Quote Originally Posted by devans View Post
Rite . . . . . Ive been thinking . . . . . The tattooists at the shop I work at and also apprenticed me are old school and only whip shade and think its the only way and no other techneque is needed and all rotary machines are DDO. What im trying to say isssssssss . . . You guys are my only help.

I was doing some jap whind bars and stuff today and realised I use my fly for al my shading and then simply wash off my needles and start colour packing without adjusting anything.

See what im trying to say ?. The fly packs colour well on how its set and on 9.5v but then I try and shade on the same setting . . . . I should be using a softer posibly faster with less throw setup for soft shading shouldnt I folks.

My RW12v 3mm throw slimline . . . I aint actually tried it for shading only lines and colour. Which simply didnt work for me . . . . But I read somwhere he slimline was actualy desighned for shading . . Is this correct ? And if it is could I just ask do you run the machine fast for shading in circular/scrubbing motions with short throw. I ask cuz im used to whip shading with a slow fairly long throw machines . . . As hats all they do at the shop.

Many thanks for reading and I hope you can clear things up for me
I like a really short stroke and mix in the caps. 4-5 caps and treated it like colour to start getting my blacks smoother.

Im a HUGE fan of Bluebird - one drop per cap with corresponding black drops I use 4 2 and 1 drops (more or less 5 3 1 for pieced I want darker)- and keep a clean mix at the end when on bigger pieces, so when they start to get darkened I move down a cap