Tattoo Needle Depth! How To Tattoo At The Correct Depth!
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- čas přidán 15. 06. 2024
- The long awaited needle depth video is finally here!! So many of you guys have been asking for this one for so long & I'm really pleased I can finally share it with you all!
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I can't even call them tutorials ....this is tattoo uni!!!! I'm learning so much. thank you thank you!!!!!
Thanks for the awesome feedback and thanks for watching!
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Agreed!
I was doing research on rotary pens and if I wanna get one coming up but came across this and I’m super stoked just to hear half of the things he’s saying it’s things I learned my first time around in my apprenticeship and now that I’m back at it I’m learning even more again just from this
Respect for giving back to the community. Apprenticeships arent possible for everyone which, unlike a lot of A-holes, you clearly understand. We dont all have awesome tattoo shops in our country with easy-to-find equipment. I can buy a machete axe online but customs wont let me buy a tattoo machine. Hmmm. I wonder which is more dangerous?
Joe Master Push thanks for the great feedback. Also that’s a really good point you make with the axe & tattoo machine! Crazy times!
Jono Smith I don’t think you should be able to buy a tattoo machine unless you are professional in old days you would find out nothing I still agree that people get apprentice or dont tattoo don’t listen to shit on internet
I can definitely agree
Jono Smith the disease you can cause you may need a fucking axe to cut the persons limb off or even kill him or her prob more people get disease from tattoo needles than hypodermic needle now you can also get the covid 19 so I say the axe is not as dangerous as the tattoo machine most of these people do not no shit about cross contamination they have absolutely no training on nothing don’t know how to even put a clip cord cover on ther clipcord I could go on and on but you will need the axe to do amputations also a lot of people with 0 art skills think that it’s easy to tattoo and thers thousands of people walking around with garbage tattooed on ther body so I say no to anybody without a apprenticeship or a tattoo shop with a tax number or whatever they use in America I’m Canadian so it’s different country to country but no tattoo studio no pro equipment
Joe Master Push the tattoo machine is more dangerous you will need the axe to remove the tattoo or to amputate or thers lots of other disease out ther
This guy is legit.
I knew the appropriate depth, to guess and to float the needle. I was taught over time I would feel the vibration is correct as an indicator.
That vibration is key and lots of practice/experience is how I mastered it.
I appreciate the practice small line test no more than 3 passes because sometimes the skin might not quite vibrate the same or could be thicker or shallower (as well softer and harder) depending on the person and the location...just takes time but I guarantee following his advice will get you there quickly.
You’re all of our tattoo dads, learnt more here than in my apprenticeship... which I’ve been in for an embarrassingly long time 😶
Are you paying for it?
@@josephsolowyk7697 No, I wasn't paying for it.
Jono your lessons and your explaining and demonstrations are legit top notch in any online tattoo education. Paid and free
I did my first tattoo on myself yesterday & this helped clarify so much for me ! Ive been watching your videos for a few months . I was finally confident enough to do it it game out great
Awww great stuff!
The quickest way for me to figure it out was I did my first tattoo on myself. You quickly realize if your too deep or not deep enough it helped me alot when I did a tattoo on someone else.
I thought it was crazy tattooing my first own. But this is exactly the reason why i did it.
This is what I'm gonna have to do. I've done 3 good size (not tiny) tatts on 2 people so far, and don't get me wrong, they look really good for first timers but I've always been a perfectionist with my art and painting and it's no different with my tattooing, it SHOULD be perfection even more so in this case. I can see all my tiny imperfections, even when others don't notice and they mostly have to do with getting the feel for the depth. I'm nervous to do it on myself but for one, it's only fair lol..and 2, it will help me to get the feel of the depths from both ends of the gun. Here I go leaving my mark! 🤙✌
(Edit: I've done it! It did turn out good for the most part and im not mad about it, but i did have a tiny blowout. I learned something from the experience though. Different parts of the body have thinner skin or 'less tough' than others so adjust depth accordingly! Lol Lower abdomen by hipbone is thin and sensitive, like inside of upper-arm.)
Same here. Learned how to tattoo to finish my sleeve.. now I’ve been covering my legs 😂🤘🏻
my whole left leg is dedicated to trial and error bunch of random different styles not even mad you learn to love them ahhaha
@@rachelg7041 same here!
It was exactly what i needed! Just perfect for someone that starts learning about tattooing. Beautiful work, thank you so much!
