lining technique

[kentfinell]

hi, id just want to share my way of thickening lines:
firstly i trace the stencil with a 3 or 5 liner, softthrow, then i thicken the lines with a 5mag at an angle in a cutback, gives the line a calligraphic look and sharp edges. fast and nicer to the skin than running back and forth with the linerneedle.

[nativesoldier]

ah power lining, great technique if u do it right, but it can turn into your worst nightmare, of uneven thickness in lines if not done correctly.

[sac4life]

hi, id just want to share my way of thickening lines:
firstly i trace the stencil with a 3 or 5 liner, softthrow, then i thicken the lines with a 5mag at an angle in a cutback, gives the line a calligraphic look and sharp edges. fast and nicer to the skin than running back and forth with the linerneedle.

what do you mean with a 5mag at an angle? are you suggesting to lay the needle at more of a degree? and would that be toward the line or away from it? i was told to much angle would cause blowouts. can you explain this in more detail?

[prosthetis]

I think he means to slightly spin the machine so that the needles are making a fatter line but not change the angle that your going in to the skin.

[Mr. Bill]

Keep the machine itself at the proper angle, just turn it so that the tip of the needle group changes width. As if you were filling a tight spot in a tribal, you turn the mag to fit into the area to be filled. I hope that makes sense.

[sac4life]

got ya never used a mag for lining just larger rounds to thicken up lines. but i get what ya mean kind of confused me at first. lol

[kentfinell]

yes, and the edge pointing forwards will be the definitley all way sharpest, so at first tries try at spots later to be filled with black on inside