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most of the time I use the sharpie brush from the spit shade set with the size right in the middle. the line weight varies slightly but not much. I try to keep my line weights the same as much as possible but not perfect like when using the monoline brush because then it looks a little too computer-y

I usually use a combination of screen and linear burn at 20% opacity. sometimes I use multiply, depending on what looks best

I have an iPad Pro. Any model will do just double check to make sure its compatible with the Apple Pencil

I forget what iPad I was using in this older video. in my newer videos I have an iPad Pro from 2021 I think

@@bigtextutorials thank you 🙂 i recently started with tattoing, can you suggest me where i can look for ideas for tattoo design? 😅

yo! thank you dude!!!!

Apple Pencil

@@bigtextutorials thanks I'm a Noob just got my first iPad LOL do you recommend the real apple pencil or do you think that the knockoff is good enough?

@@DetroitFettyghost ive used other brands and personally I prefer the apple pencil it feels a lot more natural to me

@@bigtextutorials thank you for taking the time to respond to me man I really appreciate it, I haven't had a chance to ask somebody who actually had one so I really do appreciate it much love and have a great day my friend

im not sure! I bought mine a long time ago and I think they have recently updated the pack so maybe the stuff I got is a little different than what's included now. if you dont see it maybe send them an email thru their customer support. sorry I couldn't be more helpful!

I think I usually post 11 x 14 at 300 dpi

@@bigtextutorials thank you!

amazon!

I think it just looks whiter in the video because I'm not using the best camera. when I wanted to lighten my paper I click the icon in the top left and mess with the brightness and tint until I get something I like

11 x 14 inches

its an AirPods case!

Try a canvas that’s 11 x 14 inches at 300 dpi and see if that helps

procreate

thats a great idea! be on the look out ill try to get a video going on that when I can!

thats a great idea! be on the look out ill try to get a video going on that when I can!

@@bigtextutorials appreciate it thank you :)

its from the tattoo smart spit shade set, check my spit shade tutorial video if you want to see me go more in depth on the texture part

yeah it does get pricy. i'm working on trying to find a cheaper/free alternative. if I find anything super helpful ill make a video about it soon!

Check the link in the bio!

@@bigtextutorials No other brushes found in your store

@@hachiko1292 bigtextattoos.com/shop/p/big-tex-borders-procreate-brush-set-ck9rt

a long time ago I used to use the "airbrush" brushes that come with procreate and you can do a similar technique where you set one to the smudge tool. I'm not sure of an exact dupe though, I'll look into it!

yeah I think the spit shade is more expensive now but thats because they added some new features from back when I bought it. it's worth every cent!

I think the palette that comes with it uses a black that isn't 100% black so you can pull up the color wheel and select the darkest black from there. sometimes I color over a section a few times or if I want a quick fix ill just duplicate my layer once I'm done and then combine the two copies and it makes it darker

@@bigtextutorials thanks so much! Keep up the good vids

it's all up to you! some artists stay really true to the original reference and recreate old flash as accurate to the time period as possible. for example, professor york does a great job of this and is really knowledge about tattoo history. he posts a lot of his references next to his interpretations which is a great learning tool to see how he's developed his style and flash and draws on those references. other artists like Bert Krak, Jay Roth, Dan Coy, etc (the list goes on an on) will either trace or redraw a classic piece of flash and maybe take the shape of a skull or panther and embellish it, maybe change the colors or make it more modern looking. and then some people like Mark Cross, Ryan Mettz, Wan Tattooer take those ideas and get really wonky and funky with it. there's no rules just do what looks cool to you! I will say that tracing flash, even if you don't make a final piece of art with it, is a great way to warm up and/or train your hand and eye to the proportions of certain images and helps you get a feel for what goes where and will help your designs get better and better. I know this is a really long explanation but I hope that helps!

@@bigtextutorials Cheers for pointing us in the direction of some artists to look at! I’m not very knowledgeable in the subject matter, but your guidance and having points of research is super useful.

if I remember correctly I think I used the "no use this to paint" brush from the tattoo smart spit shade kit to do the painting!

@@bigtextutorials Can i have tips of how you Spitshade in procreate because for me hard to fade the ink I always end to mess up 😅🤦🏻

are you asking about the size of the paper? the artwork is 11 x 14 inches but the stamps can be resized as big or as small as the procreate brush slider will let you make it!

@@bigtextutorials think they’re asking the size of ur iPad mate!

@@lachlantaylor1225 truuuuuue

yeah 12.9 iPad!

the iPad Air is great. i updated to the pro because I like having a larger screen but the drawing experience feels about the same to me

I think it's called "plain"

unfortunately you have to buy it from their site. I can't put it up to share on here because you have to pay for it and I wouldn't want to steal tattoo smarts product!

thanks for watching! I used to use clip studio paint and I know that tattoo smart makes some brushes for clip studio, but not all of them are compatible. but its worth checking out their site and seeing if they have some stuff you can use!

yessss thank you!! so stoked you dig it!

@@bigtextutorials just picked it up excited to try it out tonight.

I think it's the "Tranesca Ergonomic Grip Holder for Apple Pencil" on Amazon, I bought it a while ago but you should be able to find it there! Thanks for watching!

iPad Air 3rd gen and Apple Pencil 1st gen