hey everyone it's Brandon from tattooing 101 and we are back with another Back to Basics tutorial
over the last few months we've gone over Line work and shading tutorials now we are going
to continue with Back to Basics for colors for tattoos the lining and shading tutorials have
been a huge success it was able to help a ton of people understand the fundamentals to be able to
do a tattoo correctly so therefore we decided to go all the way and do these tutorials just for you
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into the basics of color tattoos and everything that you need to know before doing a color tattoo
so when it comes to doing color tattoos there's a couple different things you want to think about
there's going to be the size of the needles you're using and also the gauge of the needles
you're using as well so when it comes to the style I use curved mags for pretty much everything color
black and gray pretty much any style that I do I'm going to use a curved mag because I'm able
to use the corners of the mag to get into hard to reach areas without slicing up the skin so
usually when I'm doing color tattoos I'm going to use standard needle so 12 gauge cartridges as
you could see here this is a 12 15 curve mag so a 12 gauge 15 curve mag this is a 12 gauge 15 curve
mag as well and a different brand of cartridge and then here is a huge one this is a 1245 curve
mag so so these two right here are different sizes you can see that this one's massive this
one's smaller so on bigger pieces I'm going to use something like this if it's like on a back
piece so I can cover more area the biggest thing to think about is that you're using using the
biggest mag physically possible for an area that you're doing now we could get on to bug pins when
you're thinking about a bug Pin Needle usually in the tattoo industry it's going to be a 10 gauge
technically speaking 10 gauge is a d zero but this is something that most tattoo artists when
they're talking about bug pins they're going to be talking about a 10 gauge cartridge so keep that in
mind um it's not the correct appropriate term for things but in the tattoo industry that's just what
they're called so this one right here is a smaller one this is an 11 curve mag that is a bug pin so
the gauge of the needles are smaller so it's going to put smaller holes into the skin also going to
reduce saturation just because there are smaller holes I could get really clean smooth Blends when
I'm using knees with color but it's also going to be harder to get into the skin so keep that
in mind um for more traditional stuff I'm going to use the standard for color packing standard
if I want to get smooth Blends or I'm doing like neotraditional I will use bug pin cartridges for
that now moving on to the tattoo machine that I use for color so I use my Bishop wand Packer it
is a 4.2 stroke so I recommend using a 4 mm stroke around there 3.5 you're able to do these things
it's kind of a middle ground um but I always feel like 4.2 just makes it a whole lot easier I'm able
to push really big cartridges without any issue at all so this is the machine I use and I would
recommend going with a 4mm stroke machine for doing color packing and color in general so in
terms of tattoo machines if you're looking for a budget machine I would recommend the injecta
just because you are able to change out the cams you could get one for about $400 to $500 um so you
don't have to spend $1,000 on a machine and you're able to change it depending on the style you want
to get into so that is a middle ground machine that works really well I've used them throughout
my whole career injectives work really really good and if you're looking for a lower quality
budget tattoo machine if you're just trying to learn how to tattoo and just practicing with
it I recommend checking out easy tattoo supply they have a couple on there that you were able to
change The Strokes of the machines so that would be my advice on going in with like a more budget
friendly tattoo machine but if you're not working with a tight budget I highly recommend going after
the bishop ju Packer I'm able to do a ton of different stuff with this machine and pretty
much every video you see me using the Packer cuz I love it so much I want to know do you guys use
any of the machines that I'm recommending and also what else you would recommend I'd love to hear in
the comments so leave a comment down below and I'll check them out and I might do a review on
the specific machine you're talking about so now that we've covered the cartridges needles and the
Machine let's get into the ink in color that I use for tattooing so the brands that I recommend when
it comes to tattooing are going to be three that I've used throughout my career so it's going to
be Eternal fusion and and solid pretty much all of the colors I use now are going to be solid colors
I really like the colors that they have available and they work really really well for the way that
I tattoo so these this is the brand that I use um I'm able to really smooth these out and get them
into skin tone but I also do use a few Eternal colors as well the biggest thing you want to
think about if you're just wanting to start out with an ink pack is just get basic colors you
know the ones that you're going to see mostly Red's going to be a big deal yellow traditional
colors will get you a long way when it comes to tattooing so pick a basic ink set which solid
Eternal or Fusion does have readily available on Plenty of different sites like Kingpin and
you're able to pick up a small set to be able to practice and get used to using Color cuz color is
completely different than almost any other style of tattooing you know it's different than black
and gray um the way you put it into into the skin and some colors are harder to use than others so
these are all things you want to think about and when you're going after a brand you need to make
sure you're getting genuine products if you're not getting your inks from a reputable website
they could be knockoffs of the brand and you need to ensure that all these products are up to code
and genuine when you are buying them you don't want to have any problems with them being unsafe
to use on actual clients so avoid getting them off Amazon most of the stuff on Amazon is going to be
fake as a rule of thumb you could get them for the same price going with a reputable brand so I just
go through Kingpin or painful Pleasures for pretty much all my ink purchases and that way I know 100%
I'm not buying a fake cuz they're getting really good with making fakes out there and there you
have it that is all the basics that you need to know in order to get ready for the color tattoo
videos coming out every week if there's anything that I've missed or anything you would like me
to go a little bit more in detail about make sure you leave a comment down below so that
way I'm able to check it out thank you so much for watching and I will see you on next week's video
which is all about color packing and blending so make sure you don't miss that video when it comes
out