I was the hand at the end. My fingers were done twice, my first knuckles done like 4 times I think. Hand has been fully covered 3/4 times plus a few touch up spots during other sessions. Thanks for the feature!!
It’s amazing that u can call out certain shit from experience. I know ur not a tattoo artist but I bet many artists could learn a lot just from watching ur videos. Ur the first person on TH-cam I’ve ever subscribed to cause u don’t sugar coat anything and the content is A1
I hand poked a blackout on my forearm, Japanese technique, very little damage to the skin, no heavy scabbing at all, good blackout coverage though not 100% smooth - could do with minor touch ups.
Man I've seen that first one two too many times own my own arm. It's quite the process and in going through it you learn more and more about how to heal heavy black work. I tattoo as well so it showed me a lot about what not to do in situations involving heavy black work applications. I'd say to someone starting out less is more. If it's not going in STOP and wait for the next session. Patchy washed out black is better than hospital visits. Sometimes it's on the client too as pointed out in the video. Bust most of the time it's execution. Thanks remy for another informative video!!!! It's not so easy!
people really underestimate the difficulty of blackwork, i had this area on my elbow joint that scarred up and ditched the ink. i don't know if it was overworked in the session or just traumatized from my arm movements in the following days but yeah. it definitely takes skill to apply it well.
This video was a salvation for me, I just got a half leg in black and the tattooer kept passing the machine in certain zones that ended up in huge wounds. I'll let it dry properly, stop washing for today, it's sweating a lot, thank you so much Remy! Greeting from Spain
yeah, my very first tat, I bubbled it a little because I washed and lotioned too much. Now, any of my tattoos, first day saniderm, lukewarm shower once a day and bring my gold dial soap in there with me, lotion when I wake up and go to sleep. That's it. Unless it's a hand-tat, in which case, no saniderm. My little chainsaw got infected because I couldn't get the little ditch between my thumb and index to seal.
I have few palm size tattoos and they are like small black works because they're forms filled with solid black ink. And they are A PAIN to do and heal, just because of all the damage your skin receives. 😅 Can't imagine how it is to get a whole sleeve or body like this ✨ i really have respect for you guys 😮
Just got my first blackout a few weeks ago. Needs touched up because blackouts never hold perfect, but for sure loving it. Can’t wait to do the touch up and next part of the blackout.
Think I’m going to try your method of just letting the body do it’s thing though. I can tell that one of the fallout is of my own fault from putting lotion on it. It’s my forearm blackout that and it’s so far the biggest tattoo I’ve got. The others have been fine, but much smaller so much less trauma. With the size of this entire forearm blackout I think using the lotion just made me peel off skin too earlier by accident. So I’m going to try out the just wash it and let it be method to see how that works. I go back in a few months for session number 2 and I’m super stoked
I run a shop and have been tattooing professionally for 16 years and we all have our specific aftercare directions. IMO when an infection occurs its arguably the clients improper care, a dirty towel, clothing, bed sheets, a couch, filthy kids, friends poking, pets, a car seat, dirty hands when washing or applying aftercare, work environment, a HUGE mistake is sweating it up by going to the gym stressing the tissues etc etc. Humans are a dirty species, everything is covered in bacteria from our skin to our surroundings, I always stress this to my clients. Every single thing that comes into contact with your big OPEN WOUND must be clean, thankfully 2nd skin for 4-5 days has been a total game changer especially for those clients who dont listen or are simply lazy, ever since using 2nd skin issues have dropped to zero. If your second skin comes off from fluid build up within the first day or two I offer for them to come back and Ill re-clean and reapply, 99% of the time this isnt a problem but it does happen. A small trip back beats a potential big trip to the hospital. That said there are times when an artist hasnt cleaned the skin thoroughly before during or afterwards and trapped bacteria under the bandage and or definitely over-worked an area and the immune system just cant cope. Chose your artist wisely, dont over do it and listen to directions. Theres always a risk, just take every step possible to minimize it. My 'motherly' 2 cents.
