My first ever realism piece. Greek statue. Thoroughly enjoyed completing this. I used a 9CM and 1 RL. 100% black and 20% greywash.

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So, tattoo on Mum yesterday (ghost) and swallow on myself today. I really struggled with the ghost (only second time on another person). The ink kept leaking, wasn't saturating into the skin properly and I felt so nervous. I felt out of my depth and knew I had to immediately go back to fake skin and do linework again, again and again to get the need depth, voltage and hang correct. I was doing linework at 8v on fake skin, but yesterday and today, reduced it to 6v and the linework was so much more consistent. Is this normal? Tattoo today felt better. Shading left to do. I'll do more sessions on fake skin before tattooing on really skin again.

I have a new lesson coming to my black and grey online tattoo course. You’ll watch how I tattoo these designs, how I break down the stencils and approach at every step. These stencils and designs are available right now at CrooksTattooAcademy.com on the free content page. Let’s go!

A tip from Week 2 of my 10-week drawing challenge for self taught artists. Consider this when drawing! Want to subscribe to my full drawing challenge? Click here - https://www.crookstattooacademy.com/drawing-challenges-preview