 How's everybody doing welcome back to my channel new week new design new techniques today We're gonna be covering up a horse with another horse But after looking at it in person I realized that it wasn't that dark So it's not I'm not gonna count it as a cover-up My name is Chandler Bob it and I'm from Grand Junction, Colorado Which is about 10 hours from here being from Grand Junction very outdoorsy person for work I am a car salesman down at modern classic motors in Grand Junction So if you need a car, give me a call And there's so much we can do with this to be honest excited And that's what we're here to figure it out to really figure it out and show you the amount of possibilities that you can get Kevin said hey, we're gonna go to first watch. It was amazing. The food was awesome We sat down had a very enjoyable meal with my family and Kevin here We had a good time figured out what we were gonna do on the tattoo. I Had a horse previously I got it done by my cousin on my couch basically Which is a good way to start a bad tattoo. I had a few people say that it was a dog Say it was a shark The legs were broken looking I mean one leg was going this way one leg was going that way So it was pretty terrible tattoo. I was actually scrolling through YouTube one night And I had been researching how to get rid of this tattoo forever and then just one night This tattoo popped up online on YouTube and I watched the video and I was like, maybe it's not over for me So he helped you help me out considerably and it was awesome perfect Boom What we're doing It's gonna be a chill day. I Think for today's video. I'm gonna be Talking about how to do soft shading on the face the texture of the muscles and stuff how to separate all that and Then contrast nothing contrast is gonna be key in this in this piece And like every video just go at it don't think about it What a placement this is gonna be So I got a lot of questions regarding how I mix my inks and I do not use an ink set I actually mix my own inks with solid ink and star bright white So the reason why I like using solid ink is because it's really diluted It's watery which allows me to mix it with my star bright white Which is a thicker pigment and it balances each other out it balances each other out, right? Take your pigment against watery pigment and they mix perfect It makes a good balance there you go It makes a good balance in this case for this tattoo since it's not such a dark tattoo I'm gonna be doing 40% black and 60% white for my medium tone and my lightest tone is gonna be 20% black and 80% white Oh my needle selection is gonna be 14 round liner 27 curve mag and a 7 round liner to do white highlights as far as my voltage It's gonna be a 5.0 throughout the whole entire tattoo As you can see in this area, I'm going for my darkest tone to my lightest tone as I'm getting closer to the leg of the horse So make sure you know how to separate the background and the main focus of the tattoo The bottom of the leg is really dark. So what I'm gonna be doing is Going from dark to light and as soon as I get really close to that dark area of the main focus of the tattoo Leave a small little gap a tiny little gap of open skin and later on I'm gonna be applying a white highlight to make that pop and that's that's gonna bring the whole thing together. I Don't do a lot of tattoos that require me to use this technique because I'm always doing texture So that technique what it is is You grab your mag And you use a little bit of pressure on it a low voltage of 5.0 nothing more than 6.0 If you go over that you're most like you're gonna cut you're more you're more most You're more likely you're more likely to scar the skin. So make sure you don't go over 6.0 And you start going in a back and forth motion With a little bit of pressure on it. This is you're gonna hear that noise Basically what you're doing is you're lining with your mag. Make sure it's a curved mag If you're using a flat mag, you're gonna scar the skin. So a curved mag low voltage and in a back and forth motion with a little bit of pressure The purpose of this technique is to do soft shading consistent packing and low irritation I'm gonna switch to my 14 mile liner because I'm gonna start doing the face and the face has a lot of little veins and texture especially around the mouth area So I'm gonna be applying now my white Highlights on the skin break that I left between the leg and the background to bring the whole thing together My parents very supportive of the decision. I was making they wanted me to make sure I was making the right choice With artists and tattoo choice everything like that, which I did I found Kevin and Kevin did an amazing job I would suggest him to anybody that's going through the same situation or Just one of your fresh tattoo because it's amazing. It's really amazing. Let me know if you've been using if you If you've been using some of the techniques that I've been explaining here on my videos and Yeah, drop a comment and let me know Because if they're not working, then I don't know what I don't know what I'm doing if they're not working So thank you guys for tuning in for another video. I really appreciate it. Make sure to share like and subscribe My goal for this year is to reach a hundred K sub subscribe please So that's it for this video if you are a tattoo artist I hope you guys learned something from this video and if you are tattoo enthusiast, I hope you were entertained I'll catch you guys next week. Peace