These videos are scary..lol 🙈 I love the look of blackout tattoos ,esp Remy's 🖤😎but being older now and my pain threshold lower ,I couldn't get them done. I am heavily tattooed though ,fully sleeved"both arms",upper chest piece shoulder to shoulder,both shoulder blades ,base of my neck and big pieces on my lower legs.Some advice to all those wanting to get tattoos ,research the hell out of what you want done and make sure you have a quality artist who knows what they're doing and a good tattoo is not cheap so save your money up.👍🏻
Definitely some scary stuff happening out there daily! You’d be surprised how many I of these I get sent to me and yet still I get the same old story about “blackout tattoos are easy” 🤦♂️ thanks for watching!
Nice one Remy. I'm trying the dry heal but I bitched out LOL, was more irritating than getting the black work ended up using a bit of CBD cream 1-2 times a day. One week into healing, seems to be coming along very nicely.
Lol my fresh blackout I had to take the saniderm off and let it do it’s thing too much ink being put into allot of area to wrap in saniderm and not end up leaking 😂
First tattoo. That whole upper half sleeve was supposed to get covered up….but that was the first session..that was the area he started with in that shape
@@EphemeralRemy needless to say it’ll be a good while before it gets touched again. Appreciate the information on the healing though! Definitely going to use it next go around. Just had the whole lower part done in a color sleeve and no issues but you’re right blackouts are a whole different game.
I find the longer you black out in one area the more likely to agitate the skin you are to do. Once that section has taken too much trama you will see it and the person will definitely notice it. Would advise to migrate to a different section and let the other side heal. I do my black outs in stick and poke and can take 4 hrs to do a 2x2 square. it definitely takes a lot of time.
Even though my blackwork healed fine with not much fallout this video made me rethink my artist choice.. With how my healing went and mostly how it looked. Back to the drawing board for another for my other blackwork sleeve, yes I go blackout on the first one lol. Maybe need to travel to Berlin for 3kreuze or Amsterdam for WitchingHour xD Edit: Living on the border of Netherlands and Germany, making it both doable
Man I was shocked it's still wednesday here in Philippines and I'm now watching remy reacts. I was expecting saturdays(friday in US). More blackout reacts mate. 🍻
@@EphemeralRemy good man! I've been on that same journey myself. How did the tattooing impact training for you? I've found a lot of my heavier saturation stuff on my back / ribs stopped me doing any pressing for a few days which does mess up the routine a bit.
What you said about traveling is true. But its kinda part of the risk for an artist thats talented enough if your lookin for something specific. I travel from southern oregon to LA,Cal for my arrist, but he specialises in japanese, really solod line work and color packing skills, and is doing a neo trad color set with anime infused into the japanese trad style. It cost me about $1k to go and stay for 4-5 days. So i just make a little vacay out of it too
I'm pretty heavily tattooed with some blackout Since my first tattoo where I used Aloe Vera to keep it moisturised and assist it in healing I've honestly just washed it and never used anything on them I'm immunosuppressed after a kidney transplant and honestly my body just does better by itself, let it scab up a little and it'll heal itself if you just totally ignore it and keep it clean, never worth risking opening a scab to any extent, making scabs wet with aftercare products can really easily just make the scab weak and fall off at the slightest rub on your clothing
I have yes, there’s actually a few funny old photos of new art my entire body wrapped in saniderm haha. I had good and bad results with it, but ultimately it wasn’t worth it for me
@@EphemeralRemy I've enjoyed my use of it so far but I replace 3 times in the first 48 hours per their suggestions. It's done good for me so far specifically for sleeping but I would only use it and bigger pieces.
My buddy bought a tattoo machine and let another friend tattoo a rudimentary grenade on his arm....omfg it looked like black hamburger meat when he was done.
