Traditional Locomotive

[adamfromessex]

those textures are freaking awesome, how how how, where can i search this style? and is "Whip" the correct name to search?

[Baldrick]

Lenert - king of the whip shading !

[adamfromessex]

how do you set up a rotary to make this whip texture? long stroke? fast? loads of needle? flicking up from the skin? any input is greatly appreciated, and links would be great.
Adam

[Ta2GeezerUK]

I'm not Normally a poster on Peoples Tattoo's But Lenert that is some of the crispest lining on the Loco and Lettering plus fab shading Throughout, How could anyone not like it or comment. Good stuff Indeed! What needles/configurations/Pigments have you used in it? Dear sir,

[thesmokingmirror]

Dope tat i love trains! Same machine for lines & shading?

[Brian Russell]

Super clean, impressive all around.

[nivek]

I like it a lot clean, The outlines are clean as FUCK - nice whipshading - one thing that I'm not a huge fan of - how the whip shading goes one way on two of the front sections of the Locomotive and a different on the front section, making the light source change, it does it in a couple of places where your shading changes direction (and therefore light sources) on the train. On the spirals in the front it looks GREAT - adds some real nice depth. There is NO shading on the little whistle ? on the left and nothing in the "window" these both stand out to me. Not a wrong or right thing, more of a difference of opinion.

Some softer tones (less whipping and more blending) on the rose would have made the locomotive stand out even more, as well as add a softer look., but thats just my $0.02

Nivek

[turnrock]

so clean and i love all the peppering. i am a fan of traditional tattoos, i hope this inspires more around here!

[grizzlytoof]

What a nice piece of trad! Man, that is really amazing you did it with a rotary! beautiful, did you line it with a rotary too?

[gangstajay]

very clean