Pepper Shading Techniques for Tattooing

Overview

“Pepper shading looks a lot like BIC pen illustration. The fundamentals are similar, and in this lesson, I'll share techniques for shading on paper with pen or pencils that will help you perfect the shading on your projects. ”

In this video lesson Alan Shepard addresses the topic: Shading Exercise on Paper, which is part of the Domestika online course: Pepper Shading Techniques for Tattooing. Experiment with speed, depth, and saturation to create tattoo designs filled with textures and gradients.

Partial transcription of the video

“Shading Exercise on Paper In this lesson, I’ll share some tips with you so you can perfect your gradient and texture techniques but on paper. You are going to use a ball-point pen. I recommend for it to be blue, but it can be black or red. You will need a folded sheet of paper or a small square and I will leave the worksheet in the Additional Resources so you can put these tips into practice. Tip number one: the cap of your pen sometimes gets in the way a bit. I recommend that you take it off and put it aside. I would like to share three concepts with you so you can improve your gradient an...”

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Course summary for: Pepper Shading Techniques for Tattooing

• Level: Beginner
• 99% positive reviews (128)
• 10478 students
• 4 units
• 15 lessons (3h 4m)
• 6 downloads

• Category

  Illustration

• Areas

  Tattoo Design, Traditional illustration