Blackout tattoos aren’t the latest trend at all, sorry if you think that buts just pure nonsense. You see maybe one or two per city, you know how many lions and lifestyle floral tattoos are bumbling around out there? 😂 that ain’t art bud, sorry
Yeah I’ve had some who do well and others who overwork with black, some really fuckin scary and u can’t tell em because it hurts their feelings because they do an awesome lion or tramp stamp lace piece of shit with a 💎 faceted gem but blackout overworked I’ve had 21 mags and those in between and a 100, that was an experience but coverage was shitty, imperfection is human❤
Antibiotics could be part of the problems. there is a lot of microorganisms on the skin. if you try to kill them, then you could made it better for the bad ones.
I just dont understand these.. is there a meaning behind it..?. I dont want to come off rude, Art is interpreted in many ways but damn.. its just a blob of black ink
That’s just to your bad taste dude, you have zero idea what you’re babbling about. My old work, blackouttattoo work, and new layers have been featured in pretty well every tattoo publication on earth. You’ve clearly been living in a squalid whole for the last five years 😂😂
Man that first blackout looked super swollen. Needless to say that had to be a rough 4 hour session.
I’m sure it was deeply unpleasant
I was the hand at the end. My fingers were done twice, my first knuckles done like 4 times I think. Hand has been fully covered 3/4 times plus a few touch up spots during other sessions. Thanks for the feature!!
Thanks for the progress shots buddy! You’re on the right track
It’s amazing that u can call out certain shit from experience. I know ur not a tattoo artist but I bet many artists could learn a lot just from watching ur videos. Ur the first person on TH-cam I’ve ever subscribed to cause u don’t sugar coat anything and the content is A1
Appreciate that man, thanks for the support, I’ll keep that up!
No problem! Looking forward to it.
I hand poked a blackout on my forearm, Japanese technique, very little damage to the skin, no heavy scabbing at all, good blackout coverage though not 100% smooth - could do with minor touch ups.
Man I've seen that first one two too many times own my own arm. It's quite the process and in going through it you learn more and more about how to heal heavy black work. I tattoo as well so it showed me a lot about what not to do in situations involving heavy black work applications. I'd say to someone starting out less is more. If it's not going in STOP and wait for the next session. Patchy washed out black is better than hospital visits. Sometimes it's on the client too as pointed out in the video. Bust most of the time it's execution. Thanks remy for another informative video!!!! It's not so easy!
Thanks for watching my friend! Cheers!
people really underestimate the difficulty of blackwork, i had this area on my elbow joint that scarred up and ditched the ink. i don't know if it was overworked in the session or just traumatized from my arm movements in the following days but yeah. it definitely takes skill to apply it well.
Best tattoo channel on TH-cam hands down, real shit, no bs, love it
Appreciate that my friend! Cheers
Love ur sense of humor!
"The less you do the better it will be." The best advice for tattoo aftercare. Little lotion and let your body heal it.
Absolutely
I got my black out because Remi and is just half arm so far, can’t wait to see it finish it.
Honored to hear that! 🖤🖤
This video was a salvation for me, I just got a half leg in black and the tattooer kept passing the machine in certain zones that ended up in huge wounds. I'll let it dry properly, stop washing for today, it's sweating a lot, thank you so much Remy! Greeting from Spain
Thank you for watching, much love and best wishes
yeah, my very first tat, I bubbled it a little because I washed and lotioned too much. Now, any of my tattoos, first day saniderm, lukewarm shower once a day and bring my gold dial soap in there with me, lotion when I wake up and go to sleep. That's it. Unless it's a hand-tat, in which case, no saniderm. My little chainsaw got infected because I couldn't get the little ditch between my thumb and index to seal.
I have few palm size tattoos and they are like small black works because they're forms filled with solid black ink. And they are A PAIN to do and heal, just because of all the damage your skin receives. 😅 Can't imagine how it is to get a whole sleeve or body like this ✨ i really have respect for you guys 😮
Just got my first blackout a few weeks ago. Needs touched up because blackouts never hold perfect, but for sure loving it. Can’t wait to do the touch up and next part of the blackout.
