New to these rotary contraptions

[casey]

Hello all, been lurking for a bit and thought it only polite to introduce myself, know a few names on here but theres plenty ive yet to meet:) Im a slighty grumpy nearly 44 year old from the UK just getting to the end of my first year as a professional , albeit i only work on Saturdays so am still very much a novice. Those of you that know me will know im very much a coil kind of chap (understatement im sure!) but have just invested in a Nedz (long stroke was too long for me but have just changed to medium and am sure i will get on fine with it) and am looking forward to sharing my non coil experiences with you all. So once again a big HELLO:) some of my work can be found herehttp://www.inkjections.com/#!portfolio/vstc1=nature

[OwlsDen]

Welcome. Only one year as a professional, and in your 40s. Kudos to you to start at any age. Did you do it as a non professional before? Did you do an apprenticeship? Or just jump in feet first a year ago? Sorry for all the questions. I'm just curious, please don't take my questions the wrong way. It's a nice forum here, I think will enjoy it. Lots of good information.

[casey]

All questions are good! I started to teach myself to tattoo about 11 years ago (if my memory is right) was quickly crushed by the local "pro" and that was that ( a lot more was involved but thats the sum of it) fast forward a few years and i get this urge again , have always been a keen artist an felt this was a great medium to show off my work. long story short ..put some work online and was given a place in a studio , bloody lucky i know and ive got so much to learn. Every piece i do is shite in my eyes and i get so bloody frustrated but strive on as best i can

[OwlsDen]

Sounds like you have a good attitude. I wish you the best of luck. I am on my phone so I couldn't view your work ( no flash support ), but when you are more comfortable I hope you will post some things on here for critique.

[Mr.Taboo]

Welcome to the forum.

[CROWN Machines]

welcome to the forum

[Sage Oz]

Welcome and hope you like it here;)

[ckjr]

welcome

[slicksteel]

Welcome!

[JohnnyChaos]

alright casey. nice to see you here mate :)

[casey]

alright casey. nice to see you here mate :) You too mate, and thanks for the welcome

[Magnu]

Hello and welcome to the forum

[Shizzai]

Hola senor, welcome to the darksi..... uh, forum.

[Dreviltattoo]

welcome. i started out of the house at 30 yrs old and gave myself a shitty apprenticeship for 3 1/2 yrs and i've now been tattooing pro for 4 yrs. not everyone is lucky enough to have someone show them the right way to do things. i used flats for the 1st yr...ugh.
you seem to have a great attitude and i too am my own worse critic. there is always something i don't like about a tattoo i've done. it's nice to see someone new come post a link to their work. i wish more people on here would upload pics of their work so we know what kind of advise we are getting on critiques, needles, etc.
you don't even need a rotary to be a member on here and there are plenty of coil users on here that would love to talk about coils with you too.

[casey]

Again thanks for the welcome, seems a friendly and extremely informative place

[Mozzer337]

Hello mate. Small world isnt it??? :-)

[casey]

Certainly is Mozzer, good to see you here mate:)

[Tkocevar1]

stretch that skin tight and the rest is pie. it looks like your a good artist already and learning that is truely the hard part.