About the video: Pointillism and dotwork shading techniques
Overview
“I will explain how to do pointillism in different ways, the materials needed, the voltage differences and the wrist movements we need to get different results. Also, what the different applications and shades of grey are for. We will learn sweeping techniques, quick pointillism, dot by dot and whipshading.”
In this video lesson Domestika addresses the topic: Pointillism and dotwork shading techniques, which is part of the Domestika online course: Ink Mastery: From Design to Tattoo Specialization. Custom Tattoo Design with Procreate. Learn Anatomy, Artistic Style, and Effective Client Communication..
Partial transcription of the video
“Pointillism and dotwork shading techniques We will start with the pointillism lesson. In this lesson I will teach you how to make dotted shadows and dotted textures. To be able to do pointillism, I use the thinnest needle. We take out the filling needle that you used before and we're going to put the needle of 3RL gauge 10. If you don't have the 10 gauge, it doesn't matter, the effect works the same. The important thing is that it is a 3RL and a maximum of 5RL, but no more than that. This needle that we used earlier to make the thin line, we can reuse it to make the stitches. When we are wo...”
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