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Home > Tips & Tricks

Tips & Tricks

How to Draw

with Dave Nestler

Lettering 101

with Uncle Tim

Larry Brogan’s

Tricks of the Trade

Tattoo Art 101

with Madame Lazonga

  • Lesson 1 - Getting Started
  • Lesson 2 - Choosing a Subject
  • Lesson 3 – The Eyes
  • Lesson 4 - The Famous Nestler Pencil Twirl
  • Lesson 5 - Teeth
  • Lesson 6 - Hair
  • Lesson 7 - Hands
  • Lesson 8 - Hills and Valleys
  • Lesson 9 – Textures
  • Lesson 10 – Composition
  • Lettering 101
  • Play Day
  • 3-D Beveling
  • Arching
  • Fun with Blocking
  • Circus Lettering
  • Casuals
  • Cursive
  • The Art of Squinting
  • A Good Reason to Get Tatooed
  • Tattoo Shop Pricing
  • Disposable vs. Steel Tubes
  • The Eye Loop
  • Building a Solid Portfolio
  • Mixing Ink in the Cap
  • Scheduling Appointments
  • Developing A Style
  • Affixing Needle Bar to
    the Armature Bar
  • Making Stencils with a Thermofax Machine 
  • Mapping Out Large Scale Tattoo Projects
  • A Lightbox Makes Tracing Easy
  • Detailed Hand Drawn Stencils
  • The Power of Color
  • Running an Ethical Business
  • The San Francisco Years
  • The King of Surrealism
  • Tattooing and Myth
  • For People Seeking to Become
    a Tattoo Artist
  • Tattooing and the Feminine
  • Collaborating with Clients for Large Work
  • Everyone’s Skin is Different
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