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Tattoo Questions and Answers
(100% Pass)
how do you create depth in a tattoo
✓ You can create depth in a tattoo
✓ by including objects in the foreground, middle ground and
background
To line a tattoo,
✓ typically the machine runs faster and punchier
Typically after the outline, even with a brightly colored tattoo, artists will do
grey shading as the
next step. Needles are set out of the tip at approx.
✓ 1/32"
Shading is accomplished with
✓ sweeping, brushing or circle motions
For solid color or solid black, hand speed is slower, circles are smaller and a
steady even pace is
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desired to avoid
✓ patchy spots
color shading
✓ needles are generally set out of the tube at about 1/16", a bit further
than for grey shading
Round shaders are generally used to
✓ fill in small spaces, or edges next to the line in a tattoo. They are great
for small,
✓ solid spaces of color, and can be used to do some shading as well
Round shaders are configured a little looser than the tight
liners, but they can also be used to produce a thick line. To
line with a round shader you must push
✓ harder into the skin
Liners
or tight rounds
Master01 | October, 2024/2025 | Latest update
Tattoo Questions and Answers
(100% Pass)
how do you create depth in a tattoo
✓ You can create depth in a tattoo
✓ by including objects in the foreground, middle ground and
background
To line a tattoo,
✓ typically the machine runs faster and punchier
Typically after the outline, even with a brightly colored tattoo, artists will do
grey shading as the
next step. Needles are set out of the tip at approx.
✓ 1/32"
Shading is accomplished with
✓ sweeping, brushing or circle motions
For solid color or solid black, hand speed is slower, circles are smaller and a
steady even pace is
Master01 | October, 2024/2025 | Latest update
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desired to avoid
✓ patchy spots
color shading
✓ needles are generally set out of the tube at about 1/16", a bit further
than for grey shading
Round shaders are generally used to
✓ fill in small spaces, or edges next to the line in a tattoo. They are great
for small,
✓ solid spaces of color, and can be used to do some shading as well
Round shaders are configured a little looser than the tight
liners, but they can also be used to produce a thick line. To
line with a round shader you must push
✓ harder into the skin
Liners
or tight rounds
Master01 | October, 2024/2025 | Latest update
