Color Techniques for Tattoos
Materials
A course by César Pinto , Multidisciplinary Artist and Tattooist
About the video: Materials
Overview
“Now, I will go over all the materials you will need to carry out the final project of the course.”
In this video lesson César Pinto addresses the topic: Materials, which is part of the Domestika online course: Color Techniques for Tattoos. Learn how to apply colors and create textures using different tones to express emotion in your tattoos.
Partial transcription of the video
“Materials Now, I’ll show you the materials we’ll use in this course. To tattoo our design, we always need to start with guidelines. These guidelines can be made using a marker, but the marker has to be new because we’re using it on a person. You can also make your guidelines using hectograph paper. There are two kinds. One can be used to draw it by hand and the other can be used with the thermal copier machine. Hectograph paper for manual transfer will allow us to trace the image and hectograph paper for the thermal copier will allow us to directly print it. To get the image onto the skin, ...”
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Course summary for: Color Techniques for Tattoos
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Category
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Areas
Digital Drawing, Digital Illustration, Drawing, Tattoo Design, Traditional illustration

César Pinto
A course by César Pinto
César Pinto is a Peruvian tattoo artist who loves to experiment with shapes, colors, and textures to give each of his designs a unique personality. He studied art at the ENSABAP where he mastered painting techniques and developed a keen eye for color, which he would later apply to the art of tattooing. He's always looking for ways to reinvent himself artistically and likes to blend multiple styles.
César has more than a decade of tattooing experience and has earned international recognition by participating in events such as the Panamericano de Tatuajes competition.
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