Because I work there from 10:00 AM to 6:00 PM I’m often exhausted by the end of the day but it’s amazing to see how quickly I’ve been able to progress. Morgan told us today that we were really getting the hang of things and that she’d consider letting us tattoo her once our forms came in if we were able to prove ourselves on our most recent project. The assignment was to test our capabilities with line work, which put me over the moon. Though I was also a bit anxious with the pressure, the excitement truly took over and I was able to get to a point where I was in the zone. Something Owen had previously explained to me was that there’s a certain technique that I’d have to get accustomed to too . When you tattoo it’s not just simply inserting the ink into the person’s skin. You have to use a specific type of vaseline-like substance to make sure the ink doesn’t splatter everywhere. So the order is Vaseline, tattoo, wipe. And once you get it down to a science you cut your tattoo time in half. Because I was locked in I was finally able to get the hang of it. Things are looking up.