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Rensow Sterile 18×26 Towel Drape, 50 pack

newton — Fri, 18 May 2012 04:33:22 +0000

Single use Sterile towel drape by Rensow, a trusted USA medical supply brand. Measures 18″ x 26″, layout 2-3 drapes to cover a table or chair. Made from super absorbent 3 ply woven tissue paper. Pre-sterilized for your client and your safety. Total of 50 towel drapes per box. Product code 1826.

Rensow Polyethylene 24×42 Aprons, 100 pack

newton — Fri, 18 May 2012 04:17:19 +0000

What looks cooler than a dude in an Apron? Rensow brand Polyethylene 24 x 42″ Aprons are durable, comfortable and styling. Single use disposable. Comes packed in boxes of 100 aprons. Product code NAP.

Alcohol Prep Pads 200 Box

newton — Fri, 18 May 2012 04:13:47 +0000

Rensow brand Isopropyl alcohol prep pads used for general disinfectant of skin area. For workstations preparation and other minor sterilization. Comes in a box of 200 individually packed pads. Product code NALPR

Isopropyl Rubbing Alcohol 16 oz

newton — Fri, 18 May 2012 04:05:25 +0000

Rensow brand Isopropyl rubbing alcohol used for general disinfectant. For workstations preparation and other minor sterilization. Comes in large 16 oz bottle. Product code 601-509

A&D Ointment 1 LB Jar – Tattoo Aftercare

newton — Fri, 18 May 2012 04:00:27 +0000

A&D Ointment is a tattoo industry standard for aftercare treatment. Rensow brand A&D Ointment 1 LB Jar. Applied during tattooing for lubrication. Applied for after tattoo bandaging. Generally A&D Ointment is used by applying a thin layer during a tattoo. During bandaging, another thin layer is applied and the tattoo is bandaged. Make sure you READ MORE

A&D Ointment 4 Oz Tube – Tattoo Aftercare

newton — Fri, 18 May 2012 03:52:02 +0000

A&D Ointment is a tattoo industry standard for aftercare treatment. Rensow brand A&D Ointment is packaged in convenient travel size 4 oz tube. Applied during tattooing for lubrication. Applied for after tattoo bandaging. Generally A&D Ointment is used by applying a thin layer during a tattoo. During bandaging, another thin layer is applied and the tattoo is bandaged. Make sure you bandage the tattooed area loosely to allow the skin to breath.

Product code: NAD4

How to Create a Tattoo Stencil Flash Design with any Picture Using Photoshop

David — Sun, 13 May 2012 06:00:04 +0000

Have you ever looked at a picture that looked like it would make an awesome tattoo? In this blog post we will cover how to create a tattoo stencil or flash design using any picture with Photoshop. We are using Photoshop Elements to be exact, however, Photoshop has the exact same functions but the menus may be different.

1. Find a Picture to Create a Tattoo Stencil

First you will need a picture to create a tattoo stencil out of. Online pictures will be easiest as you can easily save them to your pc. For magazines or other media, simply scan it.

2. Adjust Hue/Saturation of Stencil Design

>In Photoshop Elements

Go to Enhance
Go to Adjust Color
Go to Adjust hue/saturation
Move the Saturation bar all the way to the left

This will remove all of the color from the picture. What you are left with is a black and grey of your original.

3. Find Edges of the Outline for Tattoo Flash Design

Go to Filter > Stylize > Find Edges and apply to the tattoo flash design. This find the main outlining lines of the picture.

What you will be left with is the picture with mostly the outer lines which will show up perfectly for tracing onto stencil paper or as an original for a stencil printer.

5. Adjust Brightness and Contrast of Tattoo Stencil

Go to Enhance > Adjust Lighting > Brightness and Contrast and play with the brightness and contrast of the tattoo stencil. Adjust brightness to less and you will get more shading detail but will also increase the chance for unnecessary detail. Adjust for more brightness and you will get crisper outlines but you will sacrifice finer detail.

Contrast should be maximum to the negative side as this will give the most shading detail.

