The TWO pieces of advice I'd give to EVERY Left Handed Tattooist
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 18 ต.ค. 2024
- Here's what I think is the two most important things for fellow left handers to consider when buying Tattoo gear and Tattooing.
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As a lefty, I've felt like I was missing something. It didn't dawn on me just how much harder I was making it on myself. This is so validating and helpful.
Glad it helped!
Please do a video on shading for left handers. Is the technique the same? Do I have to hold the machine different to right handed people?. Would be much appreciated :)
I'm 41 and have been tattooing over 20 years now. I've been using the TATSoul X mini portable table for my everyday use. I'm left handed when I tattoo and the fact that that table goes really low to the ground paired with a chair to lean my chest against has helped my back and muscle pain immeasurably the last few years. That GGWorkshop giant "arm"rest too. Invest in that equipment early, I wish I had.
A Chair with a back on! I forgot that tip. Thanks for adding it. It’s a great shout. 👍🙏
Well, I’m 32 years old and I’m a lefty and all my life I have been drawing on sketchbook with regular lead pencils. Till now I have discovered that it’s a difficulty to learn from a right handed tattoo artist. There’s many great artists, but there are right handed so it took me more time to learn how to draw but now that I’m trying to get into the tattoo industry it’s more even harder for me to learn. And also, I wanted to know if it is too late for me to start tattooing which I have years of drawing under my belt thank you for your videos
Doing line work on myself at first. So working with both hands but right hand boxer fractured and carple tunnel. So learnings drawing writing everything again with both.
Thank you❤🎉😊
Great video I’m a left handed artist myself and tattooing for 10 years (self taught)something I’ve come to learn is everyone is different regardless left or right the important thing is to ask questions like why and not what !!!
For example you don’t ask what voltage you run at but why do you run that voltage
Same with needles you ask why dose this needle do this instead of what needles do you use
I approach ever tattoo different
Same STRATEGY!!!
Most importantly have fun and keep yourself active in art not just tattooing
Drawing makes a huge difference if your looking to improve!!
100% agree. Thanks for the great input 👍
I been struggling for 2 years and I had no idea . This make so much sense
Good as always Paul .. For me as lefty it’s easier to do writings/lettering as hand go over bits that been already done.. is anyone else noticed that ? A bit advice is to practice with pencils/colour pencils and translate this motion to tattoo machine .. works magic for me. Never had problem with inverted grip.. also maybe I was lucky as been self thought and any right handed master told me I’m doing it wrong 😅
Sometimes just doing your way works out better in the end. So if us (me included) learn and retain better if we’re just left to figure it out. 👍🙏
Paul as one of the apostles of the purple left hand quick question. Ive drawn and written my entire life without compensating my grip and making a fucking mess of everything i touch especially ink so suddenly being able to draw on ipad nice and clean has been a godsend. Now you had explained getting discomfort with a pen style machine, do you think if i already have a conventional way of holding it ill be ok with a pen instead of a 90° ?
The pen totally works for some lefties I know. We’re all different, so I was sharing my thoughts rather than saying ‘don’t’. They just don’t work for me is all. 🙏👍
@@ThatTattooShow what it is right I've got myself 2 sets of the newest bishop machines liner and packer both with the critical packs fully legit for a fucking stupidly good price through some rather dodgy means and I haven't even put ink into a rubber skin yet so wish me luck la I'm hoping they suit me ✌️
I’m just now learning but the way you describe everything makes complete sense grip position of hand I get comments from coworkers like your paper is upside down and what not but it clears everything up because being left handed right handed people don’t understand our positions of writing drawing
I’m also ambidextrous play guitar right handed wright two different ways from cursive and non cursive
It’s a mad world when you’re a leftie! 😂🙏👍
No problem with pen style machines. I don’t work with the ‘claw’. But thinking about it all , I don’t really pull or push. I go mostly sideways, up and down, if this makes any sense. Still have to find out in Procreate how to mirror some of the brushes as some are for right handers, like tattoo needle groups. A little while ago worked at a ‘right handed’ station , worked also with a wireless machine. Then the advantage of wireless became very clear. And man using scissors, arrrghgh….
The struggle is real! 😂👍
Hey thanks for the advices, im lefty and i wanna start, i will bought a coil machine, my question is, that is a lot difference between left and right machines? i know the frame is for the other side, but about the weight? sorry about my english, my first language is portugues, hugs from Brazil!!!
Hi, I started with coil machines and other than the frame being on the side it made no difference. Greetings from the UK!
Really thanks Paul 🤗
Hello, love the video, very informative. I have a question. Myself (being left handed) and a co-artist (being right handed) have had some friendly disagreements on starting point when working on the stencil. I know you touched based on it a little bit in your video, but we didn’t quite understand a clear answer. Just out of curiosity.. (being left handed) where do you start working on your stencil? Top left to bottom right? Or, bottom right to top left… or even any other comfortable position that won’t smear the stencil while working. Please&Thank you 🤙🏾
Thanks for the comment. If I’m ‘hooking over’ I’ll start top left and work die and across. BUT if I’m tattooing ‘regular grip’ like the righties - which I do a lot these days - I start bottom left and work across and up. Hope this clears things up 👍
Hello. I am brand new to tattooing. Im not a "hooker" i always turned my notebook sideways i wrote. However i am having an issue that has almost got me to just give up. After a few minutes of tattoing my needle starts to scratch across skin instead of putting ink in my skin. Ive been told my needle keeps dropping. This has happened with 4 different coil guns so it is not a faulty equipment issue...its a faulty me issue. I end up adjusting he gun the wrong way....way the wrong way everytime and just give up. What am i doing wrong and which gun will work better?
What tattoo machine do you recommend for left handlers
Personally I think 90 degree machines suit us better or the shorter pen machine. I tend to prefer rotary works (uk) machine. But if I was to go for a pen I would go for the bishop wand 👍
@@ThatTattooShow thank you for the advice I really appreciate it
@@ThatTattooShow I’m sorry I’m like new at this I went on the website the rotary works uk but I don’t understand which machine you was talking about is there like a specific name for it ?
I’m teaching a lefty and he’s having trouble with whip shading . As a Right handed tattooer I could use some insight on what is more comfortable for a lefty. I hold the shader at a particular angle when I whip shade to get the pepper effect ( shovel whip or skin plucking if that makes sense)
Is it wrong that as someone who is partially still ambidextrous, I want to learn to tattoo with my left as well?
Not at all. I’ve actually considered learning with my right hand as I’m also quite ambidextrous these days!
@@ThatTattooShow that settles it then, we need to train our non dominant hands
I have scared the top of my left hand considerably. Knife. I want a tattoo to cover it up. Is that possible?
Yeah. As long as it's an older scar (2 years ish) and your artist has the experience working with scar tissue