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get guy aitchison book

The biomech encyclopedia?

No. RE-INVENTING THE TATTOO.

Allright, thanks mate, I'll pick it up asap

Wasn't expecting it to be $250 tho! :o

Guy's book is a great example of "You Get What You Pay For".

Worth every penny imho.

Purchasing Reinventing the tattoo was one of the best things I've done for my career, it's worth the money and then some!

My hole look on tattooing, and making art changed completely after reading guy's book. And everytime i open it, it's like theres something new to get every time, its full of good stuff, every word in that book is usefull!!!

I agree with the above comment.. I didnt have a formal apprenticeship (no matter how hard i tried) and was forced to tattoo as an outlaw scratcher (since tattoo shops are outlawed in my county) for a few years... I was suggested Guy's book and bought it and it answered almost every question i had about tattooing techniques, tips, and suggestions i had absolutely NO CLUE about.. Although it isn't a substitute for an apprenticeship by any means and i still wish i could have had that experience, I wouldn't have been able to advance the way i did without it. I have a digital copy on my cpu that i still to this day refer to , I've been tattooing almost six years now and i have my own shop and packed schedule.. Guy's book was a big part of the key to my success so far in this industry and i recommend it to anyone that wants to be serious about a life as a tattooer..

Other than buying Guy's book which is really helpful! You pretty much answered your own question, you could do it either way you mentioned, it depends on how fat of a line you're looking for and there are different needle groupings that can give you different results. If you know how to pull lines you should be able to do it either way. Just depends on what exactly you're trying to achieve.