 How's everybody doing welcome back to my channel this week was wait. Let me get more to listen this week was such an amazing week I I Definitely did one of my best cover-ups, and I'm so proud of it I was able to play around a lot with my tones and and a lot of my highlights of my colors So I must stop talking. I'm just gonna let you guys watch the video. So enjoy. I'm doing a cover-up and The concept is gonna be an Egyptian theme with an Egyptian Egyptian Egyptian theme Egyptian theme with With hints of color a little bit of orange a little bit of yellow. So I'm excited So this is what my client has right now. He has a map like a grid of a map with a feather This is a compass which we're not gonna be covering that up But this is what we're gonna be doing today and the concept. Oh, check this out. You weren't even ready boom So whatever we learned last on last week's video. I'm not gonna explain it this week We're just gonna apply it so the area that I'm gonna be focusing on to explain a little bit more and go in depth Is this area here, which is how can you pack so much detail in such a small? Tattoo right how you can pack so much detail in such a small area without having to worry about how is it gonna heal and is the ink gonna stick and Am I gonna scar the skin so all of these little things again? I'm gonna be explaining it and the needle that I'm gonna be using is either a seven round liner or a Three round liner the next part that I'm gonna focus on is the face the face of a novice one side I'm gonna be doing the texture here I'm gonna focus on doing all these little textures and how I'm gonna execute it How I'm gonna apply the ink and how to give it that illusion that he has the Sun hitting or I guess the Highlight on the side of the cheek and yeah, so that's what I'm gonna be focusing on today And I hope you guys enjoy this video. So let's get this tensile started This is the tattoo that he has he got it done about three years ago and There's nothing that's pretty much a scarred everything's pretty light the only area that's the darkest part is this the bottom of this Swirl and the feather I really printed out the stencil Which is perfect So we have I want the Sun to land in the middle of this Equipment Here we go perfect. I put a little too much. So I'm just gonna Wait until it dries a little bit because otherwise what's gonna happen is that the stencils gonna smear And you don't want that especially with this kind of stencil that it has a lot of meticulous detail But it's a bit like I have a little bit of experience No Yeah, now that you have the stencil, let's uh, let's get it. Let's get it started listo So now that I'm gonna start doing King Tut. I'm gonna go in depth With how I'm gonna apply the migraines and how I'm gonna dilute it basically my goal is to how to pack in Small little details and not be worried about that is gonna fade or the ink is not gonna stick or you're gonna scar the skin Because it's such a small tight area that it is It is very common for someone to easily scar the skin So that's what we're gonna go over today and the sponsor for this video is higher level They came out with their own brand of needles. I'm gonna go ahead. This is gonna be the first time I'm gonna be using them. I'm gonna be using the seven round liner with a three round liner Most likely I'm not gonna be using any max today because it is a lot of small details So first thing is first I'm gonna apply my darkest black and I'm gonna start by the lips So here we go like every video. I'm running my machine a five point zero with my three with my seven round liner here I'm gonna dab it in my in my napkin one time in case there's like Like a drop of ink just hanging on to the needle that way doesn't like smear or it creates a puddle So here we go See that now it's clean boom Nice there you go. I'm gonna start doing the eyes same thing. I noticed that there's like a pupil inside So I'm just gonna add it It is not that visible, but it is enough to give it Some dimension to the eye and then later. I'm just gonna go back with my darkest gray and try to blend it in With everything Okay You feel like there's something that you should add or take out while you're tattooing and you're confident that is gonna look better Do it only if you're confident though if you're doubting yourself. Don't do it Perfect so what I'm gonna be doing and I'm just gonna Outline the rest of the statue so I won't lose any of my stencil because I definitely need one to be able to navigate through it Randomly like I want to go to the head and then go back down to the neck then go to my sides without worrying about the Stencil so I'm gonna go ahead and line the whole thing and come back and Then show you guys how I blend down my grays So I'm gonna go ahead and start with my darkest this is solid black and Luckily the line that's across the face lands exactly where that shade is at So if it perfect it was not on purpose. It was an accident And like I mentioned before I am not feathering. I am packing That way I make sure that the ink stays where you're supposed to And I see under my reference that there is Black here and then it continues being sold at black. I'm not gonna do that I'm gonna just Do my own thing and I'm gonna leave a tiny tiny tiny gap between the neck and the beer So I'm gonna go ahead and do that Because I want that to stand out and it does not affect the way the tattoo is gonna look it's just a little bit of I guess Giving them our own style and Making a decision on what's gonna make this look better Yeah, oh tiny little gap Makes a big difference For what I want to do The reason why I'm packing in my tones with a liner and I do this one almost in every single tattoo if you notice Round liners or round shaders the reason why I use them a lot is because it is Easier to for the ink to penetrate and it's creating a hole in your skin And the ink is filling that hole and closing because it's so sharp So pointy it creates a hole faster for the ink to fill in that hole and with a mag It's just kind of balancing like scratching your skin and it takes more passes for it to create those holes for the ink to fill them in So that is the reason why I'm using a liner I don't even listen to professional Summa Master of the University of Tatuaje Ah Como que sé como queése le hago al pedro a ver si me entienden Alias no pas Moticulis Plane Guerrero municipio chill pan sigo N acaso hey Chill pan singalito de a capulco los de allá no tienen barba por eso no traigo yo Do you learn how to move your pants? No, I never learned how to move my pants. Okay, so now I'm going to grab my medium, my mid-tone, and I'm just going to start going over it. Right on top of that black, I'm just going to go at it. Packing, same thing. And I understand that for some people, it might be a little scary to start packing in because, you know, as long as you, when you're packing in, there is no, oh, damn, I can go darker or I can go lighter. There's no