 So you woke up today and you're probably like, damn, I'm getting tattooed today. Yeah, I know. It's a little different than most days. Right? It's kind of like, well, this is not a regular day. No, it is not. Damn. I forgot the feeling, like what it feels like to get your first tattoo. I don't think I cherish that enough. Yeah, especially now I'm 47. What made you want to get a tattoo? You know what? I've always wanted one. I always thought they were super cool. When did you really start to say, you know what? I'm going to get a tattoo. Probably about six months ago. Six months ago? Yeah. You were like, all right, I'm ready to get a tattoo. I started looking, I started getting the idea and I'm like, okay, that's meaningful to me. I could do that. What was the story behind the tattoo so everybody can know? So I'm an avid hiker. I'm a big hiker and Yosemite is my favorite place. Like anytime my wife is like, hey, if you could be anywhere you want to be, where would you be right now? I'd be sitting on that freaking campfire on the Merced River and right near Yosemite Valley because it's just incredible. I took Josh up to the top of Half Dome. I took my dad up there and it's no joke, man. It's 20 miles and it's uphill for the whole way there and then, you know, easier on the way back. My son, he's like nine at the time and we do this hike. We start at like six in the morning. We get back at like six at night, basically. He freaking gets on his bike and starts riding around the campground. And now you're getting a tattoo. That's it. Wow. And your first tattoo. That's right. And an outer sleeve. That's right. Go big, man. What a day. Go big. Oh, man. You got that tan going on. Yeah. It's like right here. I know. I might use that as like the water reflection right there. It's already done for me. It's already done for me. All right, so I'm going to be using a new product today. It's called Jesus Juice Stencil Magic. That sounds magical, man. The higher level is, give me this new product that they currently have in their stores. And so day one today, we're going to be focusing on the arm area. Day two, we're going to be doing the form. All right. I'm going to have you relax your arm as much as you can. Even if you relax your arm, like your arm is very defined. I'm like, relax. Relax your arm. The main focus of this stencil or the whole tattoo in general, we got to make sure that you can see the mountain, the bridge and the reflection in the water. That looks so sick. Super dope. Go ahead and check it out. Make sure you like the placement. I mean, that's just the stencil. It really looks like there's a reflection there. I'm done, man. Thanks. How do you feel right now? I'm excited. Are you excited? Nervous. Nervous? A little nervous? Yeah. A little butterflies on your stomach? A little bit. Take me through your thought process. How's that? No problem. No problem, huh? Is that what you expected? It's way less than I would have expected. You're probably preparing your brain to be like, that's going to hurt. I thought, yeah. That's awesome. That looks like an Afro now. I got to get into character. I'm not a good actor. Just realized. Welcome back, friends, to another episode of The Joy of Painting. Now, in today's episode, I have my client here who is getting an outer sleeve, a majestic, meticulous, beautiful outer sleeve for his first tattoo. Very incredible. It's amazing. Someone who comes in and decides to get such a project, such a huge project for their first tattoo. It's going to be quite an experience. So let's have fun and let's enjoy this. So first thing is first, I'm going to grab my seven round liner. And I'm going to start with this half a little tree here. Now, as you can see, my stencil is very simple. I like the freedom. I like to feel the freedom. I'm going to start here with my seven round liner with a voltage of 5.0 and very slowly start doing a clean line to create the illusion that is the trunk of the tree. It requires a lot of practice. So please grab your machine, your needles and your setup. Grab a client and follow along with me. And even if you are not feeling it, even if you don't know the direction of the tattoo, just keep going at it. And have fun with it. Have a lot of fun. Because remember, there's no mistakes, only happy accidents. Now let's continue with adding happy little leaves around this majestic tree. And the technique that I'm doing is just having fun adding dots and cross hatching. I'm doing scribbles. The pattern that I'm following is not a pattern. It is me making decisions as I go. Now, for everyone that is having trouble with trying to figure out how to do certain techniques to create this illusion, just remember, in your world, you are the best artist. You get to dictate what you want to do with your painting. You are the