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Hi guys,
Its exciting and scary writing here, but it would be a privilege to hear the advice of such legendary artists.

I bought a spektra edge x recently, its my first rotary.
I know, Im an asshole for not having patience and buying such a good machine so early. To get familiar with it I tried some shading on an existing tattoo on my thigh.
I wanted to add some really light shades, I think I put 2 drops of Kuro Sumi greywash in a medium cup with water. I tried some sweeping and some circular motions but the skin got swollen up really fast and I had to stop. I never had such raised skin with my coils so Im trying to figure out how to adjust or conform with it.

Any advice? The machine is set to the factory setting which I think is 3.4mm. I set the give to a minimum but not locked. Should I set the machine at around 2.8-3mm for the shading? Or maybe try going faster with my hand speed?

Anyway, the light shades were actually there after the redness went away so it was still a win, but just.
The swelling also went away and its healing normally but Im thinking if I were to do some packing, the skin would get destroyed.

Thank you for any help, I just want this stage to be over with so I can enjoy this fucking amazing machine... I want to be done with all these things so I can get into the actual art of tattooing, Im going crazy here!