Think I’m going to try your method of just letting the body do it’s thing though. I can tell that one of the fallout is of my own fault from putting lotion on it. It’s my forearm blackout that and it’s so far the biggest tattoo I’ve got. The others have been fine, but much smaller so much less trauma. With the size of this entire forearm blackout I think using the lotion just made me peel off skin too earlier by accident. So I’m going to try out the just wash it and let it be method to see how that works. I go back in a few months for session number 2 and I’m super stoked
Best of luck to you my friend!
I run a shop and have been tattooing professionally for 16 years and we all have our specific aftercare directions. IMO when an infection occurs its arguably the clients improper care, a dirty towel, clothing, bed sheets, a couch, filthy kids, friends poking, pets, a car seat, dirty hands when washing or applying aftercare, work environment, a HUGE mistake is sweating it up by going to the gym stressing the tissues etc etc. Humans are a dirty species, everything is covered in bacteria from our skin to our surroundings, I always stress this to my clients. Every single thing that comes into contact with your big OPEN WOUND must be clean, thankfully 2nd skin for 4-5 days has been a total game changer especially for those clients who dont listen or are simply lazy, ever since using 2nd skin issues have dropped to zero. If your second skin comes off from fluid build up within the first day or two I offer for them to come back and Ill re-clean and reapply, 99% of the time this isnt a problem but it does happen. A small trip back beats a potential big trip to the hospital.
That said there are times when an artist hasnt cleaned the skin thoroughly before during or afterwards and trapped bacteria under the bandage and or definitely over-worked an area and the immune system just cant cope. Chose your artist wisely, dont over do it and listen to directions. Theres always a risk, just take every step possible to minimize it. My 'motherly' 2 cents.
You. Are. Amazing. 😅😂😍 new fan!
Aww thanks!
These videos are scary..lol 🙈 I love the look of blackout tattoos ,esp Remy's 🖤😎but being older now and my pain threshold lower ,I couldn't get them done. I am heavily tattooed though ,fully sleeved"both arms",upper chest piece shoulder to shoulder,both shoulder blades ,base of my neck and big pieces on my lower legs.Some advice to all those wanting to get tattoos ,research the hell out of what you want done and make sure you have a quality artist who knows what they're doing and a good tattoo is not cheap so save your money up.👍🏻
Definitely some scary stuff happening out there daily! You’d be surprised how many I of these I get sent to me and yet still I get the same old story about “blackout tattoos are easy” 🤦♂️ thanks for watching!
Nice one Remy. I'm trying the dry heal but I bitched out LOL, was more irritating than getting the black work ended up using a bit of CBD cream 1-2 times a day. One week into healing, seems to be coming along very nicely.
Haha I know the trouble, it’s difficult to do for sure, cheers!
Lol my fresh blackout I had to take the saniderm off and let it do it’s thing too much ink being put into allot of area to wrap in saniderm and not end up leaking 😂
I'm in the process of getting my arm blackout....and yeah it's alot!
Oh my! That finger! Looked painful!
First tattoo. That whole upper half sleeve was supposed to get covered up….but that was the first session..that was the area he started with in that shape
Ahhh that makes quite a bit more sense
@@EphemeralRemy needless to say it’ll be a good while before it gets touched again. Appreciate the information on the healing though! Definitely going to use it next go around. Just had the whole lower part done in a color sleeve and no issues but you’re right blackouts are a whole different game.
Definitely a level up! Let me know how it goes, and if you’d like to show off how it comes together long term I’d love to see it
@@EphemeralRemy definitely will let you know when it’s done. Appreciate the content!
I find the longer you black out in one area the more likely to agitate the skin you are to do. Once that section has taken too much trama you will see it and the person will definitely notice it. Would advise to migrate to a different section and let the other side heal. I do my black outs in stick and poke and can take 4 hrs to do a 2x2 square. it definitely takes a lot of time.