artist that gets to decide the direction of this tattoo. And now keep doing the same thing. Be spontaneous. Be free. Be you. Because in your world, you are the best. And in my world right now, I feel like this tree requires a lot of attention because out of this tree, it's going to determine the direction of the whole entire tattoo. And it's also going to determine how the other trees are going to look like. So this little tree here, this little tree is the leader. Now there's a lot of trees here. And the reason why is because every little tree needs a friend. A little happy tree friend. Everyone needs a friend. The trees, the bushes, the bridge, and the water. There you go, I'm inspiring myself right now. Have fun with it. Go here, go there, sa, sa, sa, sa. Now I'm applying with my Sermon liner, Solid Black. And I'm applying it in this way because it is allowing me to add a lot of little details. And that concludes with today's episode on how you tattoo a tree. Happy little tree. God bless you, and I'll see you next week. I slept great. Yeah? Yeah. I was tired, dude. So I got home. I get in and I'm like... I started shaking. Oh my God, I'm freaking cold, man. Alright, so I have a bonfire here. Jesus Jesus, once again. Honestly, I really liked it. I mean, the stencil was there until you showered. God damn. I was wiping all day. The stencil didn't go anywhere. Sermon, have you stand up? No, that needs to be up. Okay, I need to put it up there because now it looks tiny. Let's see. Try to dissuade a little bit. There you go. Okay, that's a way better placement. But now I feel like I can go bigger than that. And then for this one, I'm going to have you stand up. Okay. Yeah. How you doing? Squatting everything. That's alright, yeah. Yeah, alright. So I put a tree trunk on the ground and it just gave me trees. Not even like a tree trunk on the ground laying there. But just a fallen tree trunk. Does that make sense? A fallen tree trunk? No. Now look. It's like log. Camp site? What is it? Log? What did you spell that? L-O-G. Oh, damn. Like, login in? Like, I'm going to log in. Do you know how to spell CPR? Come on. Week. But disrespect. So the idea is because we made the whole design to fit the whole outer sleeve. Now, since we have, I guess, when I put on the bonfire stand, so I realized that the bonfire cannot be bigger than this because it's going to take away from the dimension of the whole thing. Plus, I want the rocks to show. So you don't want to take that away either because the rocks are a big part of the bonfire to make it all come together. That was my shoulder. I need my shoulder. So what we ended up coming up with was a tree trunk, a log. Dan, you should have been here yesterday, Kenny. I was Bob Ross. I dressed up like Bob Ross to do the Happy Little Trees. You did? I did. Did you bring the fruit in, bro? Yeah. You did it? I had a beanie and I made it into an afro. Afro? Afro. Oh, I was like, I'm going to do Bob Ross today. And I went in, bro. I was over here like, there's no mistakes. Only happy accidents. Next week on YouTube. Bro, yeah, you're going to see it. How was your first experience getting tattooed? My first experience was awesome. I'm glad I did the research needed, man. Yeah. It really paid out. I think that my favorite part is the squirrel, for sure. Yeah. The squirrel, man. What would you say was like the most painful part about your tattoo? I think the elbow part was bad. The elbow was bad? Yeah. You weren't even flinching, though. I'm not going to let you know. If you ask me, I'll tell you. Oh, damn. When, before we started tattooing, did you, or the day before, were you kind of like nervous that you were not going to make it? No, no. You were like, I'm going to make it. I'm making it. Yeah. I already knew that. Oh, I got a question for you. How do you tell the people who are thinking about getting an outer sleeve or a big tattoo for their first tattoo? I would say if you even are thinking about it, start putting it together or at least have some ideas and bring them in because I just had a couple ideas and man, it went off from there. And trust your artist. What if they feel scared that they feel like they're not going to make it? We all feel scared and nervous and excited. That's part of the deal. I will finish up this video by imitating Bob Ross one last time. Here we go. So here on the area next to the bonfire, I am now adding some tall grass. It is setting the tone for a very happy, relaxing place. By adding this little detail, it definitely makes me feel like I can spend the weekend in this warm, bright bonfire. Sitting with my friends, sitting with my family and relaxing. And I feel like we all need a weekend like that. So always make sure to enjoy yourself. Take care of yourself. Eat good, drink water and stay hydrated. Peace.