Pepper Shading Techniques for Tattooing

Overview

“Textures, halftones or gradient? In this lesson I am going to teach you how to make a texture and a gradient so that you can exploit your creativity and apply these techniques in your designs. ”

In this video lesson Alan Shepard addresses the topic: Texture and gradient 1, 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

“Textures and Gradients In this lesson, you'll learn some potential ways to apply the three concepts we've just gone over: speed, saturation, and depth. Be creative; the possibilities are endless. You can make different patterns to create textures. The idea is that you have fun and explore your creativity. The first lines in your tattoo are very important. They help you identify the areas you'll work on and the tones you'll use in each one. Here, I'll use different machines to make different lines. The lines will have different needle groupings. For these lines, I'll use a coil machine. I'll...”

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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