I'm sooooo tired

[gothawfulworld]

Yesterday was so exhausting. Today I feel sore all over and probably could fall asleep anywhere given the opportunity. I can't wait for my next two days off although I don't think I'll be getting as much rest as I'd like.

The two appointment tattoos came out pretty good I think. There's definitely been a lot of improvement in my tattooing and I think it's just going to continue from here since I'm doing so much more of it. I also did some watercolor behind a previous tattoo and the tiniest detailed butterfly I've done on a walk in yesterday. Those fine needles are tricky.

Comments

[noachoc]

I REALLY like the unicorn. Is the watercolor technique as tricky as it looks? I'm trying to imagine how you could do that watery blended quality with a needle and am coming up short.

[gothawfulworld]

Thank you! It is tricky but tattooing is similar to watercolor painting. The mag needles used are similar to a paint brush and using the darker colors towards outside lines allows you to put the lighter inside and give that "watercolor" look. Honestly it took me awhile to figure it out but I think I get it now.

[noachoc]

Huh. I guess I always thought it was more like pointillism than watercolor. Guess I was wrong!

[gothawfulworld]

Well, it is actually a lot of pointilism but the machines work so fast that it has a similar feel to painting. Plus, working with the inks is so similar to watercolor painting too.