You’re amazing!! Been away from learning for a year so this was an amazing way to get a refresh on all the basics, thank you 🙏😊
Just watched a couple of your videos and I love your attitude towards your audience and your right to the point and make it easy to understand
The way you explain is so clear and not over complicated. Thanks so much for this video your helping people do things the correct way therefore there less people walking around with messed up tattoos.
gv105468 thanks for the great feedback and for watching!
this is absolutely amazing! the effort you’ve put into helping like this, so admirable!
Thank you!
Why didn't I find you sooner, there are so many so called "tutorial channels" on CZcams that go on and on about nothing important for absolutely ages, just needlessly over complicating everything to try and sound clever, but you teach in a clear, concise, and easy to follow manor that actually helps!! Appreciate the knowledge bro.
Aww thanks for the awesome comment! I really appreciate it. Welcome to the channel!
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Thank you so much for the intricate explanation. This is what some one like me needs to fully understand. Much appreciate!
Much love for your contributions to our industry.
It's a breath of fresh air to see a fellow inker putting out legit info.
Thanks for the awesome comment!
Thank you so much for clear information! I am Self-taught. Practice on my self and thank God my hubby is brave! Love all your information!
What's up buddy, I'm Robbie and I'm from North Carolina, USA. First off, I have always loved getting tattoo work done on myself, and just the whole process of tattooing in general, but I never imagined that I would ever want to actually learn how to tattoo until recently, but that's a whole other story lol. One thing I've learned so far is that it's HARD AF to try and learn at home on my own, but your videos have literally changed the game for me. An apprenticeship at a local shop around here is literally all but impossible to get, but God forbid you tell people that you're just gunna try and learn on your own, at home lol. Tattoo artist will literally freak the hell out on you if you even mention something like that to them, but at the same time, I completely understand where they're coming from too. I have searched my ass off online for some just halfway decent tutorials, and yours absolutely blows all the others out of the water! You actually make learning to tattoo fun. You're the ONLY one that I've found that actually has very helpful video's plus doesn't bore people to death, and all of the little animations you add to them are freaking awesome too. Hell, you're one of the only channels on all of CZcams that I've ever even actually subscribed to lol. I just wanted to drop a comment and let you know that what you're doing is TRULY appreciated! I'm not sure how CZcams works with donations and all of that, but if you care to explain how, I would love to send a donation sometime in the next few days just to show my appreciation for what you're doing. Again, thank you for all of your video's and I hope you keep it going. Cheers brother!
Hi Robbie! Wow! Thank you so much for the awesome comment! You’re absolutely right about the stigma of home schooled tattooists. In tattoo world I don’t really associate with many tattooists because I find most of them have massive egos and just want to hate on people. Not ALL of them but there’s a lot. That’s why I started this channel to show people there’s a different way which doesn’t involve someone telling you not to bother tattooing and to actually help people like yourself. I’m really pleased the channel is helping you out! Thank you so much for your offer of donation but honestly my channel is absolutely free 😁 I will be setting up a members area in the near future for extra in depth content for the hardcore followers that want a deeper learning which will be something like £1 a month but it’s still in the making. Once again thank you for your comment and for subscribing! I really appreciate it!
Cool video, as usual. There's also a one important factor. Softness or a hardness of your machine hit. I found out that i rather use a medium soft hit to put a lines. It's because i have a heavy hand. Also if machine hits softer its more difficult to have a blowouts, and conversely. If you usually like to put less pressure you need your machine go harder.
Great point on the vibration. It's something I'm always focused on. You just know when it feels right!
Been drawing and graphic designing my own tattoo stencils for a long time and finally ordered my first machine. These are helping me tremendously, thank you!
Amazing! Good luck with your journey and enjoy it!
Awesome video! Definitely the most thorough video I’ve seen yet on depth! Been looking for a video like this for a while! Thanks !
Kai Goolsby thanks for watching!
Damn dude you got my subscription and likes. This channel is like infographics. Can’t stop watching dude you got a video for every question I have so far. Keep at it 💯
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Love you instruction videos. I have alot of tattoo heros. But the depth of explanation u give makes this game so much easier. Being a beginner tattooist these videos are very simply to learn from. Great work and thanks for you time and knowledge. Your helping many keep it up
Thanks for the awesome feedback!
thank you so much man! i'm new to the tattoo community, just subbed. looking forward to watching new content, very informative.
Welcome to the channel!
That's pretty thorough. Now maybe compare how to use a rotary vs a coil and changing voltage to get the correct deptth
Yes!!!
@@block4565 actually yes we want to know the coils and rotary ...
Tattoo machines just make a needle go up and down it is as simple as that, coils do it via electro magnetism and rotaries do it via mechanical action.