6. Sharpen the Design

Go to Enhance > Auto Sharpen to sharpen the lines of the design. You may want to do this a few times for best effect. Make sure you do not over kill this though as it may create additional focus on unwanted lines.

7. Your Free Tattoo Stencil Design is Ready!

Well okay, its not exactly a free tattoo stencil design, it did take the effort of creating it. However, now you can use any nice picture for your tattoo without having to draw it free hand onto stencil paper. Works great for portraits too!

Turned out quite nice! By the way, if you are wondering who the chick is, it is Veronica Gomez, sweet sexy latina mami..

Tattoo Tutorial: Tattoo Needle Size & Tubes

David — Thu, 10 May 2012 22:33:51 +0000

We get questions regarding what tattoo needle size goes with what tattoo tube all the time so we figured we would do a blog post about it to help everyone out there and save us some time. Tattoo needles come in a variety of groupings and sizes. Each size and grouping combination will fit specific tubes. There are 6 main needle groupings: Liners, Shaders, Flats, Weaved Magnum, Stacked Magnum and Round magnum. Below is a chart of the tattoo needle size & tubes they correspond with.

Liner Tattoo Needles

Form a round tip that is tight. This formation is used for lining. These will go with a corresponding round tube.

Shader Tattoo Needles

Form a round tip that is loose. The formation is used for shading and coloring. These will go with a corresponding round tube.

Flat tattoo needles

Form a line formation that is used for geometric shapes, shading, etc.. These will go with a corresponding flat tube.

Weaved Magnum tattoo needle

These are quite similar to flats but instead of a single layer, they have 2 layers that are overlapped together, hence the name “weaved”. These will go with a smaller sized flat tube that will correspond to the bottom row of prongs. So for example, a 7M2 will have 4 on the bottom and 3 on the top so a 4-5 flat tube would fit as opposed to a 7 flat tube.

Stacked Magnum tattoo needle

Same idea as the weaved magnums except stacked mags are tightly stacked together. The same rules apply for tubes for all magnums.

Round Magnum tattoo needle

The round magnum have prongs that are arranged into a fan shape at the edges, this allows it to better conform to the skin. This will give a more consistent implantation of ink and cause less damage to the skin. The same rules apply for tubes for all magnums.

Hot Pepsi Girl with Nice Ink

newton — Sat, 21 Apr 2012 20:35:28 +0000

Thats a nice squat! Seriously though, she is damn hot! Pepsi should rethink their ad campaign and hire her, I would go out and get a Pepsi right away!

Mario Barth’s Tattoo Tips on a Tutorial Video

David — Thu, 19 Apr 2012 20:26:19 +0000

We regularly post things we come across that we find of interest to the tattooing community and we were delighted to find this video on youtube by Mario Barth himself giving some valuable tattoo tips and tutorial. What I like about this video is that Mario explains what he is doing and how he is doing it so well, this fella would make one helluva teacher. The other thing I liked about the video is just how freaking great the tattoo turned out, look at the shading, depth and liveliness of the ink, its freaking amazing man. The guy took a stencil transfer and gave it life.

Tattoo Tips and Haters

A lot of fellas seem to have a problem with artists giving people tutorial tattoo tips online. Personally, I don’t see the point in hating on things like that. If people are going to try to learn, they are going to try, determination is a lot stronger than fear of failure for most people. I’m in the camp that its better that people out there get accurate information rather than guess and test on themselves or their friends. Some artists complain about the industry being ruined because the scratcher down the road is charging bargain basement prices for tattoos. Come on man, this is art, you are going to have this on your skin for life, most people aren’t going to go for the cheapest option available. If you are good at what you do, you need not worry about some scratcher stealing your business because they are undercutting you, people will just naturally find you because they trust your name. Just like Mario here, look at how amazing his tattoo turned out, no scratcher, not even a lot of tattoo artists can ink something that good, that’s why he doesn’t care if there are a million scratchers out there, he knows people will pay top dollar for his work.