The Secret Seminar of Doom

I'm in recovery mode and I want to try some stuff out. So for the next couple of days, my posts will be minimal... but I'll be doing my best to whip out some tattoos to show.

I've gotten a lot of emails asking about the seminar. Well, this was the first of what may become more. Based on scheduling, registration, and - Nate will let it be known when another is coming up. There should be ample notice, and I'll make a point to post about it here.

Yesterday I kept going over some of what I've learned. I took notes, but those serve to help me recall what I'm trying retain automatically.

Some of what we went over:

* All of his supplies.
* Finding quality, hard to find references
* How he makes a stencil and applies it
* Color portrait techniques
* Mixing colors: midtones, undertones and highlights
* Color saturation
* Old school tips for hair, feather, and fur textures
* Portfolio critique
* Individual tattoo critique (you tattoo, he watches)
* A little bit of machine tuning

Today I tried some of the color blending techniques on myself. I wasn't planning on adding color to this piece, but things change. And I'm surprised already at how much I've picked up. It'll be exciting to see my progress as I try different hand motions, needles, machines and color blends.

View close up of hair.

I tattooed yellow, gold, brown tones and purple on my leg. A couple a weeks ago I wouldn't have thought to mess with those color, let alone make an attempt on myself. I finished the hair and am actually happy with it. Eventually, I'll use the same yellow/gold tones in the face and neck.