Yea the more you do the less you end up with when it comes to trauma
Even though my blackwork healed fine with not much fallout this video made me rethink my artist choice.. With how my healing went and mostly how it looked. Back to the drawing board for another for my other blackwork sleeve, yes I go blackout on the first one lol. Maybe need to travel to Berlin for 3kreuze or Amsterdam for WitchingHour xD
Edit: Living on the border of Netherlands and Germany, making it both doable
or Philidelphia (Hoode)
@@_walruseater would be cool for sure, but from Europe to the USA for a tattoo would be a bit much lol
This makes me nervous to get a blackout
Man I was shocked it's still wednesday here in Philippines and I'm now watching remy reacts. I was expecting saturdays(friday in US). More blackout reacts mate. 🍻
I’ve decided I’ll do two a week if there’s an audience for it, because I’ve been getting so many viewer submissions lately
Thanks for watching!
@@EphemeralRemy That's good to hear. Can't wait for the next remy reacts. Fan all the waaay from ph. More power!
Appreciate the support my friend!
I wonder if anybody’s gonna try black out but with color I feel like that would be damn near impossible but I’m sure somebody will achieve it
That is so super over worked! I started black out etc like 10 years ago and I know thing or two about that
Damn the finger looks like a bad case of necrosis
Haha right
Remy, have you started lifting? Starting to get a bit of lean mass mate. Good work
Sure have haha, I’ve always worked out to some degree, but now I’m eating a proper amount and lifting heavier
@@EphemeralRemy good man! I've been on that same journey myself. How did the tattooing impact training for you? I've found a lot of my heavier saturation stuff on my back / ribs stopped me doing any pressing for a few days which does mess up the routine a bit.
It used to, but a lot of what I’m doing now is pretty light work compared to the Blackwork so I’m usually back to working out within a day or two now
@@EphemeralRemy sweet mate. Keep them gains coming!
What you said about traveling is true. But its kinda part of the risk for an artist thats talented enough if your lookin for something specific. I travel from southern oregon to LA,Cal for my arrist, but he specialises in japanese, really solod line work and color packing skills, and is doing a neo trad color set with anime infused into the japanese trad style. It cost me about $1k to go and stay for 4-5 days. So i just make a little vacay out of it too
I'm pretty heavily tattooed with some blackout
Since my first tattoo where I used Aloe Vera to keep it moisturised and assist it in healing I've honestly just washed it and never used anything on them
I'm immunosuppressed after a kidney transplant and honestly my body just does better by itself, let it scab up a little and it'll heal itself if you just totally ignore it and keep it clean, never worth risking opening a scab to any extent, making scabs wet with aftercare products can really easily just make the scab weak and fall off at the slightest rub on your clothing
Yea that’s been my experience especially with heavy saturation work, most of my work is dry healed these days too
Have you ever tried Saniderm?
I have yes, there’s actually a few funny old photos of new art my entire body wrapped in saniderm haha. I had good and bad results with it, but ultimately it wasn’t worth it for me
@@EphemeralRemy I've enjoyed my use of it so far but I replace 3 times in the first 48 hours per their suggestions. It's done good for me so far specifically for sleeping but I would only use it and bigger pieces.
Puppy pad overnight for my thigh blackout 🖤 love my artist 🎉
I’ve definitely had those for most of my blackout work
My buddy bought a tattoo machine and let another friend tattoo a rudimentary grenade on his arm....omfg it looked like black hamburger meat when he was done.
That sounds about right haha
Question: should you wax before you blackout? Gosh sorry that sounds bad... but really though.
Haha not sure it makes a difference
I would have done it with a 17 flat alagory and made the tattoo in an hour. Maybe empire black silk... This is scratch work.
I'll never understand black out tattoos but to each their own. I prefer the artwork more than the latest trend.