Yeh depth has nothing to do with the machine, now maybe what you meant to say is, “hand speed and voltage for cleaner lines” either machine will do the job if you have the hand speed, voltage, and depth correctly.
Thank you 🙏 finally someone with a good example
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I’m trying to learn to tattoo and these videos are helpful so much !
U are great at explaining everything about tattoo techniques and just the basics thank u I have learned a lot.
Great video, and thanks for the the informative content! A video full of great resources and knowledge with no filler, straightforward and easy to understand. Thank you.
dROcITYkING11 thanks for watching!
Love your little vids, im getting into learning after not touched a gun in over 30 years! Its like that ivan bracken fella does tats....so easy to listen to and super informative. Thank you
As a newbie this is like solid gold. Can’t believe these are free.. bless up! Thankyou so so much for all of these
P.s the marker on wet paper was such a great representation!
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Ty jono for making these videos we greatly appreciate it
Yeah mate, thank you so much for sharing! Really good stuff / respect +++ ! 12 months of work, lifetime of remembering it !!!
Love when your audio is on point. I’ve been streaming your videos when I’m going through my tattooing journey as I learn from day 1. Thanks man. 🤙🏴☠️👩🚀
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So I started to watch all videos in order! ❤️Thank you
Thanks for watching!
Awesome thank you for taking the time to show us I definitely learned some great info I hope to use very soon :)
Great video! always very informative!
Thanks for this video! I'm still working on getting consistent lines with 1 pull rather than 2 or 3 so this definitely helps a lot! Animation skills are on point by the way
Thanks for the great feedback!! Much appreciated.
Same here!!!
Love to show very understandable and straight to the point
Thank you so much! Can't wait to watch all of your videos.
You’re welcome! My older videos are a little poorer video quality compared to the newer ones but I’m sure you’ll find the content helpful still. Thanks for watching!
Thank you, that was my fear about the depth. I feel more confident now ❤️❤️❤️
You do the best explanations ! 10+
Best teacher in our field 😊
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You are a savior to all my guinea pigs thank you man
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Bless you man, this video was all I needed ! ✌🏽
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See I'm here to up my game and this info is pure gold
Thanks I really appreciate that!
Thank you ! Love ur videos. Appreciate all the info u drop !!!!
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Thanks! Your videos are GREAT and have helped me so much. Please keep going!👏🏻
Shout out for the awesome Super Thanks!! You'll be mentioned in my next upload! 😀
A while back I heard a guy mention about gauging depth by the vibration in your stretching hand but none of the videos on YT mention it so I wasn’t sure if it was true or not. I’m glad you said that.
It is a method of gauging your needle depth, I often use it myself but it’s a method you really have to develop over quite a long period and isn’t really advisable for beginners because the vibration you feel in your stretching hand is something your body kind of recognises over many tattoos and you begin to associate the vibration with the correct depth. Thanks for watching!
Thank you so much your amazing you have thought me so much thank you for taking your time to show us!!!!
Another quality video, I appreciate you!
Thanks!!
Dude 👌 great video... and really liked your analogy "When your stretching hand feels the vibration it's like holding your hand right over a subwoofer that's like kicking out low tones .....bhuuummmmmmm... you know what I mean . I feel that too, the way I describe it people that ask me is the spring door stopper thing lol you know you pull it back and it smacks against the door Frame lol starts hard high pitched but towards the end it just mellows out to a low bhhhuummmmmmmm that ringing . Good shit dude loving these
Thank you my friend great job
Hey Jono all the way from Philly God Bless you!!!! You the Best!
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You are the best man...! thanks
Thank you SOOOOO much JoNo. you brits make anything sound awesome. love your enthusiasm and brainworks. watching video after video can become boring or even worse misinformed. I am a sponge...
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the best! thank u. im from philippines and im learning to tattoo 🥰
Dude I like the way you explain; Im just beginner trying to learn; Please keep making videos about teaching how to tattoo, They are super helpful for me!
Thanks! I’m always creating new content!
Another thing to pay attention to when pulling a line is the sound of your machine. If you hear it go into that "bog" you're most likely in the money spot (dermis!).
What do you mean?
@@vaderguitarplayer listen to what your machine sounds like when using it is what I mean. When entering the skin at the correct depth it should sound like its slowing down. It really depends on the machine, the voltage and the persons skin though.
@@sgorillagoat basically your saying it's not a reliable technique
I instantly knew what you meant. Helped a lot actually thankyouu
@@ThatgirlCeCe98 sound helps a lot, that's a reason that most tattoo artists recomment coils for new tattoers, the buzzing sound slightly changes when you make solid lines
Excellent video. Gonna go watch the rest of your stuff.
