 How's everybody doing welcome back to my channel this week. I have the cover-up masterclass here at the shop, and I'm gonna be doing a cover-up. So with that being said, let's get this thing started. Let's go So there's not a super question even if it's like from you guys too because I'm not gonna be up here thinking that I know everything because I know I'm special as someone I do But if you guys have a suggestion and an idea, an opinion, throw it out there, and we're gonna discuss it as a team You know because at the end of the day, we can be here learning from each other Do you give them the option of what they want done or do you tell them that they're leaving to turn to the UK to Do a success. Yeah, let's just say that when comes in and he's looking to get This tattoo number right but he is very picky. So that's when the communication comes in But I also wanted to push myself to give him something that he really wanted. There is sometimes where I have to tell the client He meant this is not important. Let me tell you why. So I break it down from that planning and I say this is why So I customize it. After I customize it, I look at the whole thing I study. I try to memorize it every part of it. This whole thing I already have it in my head I don't need to if I wanted to I don't need to see this to do a cover But I have it just for reassurance But what's going to help you in a cover up is memorizing the concept Because that's going to allow you to be more creative along the way Some parts of the tattoo you're going to have to match what you expected to heal. Yes It's all about predicting. It's all predicting and that is very important because if you know if you can predict how it's going to heal Then you're going to have problems with when publishing the future. I think about today I enjoyed it all honestly. Everything that he had going on he was great teacher. To see that he does every single tattoo with liners and round chairs Excited to go back to Florida and utilize these things. It takes a lot of prep work To do the tattoos that Mr. Ray has done Because it's easy to see it on YouTube. See it is easy to kind of Oh, you put that together, you know, probably an hour or two hours, but now it takes Try things out different different tones, different techniques, readjusting lighting Mastering detail and just making sure that the cover up is the best thing for it. I think the same as everybody else, all the knowledge The way we buy like super humble and like He opens those doors where you can actually buy with him. This guy really sits down with you And he really takes his time before he moves on to the next subject You know, he really does interact with you. He does not move to the next subject Until you really understand the experience over all Mr. Ray knows how to just walk it through everything Appreciate the experience and just learning from him and you know, he's one of the best doing it So why not learn from the best, you know, what was the most surprising thing to you? I think the same as everybody just learned that he doesn't use black I feel like just all the new information that I Did it freaking out, you know come into a new freaking out. I don't know The new concept of cover ups is just different to me Equipment is just crazy to see that he's doing all those pieces with two needles. Yeah, what was the most surprising thing to you? Right now with all the information Cluttered in my head pick a favorite part the way that he designed things on property There were some things that he did throughout his design process that Just kind of blew me away, and I I'm gonna go back to the hotel room and Scrapped all of the designs that I was working on Cuz I got some full day sessions going on. Yeah, where I think it's gonna dramatically change the way I look at the way I put pieces See his head in the way that he approaches the design process. I think was the most surprising part Probably watching I'm actually doing Was that one specific thing that was very surprising to you today or was everything kind of like brand new Like whoa, yeah Yeah, yeah, awesome All right, I need a good song to a give me hype Yo, no soy tu marido ni tampoco tu hombre Solamente can't be que cuando tu llamate responde How you feeling bro, you nervous it's okay. It's okay to be nervous if you were nervous then this wouldn't be an experience Kangri que cuando tu llamate responde No, so tomorrow Me tampoco tu hombre Solamente can't be que cuando tu llamate responde Damn that looks pretty tight That looks exciting Okay, so me looking at this the the parts that I see that might give me a little bit of problem is Is where it comes down to the eye here This is gonna be easy. I can already tell it's been about 10 years, right 10 years when you got this done This is 2019 so big difference whoever did this one definitely knows how to pack in lines You know because if this person would have done this one It wouldn't look almost identical, you know because I've seen it happen where they're like Oh, yeah, this was done two years ago and this is like 10 years ago But it looks the same and that is because whoever knows how to pack in those lines Those lines are not going anywhere or even like solid