 I am creating a tattoo competition for tattoo artists to showcase their best work. No drama, no categories, just amazing tattoos. Winner will be taking home $5,000. If you are interested in participating, stay tuned. We will begin accepting submissions in a couple weeks. Do you think your favorite tattoo artist got what it takes? Tag them on this video. How's everybody doing? Welcome back to my channel. This week I'm going to be doing a full torso cover-up of my client for the next three days. So with that being said, let's get this day started. Let's go! Hey, how you doing? How you doing, brother? Nice meeting you. Kevin, have a seat. And then I got a new job, a higher-paying job. And so I was like, you know what, I'm going to hit him up. What's the worst I can happen? He's going to tell me no. Yeah, yeah, yeah. And so I hit him up and then he said yes. And I was like, oh, shit. This is really happening. Oh yeah, here we fucking go. Yeah. Well, I mean, you're here for a reason. I know it's nerve-wracking. It's a cover-up. I've seen worse than yours. For sure, because this is what I do. But I just want to reassert you that I'm going to get it done. And it's going to look amazing. Yeah, I don't doubt that at all. Or else I wouldn't have someone else cutting this thing up again. Yeah. So you've been through, how many artists? Three, four? Three. Three. It wasn't smart on my end. So when I first started, I was about 14. And the first thing I got was the outline of the tombstone because my dad had just passed away. So I wanted to get something from him. And I picked the best idea ever, which was to pick an artist I was also 14 years old. Ooh, what? Wait, artist I was what? 14. Yeah, he was my age, you know? And he was just tattooing. And he was like, oh, let me try it out, you know? Wow. And so I saw the outline. I was like, oh, this is terrible. And so I stopped. And then I didn't get tattooed for about two years. And then I was hanging out with the homies, you know? And then the homies are like, hey, bro, I could cover that up, you know? And then that's when, I don't know if you can see it in the picture, but there's a very faded grim reaper in the middle. Yes, yes. And then he started doing that. And I was like, oh, this isn't going to cover up anything. Oh, my God. So then I stopped with that. And then I was like, all right, no more. And then I waited another two, three years. The girl was dating at the time, or stepdad. And he used to have like a little room in the back where he actually did tattoos and did quite a bit. And so I was like, all right. So he did the skulls on the side. And so I was like, OK, that's not that. I mean, it's not great, but it's the best work I've ever gotten. So I was like, all right, all right. And then he did the gridly across my stomach. And I was like, oh, this is the worst decision I've ever made in my life. You know? And then after that, that was 18. So I banned myself from there. I was like, no more talking. I printed a whole bunch of sizes. And I finally landed on the one that is going to feel perfect on that torso. I'm going to tape it all together like a puzzle piece. The last paper I just applied, it might be too much. It might be too long already for the torso, but it's always good to have extra instead of having not enough. Because we have such a strong concept on the top. Everything around it is just to complement this. It's not meant to take away from this. Now that I have it put together, what I got to look for is areas that are basically not stable. Because when I put on the stencil, I want to make sure that it's solid. It's nice and clean. So anything that's loose on some corners is going to mess me up. So now we have it ready right here. Pretty solid stencil. I did my stencil super simple, so I can follow it up a lot easier. With such a big project, you don't want to have a complicated stencil because it's only going to mess with your eyes and make you feel frustrated. And I'm just saying that as my personal opinion. So my best advice, if you want to try it out, I would 100% recommend for you to do a simple stencil. So it's easy to follow. And just study it, making sure that you practice it how to execute it. And I promise you're going to move a lot faster and less of a mess. I am static. Excited. Let's do it. After I met you guys, I was like, dude, I felt so relaxed. I slept like a baby, I think. Really? Yeah. Don't want to hype you up, but it's going to be a successful piece. Like I haven't even started and I already know it's going to turn out amazing. You think it's your day, but it's actually mine. We'll share the day. Yeah, we'll share the day. We got three days together. So we'll split those days. You get one and a half, I get one and a half. I mean, I think the newest one was across the Stonk and I was maybe 15 years ago. 15? Yeah. And it's not scarred. So whoever did it, definitely, like you said, I want to experience. Thankful for that, because now it's nothing scarred. They didn't really apply the ink that well, so that's a positive. Yeah. This is juice. Look at that. Oh, that's like stencil. Stencil stuff? Yeah. That Jesus juice is the holy ointments. In this situation, you just got to transfer your instincts. Don't overthink it, because it's such a big project that you just got to see it. You just got to see it the way it's placed from this angle, and just exactly how you see it, just place it. There goes your nipple. There goes your nipple. The forehead. There is so much texture and so much highlight that I have to play around with it. So the background is going to be solid black. So what I'm going to do is, on my reference, it shows that towards the edge of the forehead, it's a little too dark for me. So what I'm going to do is, take that away and make that a highlight. That way it stands out. I'm going to do the forehead with a 14-mile liner running in my machine at 