Blackout tattoos aren’t the latest trend at all, sorry if you think that buts just pure nonsense. You see maybe one or two per city, you know how many lions and lifestyle floral tattoos are bumbling around out there? 😂 that ain’t art bud, sorry
Do you know any guy in Mexico doing good blackouts Remy? 🥺
That one could be done with a 7 mag within ONE hour . Maybe less lol
Not sure if this has been addressed, but between this and the previous video how many of these are rescuable?
I wonder what it would look like if someone had a blackout tattoo but it wasn’t black maybe purple or something that might look pretty
I’ve seen blue put a few times, looks awesome haha
@@EphemeralRemy that’s cool
Ugh unfortunately i gone thru a blackout fails.
A few fails are necessary for success I think
A blackout is always a fail
According to a halfwit named hot sauce 😂 your opinion is always a fail, I fixed it for you darling.
Can this be so much ink that it makes someone sick?
It’s less about the ink and more about the amount of physical trauma inflicted in a session that can cause that
Yeah I’ve had some who do well and others who overwork with black, some really fuckin scary and u can’t tell em because it hurts their feelings because they do an awesome lion or tramp stamp lace piece of shit with a 💎 faceted gem but blackout overworked I’ve had 21 mags and those in between and a 100, that was an experience but coverage was shitty, imperfection is human❤
Antibiotics
could be part of the problems.
there is a lot of microorganisms on the skin.
if you try to kill them, then you could made it better for the bad ones.
Coming from someone who has no tattoos, I fux with dudes content
Cheers
Nice Draconian Shirt
Thanks 🤘
Is it honestly okay to get a blackout tattoo from a local person and not hoode
Yes
Black out would be my last resort only as a cover up. I just don't get it, but to each his own.
You must have no knowledge of the fact I had five hundred and fifty hours of world class ink before the black I guess 😂
Very, very cool😀😀😀😀😃😃
😂
@@EphemeralRemy Heeey Ephemeral Remy, Thank you very much for your writing.😍😀😀😀😀😀
That finger looks dead
That's supposed to be a design? Wtf! That is a blob of ink!
Why ?
That’s too broad a question
I just stumbled across this, I know people do what they want to do but why black out your whole arms dude ?
Couldn’t be a bigger blackout fail than him lol
If you don’t like blackout that’s fine, but as far your opinion goes it’s as worthless as you are 😂
Yo whoever that was went way too heavy and just drilled over it way too many times that is a lot of ink in the skin way too much ink
Absolutely agree
But yeah the last few pics were not so bad
I just dont understand these.. is there a meaning behind it..?. I dont want to come off rude, Art is interpreted in many ways but damn.. its just a blob of black ink
No disrespect, but why bother compromising your bodies immune system. I don't get it. Each to their own though.
Actually there are multiple studies that confirm tattoos boost your immune system, you can get infections like these from literally any open wound
jeeez why the whole body tho D:
Dang his ears are fucked rip
What in the world are you babbling about
Do woke people ever say your doing blackface lol
Online some really slow witted people think that sometimes, in person it’s never happened
Fails???? This guys whole body is a fail ..
That’s just to your bad taste dude, you have zero idea what you’re babbling about. My old work, blackouttattoo work, and new layers have been featured in pretty well every tattoo publication on earth. You’ve clearly been living in a squalid whole for the last five years 😂😂
@@EphemeralRemy wow!! Bro my bad I didn’t know you had all those great credentials… still ugly tho 😉
Air drying is what work for me 😊
IM THE FINGER PERSON LOL HE REFUSED TO DO MY WHOLE FINGER THATS WHAT I ASKED FOR TO BEGIN WITH
That’s so damn strange of him, I’d recommend going elsewhere!
@@EphemeralRemy I know I’ve never run into anyone like that and yes I plan to go back to my normal guy he’s amazing!
Hello Remy,how can i contact you,do you have email? i cant find it. thank you in advance 🙏
Ephemeralremy@gmail.com