We talked about these tuning tools before.  This is to make sure that your armature bar is lined up properly.  I just want to put this in here real quick whenever we’re doing a tuning just to make sure that the armature bar is actually lined up with the vice and the tube vice hole.  I just push down on the armature bar.  This has a little groove notched out into it.  I click this in here just to make sure that there’s not very much give, that we have a pretty straightforward line.

The key to tuning is going to be a couple of things.  Keeping a straight geometry where this hole, this hole keeps these coils, that these cores lined up over the armature bar.  The armature bar springs are straight and aligned with the contact screw, which is in line with the front of the armature bar, which is in line with the tube vice hole.  Once everything is in general alignment, then you can fine-tune the alignment by putting these shims in between the gaps where you need to bring things up or down or move them left or right.  Use your 

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When we talked about the front coil getting slapped by the armature bar, you want this armature bar, the very front of the armature bar right here, to 

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How do you get that gap?  You get that gap by 

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The text above is a few cuts from the rough audio track for DVD2 (welcome tattoo apprentice DVD)

Original Tattoos don't Exist (enter the remix)

Next time you hear someone say “that tattoo is not original” you can snobbishly say “umm.. its a remix”

Check out this video about the Remix, and I encourage you to watch the series! It is mostly about TV and music – but it relates to all forms of art (including tattoo)

Everything is a Remix Part 2 from Kirby Ferguson on Vimeo.

An exploration of the remix techniques involved in producing films. Part Two of a four-part series.

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Original Tattoos don't Exist (enter the remix)

Basic Fundamentals of Modern Tattoo Book Review

Here are some new customer reviews for the title: Basic Fundamentals of Modern Tattoo

Remember if you pick up a copy of the book – you NEED to get “Welcome Tattoo” the DVD

 

5.0 out of 5 stars love it!!, February 18, 2013
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This book is amazing. Keeps you interested, not boring. Guy has a good sense of humor. It’s extremely helpful. Would definately suggest!!

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Basic Fundamentals of Modern Tattoo Book Review

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Some more stuff to keep your eye on

While we are on the topic of sterilization and sanitation, I thought I would share a few things about tattooing that have always interested and, to be truthful, kind of concerned me. The biggest thing that keeps people away from tattoos is the possibility of pain; the second is the obvious health risk. The biggest problem in the tattoo industry as far as health issues are concerned is cross-contamination.

 

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Some more stuff to keep your eye on

Website Updates

I am working on fixing some website glitches. We have moved our servers (again) hopefully last time – for a while. I just want to get the speed of the website optimal so that the new videos that are for tattoo tutorial section will be posted properly. I am also in process of restoring the videos and missing images from the legacy TMTT site. Stick with me guys and gals!

-CR Jordan

Website Updates

Tattooin’ aint what it used to be

Tattooing has come a long way since the late ‘90s when I got that tattoo kit and started my own tattoo education. The things that you see tattoo artists doing today, even when they have only been tattooing for a few years, is amazing.

 

It would appear that the hunger for knowledge in this profession and the globalization of our world has expedited the unlocking of so many secrets that used to be tightly guarded. This has done a lot of good for the industry, but there have been negative consequences as well.

 

It is more important now than ever for the clients to be educated about the tattoo process since the information is so readily available and nearly anyone can own tattoo equipment. Just about anyone can produce semi-decent, poor quality tattoos. However, the overall level of quality in the industry has improved so much from this explosion of knowledge that the good far outweighs the bad.

 

A tattoo that might have passed as being decent ten years ago is probably on the poor side of the scale in today’s estimation. Since there are so many more individuals who are practicing, many of whom are not completing proper traditional apprenticeships, there is an even greater risk for cross-contamination and health problems to arise.

 

I feel it is important to share my journey in tattooing with people who are thinking about getting a tattoo (or even thinking about becoming tattoo artists) because most clients don’t seem to grasp how hard it is to break into this industry properly. It is difficult to explain the amount of effort and time that is dedicated by those who want to learn this craft. Most artists literally spend years trying to learn this skill in an apprenticeship where the only payment is little nuggets of information that are like tools in themselves. So much time is dedicated that, when it is all added up, the tattoo artist is really just breaking even his first few years of professional tattooing.

 

Tattooing is unlike most other art forms in that tattoo artists are required to improve their skills rapidly. Each completed design is on someone’s body forever. There is no eraser for errors. Don’t mistake an artist’s sense of confidence for that of arrogance. Almost like a surgeon who can’t be given the luxury of having a bad day at the office, the tattoo artist is always under the pressure to perform well. Any tattoo artist will tell you how devastating it is to do a “bad” tattoo or to make even a minor mistake.

Tattooin’ aint what it used to be