Thicken The Tattoo Ink

There are a variety of tattoo inks. They differ from each other in color and consistency. Some tattoo ink are pretty thick, some brand are easy to use, the tattoo artists use different tattoo inks to create the art work. While, sometimes, the tattoo ink may be too thick, we can absolutely go to the tattoo artists again, but which spend you more money and time. In fact, according to Bradley Montgomery, a tattoo artist who have 15 years experience, suggest people to thicken the tattoo ink at home. Then, following are the advice.

To thicken the tattoo ink by yourself, there are something that you should prepared in advance. The carbon pencil, pocket knife, and razor blade. At the beginning, shave all the wood of the carbon pencil and just leave the carbon stick. You are suggested shave the pencil from the top of the pencil to avoid hurt yourself. Scape the carbon stick into a fine powder with your razor blade over a piece of paper. Then you should hold the paper over the tattoo ink. The next step is to put a small amount of the carbon into the tattoo ink. And finally mix up the carbon and the tattoo ink. Mainly just three step, isn’t it very simple? Except this steps, the only thing you should do is to do the final step over and over again. And you can just stop when the color is thick enough.

To do all these things at home. There is no need to go the tattoo artist’s, which not only save you a lot of money and time but also give you more free to create your body art as you like. However, the tattoo is not a simple thing and it can only be done by some professionals. Then, there are something that you should pay attention to when you thicken the tattoo ink at home. Never use a lead pencil to instead of the carbon pencil. The lead pencil is poisonous when injected into your body. This is a very important point that you should always bear in mind.

Couple Tattoo Ideas

Tattoo is very popular among the young, especially the young couples. Many people choose to tattoo in their anniversary or in the Valentine’s Day in order to leave a permanent mark to remember the love in these special days, isn’t it better than a meal? If you also want to have a try, there are some choices that needs your consideration.

The most common but fashion one. For couples, get the name of the one that you love on your body is the most popular choice. At the same time, you can also add some special designs around the tattoo, love hearts are usually the choice. During the process when you show your love to that person, you can think about the reasons why you love the people, which will make the tattoo more meaningful. From the aspect of tattoo artists, this kind of image does not require much in the tattoo equipment.

The matching tattoos that are the same in two people’s body is a good way to show your love. To love a people, then you want to be her. The similarity of two people is a bond among a couple. As for the exact design, you can think about some unforgettable things for you two. Since the uncertain of the image, we can not have a clearly requirement for the tattoo equipments.

Half-and-half tattoos means tattoo a entire image in two people’s body, that is to say, each of you get one half of the tattoo. You can choose something as simple as half of heart or something more difficult. This kind of tattoo is attractive for you can never see a whole image unless the one you loved is besides you.

A portrait tattoo make it possible to get the one you loved on your body. When hearing portrait on the body, we may find it unbelievable. However, this kind you portrait doesn’t mean the traditional one, which can be something more cartoonish. But still, it have a high requirement both in the quality of the tattoo equipment and the skill of the tattoo artists.

Be Wary of Tattoo Ink

The tattoo ink plays an important role in the tattoo process, which will be implanted beneath layers of skin. While some people are allergic to some tattoo ink, but they do not aware it. The allergic reaction can be anything from irritation to the total rejection to the ink. Therefore, if you are trying tattoo for the first time or trying a new color. There are some steps you can follow to see if you are allergic to certain tattoo ink or not.

You should go to visit your tattoo artists before, since most shops in US are required to keep a Material Safety Data Sheet (MSDS), you can gather some information about the tattoo ink, such as the ingredients. Then make a copy of those ingredients. After this, make note of the substances that you are allergic to. Compare the two sheets, and change the ink that may consist the potential irritants. Secondly. Have a patch test ahead of tattooing. Put small amount of tattoo inks on your skin and remain it for at least 24 hours. If your skin turned out to be swelling or itching, which is beyond reproach that you are allergic to this kind of color. Also, you should have your tattoo artist do a “dot test” in advance, a small amount of pigment is tattooed into the skin as a small dot. Then you should monitor this area carefully to see if there are any signs of allergic reactions. Once there are any signs of allergic reaction, you should abandon this kind of color no matter how much you loved it, and choose another ink that do not contain these allergic ingredients at all.

The tattoo actually is a small operation. And we should not be too careless. But some redness and swelling on your skin right after tattoo is a normal reaction since the tattoo needles has injected under you skin. However, if the swellings remain for a long time or you get fever, you must go to see the doctor immediately. It is not a so easy thing, you should pay more attention to it.

Mix Together to Create a New Tattoo Ink

The tattoo, as a fashionable thing for the young, but actually it has been existing for thousands of years. In the past, there is a limited number of tattoo ink. While nowadays people have a large variety choices for the tattoo ink. Since the science and technology has gained much development, more different inks have been created. At the same time, the tattoo artists are trying to create their own tattoo ink to attract more customers.

In this passage, we will talk about the ways to make your own tattoo inks. While, generally speaking, there are mainly two ways to achieve this goal, one is create the inks from scratch, another is to mix two different existing tattoo inks together to get a brand new color. Today, I would like to introduce the second method.

Actually, what you will do next will be somehow like drawing a painter’s job — to mix together and get a new one. As we all know, if you mix the red and green, you will get blue. This is not a difficult thing, but you should clearly know some basic things about the tattoo ink in advance. The practice is also a very element, so after some study on the inks and a period of time practice. You can totally master the method to create what you want. With this method, you do not need purchase all kinds of inks but still provide a large range of choices for the customers. More specifically, you can lighten or darken the color or create a brand new color after using the mixture method. If you would like make the ink darker, you are advised to add a small drop of the black. The darker you want, the more black you should add. However, never add too much color at once for the change of the color is a subtle process, you can not get the most appropriate color if doing this. As for the methods to get a lighter color, which are almost the same as the way to darken the color. While you should only change the black to the white. Constantly add the color into the ink just like we mentioned above to get the suitable ink. In this case, many people will also choose add some water into the ink, which is also available.

The Working Principle of Tattoo Power Supply

When we would like talk something about the tattoo power supply, we must clearly understand what the tattoo power supply are used for. The power supply is actually a box that drive the tattoo machine to work and create tattoo design on people’s skin. There are usually two outlets of the power supply. One deliver the power directly to the machine, another goes to a foot pedal that control power to the machine. The quality and function of a tattoo machine are largely depend on the price. Since the price of the power supply range from as high as several hundred dollars to as low as just 40 dollars, you should choose the one suit you well. Generally speaking, the more expensive the power supply is, the more useful they will do your work. Just take a kind of power supply as example, which is rather expensive but the tattoo artists can easily make sure the depth by controlling the power supply. The smart power supply take a good control of the machine so that the tattoo needles go to a appropriately depth, which can effectively avoid the fade of the tattoo ink.

There is a knob called a rheostat in the power supply that controls the amount of voltage sent to the tattoo machine. This kind of knob is only existed in the good-quality power supply (a rather expensive one) as we have mentioned before. If the tattoo artist is performing tattoo with a good tattoo supply, they can easily adjust this control to increase or decrease the power. However, we should pay attention to the tattoo machine, which is always known as liners and shaders, they require different amount of power during the tattoo process. Then, I want to say something of the type of the powers used by the tattoo power supply. A tattoo power supply runs off of 110-volt AC power. The 110-volt AC power is actually an unsteady fluctuating current. The DC power is a lot more reliable and steady than AC, as it delivers a more consistent lines as a machine is given.