Welcome to the channel!
So great to hear such a precise explanation, really appreciate the effort jono! This was really helpful 😁
Thanks for the great feedback and for watching!
@@JonoSmithTattoo wasn't even your vid I commented on pal I'm bad I've got 35 years pro artist experience under my belt retired sort of now not saying you will ever need to but you ever need to have a chin wag we an old timer we a head full of boring knowledge about tattooing drop me a line take care keep up the good work
Super useful video... Thank you soooo much!!!
super useful info. I'm making the switch from hand poke to gun for the first time, and while I'm quite experienced with everything else(safety, cleanliness standards, aftercare, etc.) Working with the gun still feels like a whole new world. I got so many good tips from this!
Nice your probably one of the best tattoo artists on your tube for explaining how to tattoo...
Thank you!
you make amazing content, keep it up!
Awesome stuff. Great information. Thanks so much for your efforts.
Thanks for watching!
Jono, thanks so much for this video. I just wanted to learn tattooing as a hobby, which would have never happened in the pretentious tattoo world of old. If it weren't for videos like this I would never have the opportunity to learn a new art form like this. Please keep up the good work!
Awesome tutorial, seriously helpful :)
I loved the video, well made an a lot of information
Wow, I'm learning a lot because your videos, thanks so much. 😊
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Fantastic tutorial. Informative and easy to understand. 🤩
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Thanks really good information
Enjoy watching looking and hearing everything a person need to do from start to finish, I m looking forward to doing my first tat , I m hella good at drawing and painting ,just want to carry my skills over to the tat game so when someone see my work they will want me to do a tat or two for them , thanks for the information and looking forward to seeing another video soon
Good luck with it all. Thanks for watching!
The explaination is really awesome Sir, I am really getting a lot of information from you, please continue.........
Thank you!
This helped a bit also pull a line versus pushing a line that also what I found out what works best
thank you for the amazing top class explanation
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Mmmm crispy lines 😋. For real though thanks for the information, it was very informative! Keep up the good work!
I'm new & been practicing on myself (Top of Legs) for now.
Your videos helps alot,
Thanks
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Great been waiting for this :)
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Bless the upgraded camera quality so I can hear your wisdom more clearly 😭🙏
thank you!!! that cleared up alot of questions!
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Awesome video helped a lot appreciate it.
You are complete gold , aspiring tattoo artist from Rockford IL !!!
Thank you!
Thank you very much for this video! I love your energy and enthousiasm sharing your knowledge!
Can I ask about hand, foot or even calf? 2 milimeters still is the right depth? Skin seems to be so thin and I'm so affraid of blowout!
Thanks for the awesome feedback! With places like hands and feet I always go cautiously at first to work out the skin. These areas can blow out pretty quick if you’re not careful so it’s best to start a little shallower and find your line.
Thank you for these videos you have been very helpful i look forward to the next video🤘🤘🤘
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Thanks for sharing. Not too many artist wants to share or teach. New islander fan.... Guam670
Yeah dude so helpful. Thankyou
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Love his voice
I appreciate you and all of your content. I’ve been practicing on fake skin for a year now and just bought the Mast archer after your review!!🖤
Awesome! Thank you! Good luck with it all.
So helpfull! Great video! Thanks!!!
Thanks for watching!
Thanks for this great info, Jono! You're my new guru :) Subbed & liked
Thanks for watching & subscribing! Got loads of new vids on the way soon!
@@JonoSmithTattoo Cool, am awaiting watching them eagerly!
I'd say the physics behind the actual injection and absorption of the ink by needle and skin respectively is very important to be described and worth discussing as well is the shape of the skin taking the needle, as some parts of the body's skin are banded and others are porous or scaly even. I found out pretty quick that the low height on cartridge needles has the capability to make multiple-passes in some spots without wear on the skin but a coil machine doesn't offer that soft approach due to the force and momentum, so as I've seen approached by my experienced artists in the past, coil machines offer that specific viability for the speed artist exclusively.
ur advice does come across! thanksss
same depth with hand tattoos? Haven't struggled with practice on my thigh but when I hit the finger cant keep the ink to stay after healed.
you are amazing!!!!!
Awesome video man
That's good information thanks!🙏🙏🙏
Thank you for your information means a lot
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I knew I was doing things right lmao. it's tripping my old lady out, that I'm watching a refresher during a break from touching up an old faded tat that the first person clearly didn't go deep enough...I appreciate this video brother, you've explained so well it was reassuring me since I haven't held a tattoo gun in a decade.
I’m glad it’s helped you out. Thanks for watching!