way, like, you got to be 100% sure that whatever you're packing is exactly what you're going to like to see on this tattoo because whatever you put in this, on this area is exactly how it's going to look healed. So pick your tones wisely. I try to explain a lot of my videos how to mix my inks, you know. But hopefully soon I'll have a seminar coming in. So you never know, I'll probably create a seminar where I can just invite artists and you guys can come to Arizona and I'll give you guys a latest seminar. But yeah, I'm planning on doing that soon. So if you're interested, drop a comment. Should I do a seminar soon this year or next year? I don't know how that's already helping me to create the highlight. That's exactly what I wanted. Something negative about using liners and packing in, it is way easier to scar the skin if you don't know how to use it. So if you pass, if you pack it in this area and you don't like the way it looks the first pass, you can go back at it because there's a possibility that you might scar the skin. But you won't know that you scar the skin until it's healing. I'm just doing the same thing over and over again, making sure that I'm paying attention to my contrast and my highlights because those are going to play a big role in this cover-up. Since it's a small tattoo, you can't just go solid black into that face and expect that thing to glow. You have to pay attention to the contrast and leave the open skin where you're supposed to leave open skin. I'm going to move on to my lightest gray to finish it off and fill in those areas that need that extra contrast and highlights. So I'm going to start applying my lightest gray. So right where I finish with my lightest gray, I'm going to start... I mean my mid gray, I'm going to start applying it. It definitely gives it a whole different dimension when you start adding those lightest, your lightest grays. It makes a whole thing come together. And I like to mention this in every video in case you guys are new to this channel. When it comes down to cover-ups, do not use white to cover black. The black is always going to overpower white, no matter what. Use white just to do little highlights here and there just to give it that extra pop, but do not use it as the tone. Use it just to give it those little details at the end of the tattoo just to see how much more you can make it pop. And if you have a question, make sure to check out the rest of my videos. There's tons of information, so if you don't hear, if you have a question and I did not answer it on this video, most likely I answer it in a different video. So make sure to check those out and I hope I answer your questions. If not, drop a comment. I'll try to answer the next video. And there you go. Now let's continue with the rest of the tattoo. I got carried away, so I didn't record. I was doing the whole face. I was too hyped, so I just decided to just go all out. But I did leave this part of the face so I can show you guys how to execute the texture here. So we're going to start with my solid black. I'm going to start with the eye. So I'm going to outline the eye first and work my way out. Here we go. And at the end of the video, I'm going to be applying some white highlights and make the eyes super white and make them look like they're glowing. So dab it a little bit real quick. Make sure that there's no puddle. And then you go in and just have fun with it. There is so much texture in this tattoo that it can give you the freedom to even come up with your own texture. With your own texture on random areas and still make it look good. Around the bottom of the eye, there's a lot of wrinkles. So what I'm going to do, I'm just going to just make it my own. Because I know as long as you keep that contrast and those highlights on the right spots, best believe that you can make anything look good. So I'm just going to start doing this. Perfect. I guess this part of the tattoo, I want to show you guys that sometimes it's better to go with your own instincts. And you know, it's a lot more fun when you don't have to follow every single detail in the reference. Obviously if it's a portrait, it's a different story because you have to copy paste everything. See, but I'm still keeping the highlights because that's what I really need. And if you're new to this channel, this technique is called a pendejete technique. I'm not cleaning the needle, I'm just moving from my solid black ink cap to my mid-tone ink cap. And by the time I reach the point where it's the lightest, it should be the perfect tone. So it's all about timing it, knowing how to navigate, and knowing when to start dipping your needle into the tone that you want it to transition to. Now I'm going to start dipping it into my lightest gray and it should give me something a little bit lighter but not too light. Then I dip it once more, once again or once more, once again, either or, once more. There you go, now it's getting lighter as you can see. One more dip and it should be perfect, there you go. Now I'm going to go vice versa, so now I'm going to dip it into my mid-tone because I need those dark tones on this area. And I'm going to finish off with my solid black. And I'm going to go to my solid black and this is my solid black here, perfect. And now it's all about just playing with the tones by now because I already have what I need, which is the map of the face. So I'm just going to start making decisions where I want my light tones and where I want it to be darker. So it's just going back and forth now. The gaps that I have left in between the texture, I'm going to add just little dots of white highlights. Not too harsh but just enough to make it look like it's wet, moist, moist, glossy, glare of sweat. And there we go, let me just finish up this and that's because there's nothing else I can say about this area. I'm trying to come up with more things to say because I'm over here being all spontaneous. If one of you does texture differently, feel free to drop a comment and let us know how you execute it. You use a Mac, you use a round shader, a round liner, watch your voltage. Thank you guys for watching this video, I really appreciate it. If you watched this video and you still have a question, feel free to drop a comment. There's not a stupid question, go ahead and drop a comment and I hope that if you know the answer, go ahead and reply to that comment and let them know the correct way to do it or maybe give a tip or an advice. You know, because sometimes there's a lot of comments and it's really hard for me to keep up. But I try to answer your guys' questions on a weekly basis but as long as you guys keep the comments respectful and don't be toxic, do not be toxic. Yeah, I'm talking to you, don't be toxic. But other than that, if you're a tattoo artist, I hope you learned something from this video and if you're a tattoo enthusiast, I hope you were entertained. I'll see you guys next week and don't forget to subscribe. Peace.