black. They're not it's not going anywhere. So luckily this guy Didn't know what he was doing so good. Did you what you get this done? In a basement in a basement With a tattoo artist or just a homie my buddy was learning. Okay. There is news Okay, so there's because there's a difference, you know Sometimes artists work at a basement and they be doing some killer work sometimes, you know, but not this one We were seven scenes unfortunately So the only thing I stenciled was the only thing I printed here is just this planet I'm gonna freehand the Milky Way, but the whole thing is what I actually need some Right there the movie from there. I don't really think about it too much I just I don't think about where things are gonna land. I just put on the stencil And then I just look at it pretty good. I like it. I like where it is. I like where it is its center. All right Pretty good spot Perfect. I landed right on the With that knowing you know, it just landed right on that on the circle of the spider Which with this I'm gonna do something nice with that probably add more rocks depending on how I see the whole thing I'm gonna base it off how bright it is here on the bottom And if this is too bright, then I have a chance to go darker on the top But if everything is looking way too dark, then I'm gonna make sure that this is bright So balancing it out the way I look at it. It's always if it's dark on the bottom go bright here dark and light I'm starting from the bottom right here And my next question is do you want two fingers three fingers or one finger as close as you can? They're gonna take down my video bro They're gonna be like this is this is too sexual. So I got the placement here. I like where everything is I'm gonna freehand the Milky Way down here Make sure that I place it where I want it to look good and then just work from there. All right ready? Let's do it. Let's fucking tattoo. Let's go So I did want to go in depth on how I'm gonna Separate the rock and the eye socket without compromising Everything else and still be able to cover this up based on my on my my whole reference I notice that This is my darkest point and that's gonna help me to Create the rock or the meteor to give it a highlight on top of it. So I'm gonna do this super black highlight and I'm gonna Slowly transition from my black to my medium to my light and Based out of what I see here. I'm gonna figure out if I want this to be super dark or light. Okay The eye socket. Yeah, so this is the top of the eye socket here I'm gonna go from black to medium gray to light gray and Then I'm gonna finish it off with either a medium or a solid black on the bottom just to see Depending on how everything looks and then I'm gonna do the meteor at the end because the meteor is the thing That's gonna stand out from everything else. So first thing I'm gonna do is solid black Hi, that's the first. That's just all the black. Now. I'm gonna start transitioning to my medium Because the bottom of that rock is solid black. So I got to make sure by the time I reach The bottom of the meteor it has to be my lightest gray and then just navigate through it super smoothly So you have all these different tones that can separate the meteor from the eye socket. All right medium gray right here I'm slowly transitioning to my lightest gray and Then with my medium for my with my lightest gray. I'm gonna map it out. I'm just gonna do a Across the whole entire socket. I'm just gonna run through it With my light is gray. All right, so I just did just my light is gray So now that I mapped it out what I'm gonna do now is go back with my solid black or maybe 60% Now that I have a little bit more of that those details. I think I'm gonna go darker. Yeah I'm gonna go darker here on the bottom of the socket Definitely needs it. I'm gonna start on the meteor. I'm gonna switch from a 14 round liner to my seven round liner my life Where is the pizza? I'm hungry. Let me see. Let me check the order Why is the time moving so slow it says that it's gonna get here at 113 What time is it 1240? Oh Damn I got a little something for you guys first person for this certificate is Sean white my dude come through Little gift bag with the little certificate. Hell. Yeah. Thank you so much. Thank you so much for coming Here you go little gift bag Juan Haro Juan Aro or Juan Haro Aro Alex Zamora. Thank you for coming through. Appreciate you Johnny Luna Hey, let's go my new kidding tatuajes Ray Parker, let's go put it up practice Omar Rodriguez Well, I'm a cafe. I tie up, but I can't get a lot of children Martin Martin Yeah, my appreciate you John Taylor Fowler Fowler. Thank you for coming appreciate you And that concludes This seminar my guys, thank you guys for coming appreciate you, you know having to travel here That really means the world to me because it's very surreal the fact that you guys were interested in coming in here and learning about cover-ups You know and that means the world to me and I hope we can stay in touch if you guys have any questions Reach out to me. I'm more than welcome to answer any questions at any time. So yeah, and that is just have fun Let's just relax. It's been too stressful things. So let's just grab a beer and let's just have fun