540 voltage. I think you just unlocked a new super power. You got it. Without you knowing, I'm just all over the place right now. But your body is relaxed. Day one completed. You made it. Crazy. I cannot wait. I cannot wait. Yesterday we did day one of this full tour to cover up. It went super well. My client sat like a rock. It was amazing. It was definitely hurting my client, but he was able to sit through it. And today is day two. It is the toughest day. We're going to be doing the whole entire stomach, which today is the day that I'm going to have to navigate and really take care of him as much as I can, making sure that he's not feeling dizzy, feeling sick, and now making sure that he's hydrated today. So let's get it. You're up. Today is your birthday. Help me out. Three, two, one. Happy birthday. Anything that happens after, like because I did the top, the top looks amazing. Everything else is just, it's just going to fall into place. The tentacles are definitely going to help me out a lot to cover up the lettering. And I really like the fact that I can adjust them without affecting the piece. So it's really flexible. In case there's a letter that is in a very inconvenient place, I'm able to just use the texture of the tentacle and switch it up, switch up the conscious and the highlights to make sure that I get the job done. What do you want me to go next? I have two options. I can go towards here or I can go towards the back. Your choice. You get to choose whatever side you feel like you can handle better so you can get your energy back. I honestly kind of feel like the side of those glasses. We're getting so close to finishing for today. It's been a long day. What time is it? Like 7, 30, 20. It was a really good day. We got through it. We're going to finish tomorrow the last part of this torso project. We only have the chest and a little bit on the rib area but it should be fine. We did the hardest thing today which was the whole entire stomach. Today is day three. It is the last day, the final day of this torso. My goal for today is to make sure that I take care of my clients. At this point, his body must feel so sore. He's exhausted in pain. So anywhere I touch on the torso, it's going to be a little bit irritated. He's here. How are you feeling? I mean, I'm alive. You're alive. I'm so happy to hear that. Damn, it's crazy. It's just like, I can't stop looking at it. Good. Like yesterday, I thought, so I was looking in the mirror, I thought like I was already scabbing and I was like, no, that's way too fucking early. And then I felt my skin. I'm like, no, that shit's smooth. That shit just looks fucking textured. The texture in there is crazy too. That's what I'm saying. It's like you can't stop looking at it. Yeah, it's fucking wild. That chewing is a different animal. Yeah, yeah, yeah. It gives you up mentally and physically. It tests you mentally. And you just get exhausted like if you ran a fucking marathon. Here we go. The last piece of the puzzle. Right in the middle. Hey, yo, what kind of content is this? What kind of... Only fans. Uh-huh. Look at that dimension. It's just... Hold on, let me... Let me hype you up real quick. Hey. The way I'm going to start this last day is by doing the outline of the lighthouse. It's a better way for me to not worry about the stencil and just focus on shading and doing the backgrounds and stuff like that on the important stuff. Because if I keep worrying about the stencil I won't be able to navigate. And in today, what I need to do is navigate. Just in case he's feeling it on a corner I can move around and I don't have to worry about erasing the stencil. So I'm just going to lightly do this outline just enough for me to see what's going on. What I like doing the day after after I did one part of the project and to connect this area to the part that I'm tattooing the following day is caressing the skin. You don't want to irritate it because the other side, this area, since it's been two days, it's irritated. He's going to feel it. So the best way to do it, in my opinion, got to be just barely touching the skin and build it up. No rush. This is an area that's very sensitive so you want to treat it very gently. And I like using a bigger Mac for this situation because all our 14-round liner because it's not that irritating to the skin. So just build it. Wipe very, very gently too. And as you can see, it's already connecting. After doing the peck, I'm getting really close to that nipple. So what I'm going to do, I don't want to waste his energy. So I'm going to move to the stomach area and I'm going to black it out to move towards the nipple and stop right before I get there. And I'm going to work around it and work on the armpit area because if I was to tattoo that his energy levels are going to get super low and I don't want that. His energy levels right now are high. He's full of energy. So I want to keep it that way as long as I can before I hit that nipple. And technically, it's like not a lot. Because it's just like this and this. That's putting my check because this is all background. All we have is this. And we're done. You made it. Holy shit. Now that I say you made it, then you just pass out. Wait, that thing that puts us like a 30 hours? 30 hours later. I got a HP Lovecraft monster if you want to call it. The favorite part about the piece has to be Cthulhu. Cthulhu's eyes are almost mesmerizing. The way they look at you and the way they pop out at you. It's honestly something special. I don't think I could have asked for a better experience overall. When I got to the consultation, I was very nervous. I was very nervous meeting everybody. I was also very nervous on actually showing off what I had already had. And Kevin and Mark, Marco really put me at ease really quickly. Once I made it to the shop, even though I'd never been here before, I felt at home like almost right away.