Tattooing 101's - Artist Accelerator Program
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Course Curriculum
*** START HERE - New Student Check-In! ***
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A1 - Start Here!
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Start1 - Welcome To Tattooing 101's Artist Accelerator! (5:34)
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Start2 - Accelerator Framework - How to Navigate (5:35)
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Start3 - A Brief History of Tattooing (10:33)
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Preview4 - Learning the "Language" of Tattooing (3:45)
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Start5 - Time Management & Calendar Creation (25:35)
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Start6 - Profit Pyramid (7:11)
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Start7 - Mindset Models (14:08)
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Start8 - Quiz
A2 - Sanitation
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Start1 - Introduction (2:39)
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Start2 - Common Mistakes (4:55)
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Start3 - BBP Certification (17:44)
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Start4 - Station Setup - Barriers (3:48)
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Start5 - Sharps Disposal (3:11)
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Start6 - Breaking Down Safely (4:27)
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Start7 - Ultrasonic (2:36)
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Start8 - Cleaning Tubes (6:50)
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Start9 - Autoclave (7:24)
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Start10 - CPR and First Aid (5:02)
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Start11 - Quiz
*A3 - Shop Life
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Start1 - Introduction (5:04)
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Start2 - A Shop Tour - Your Role (20:47)
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Start3 - Private Studio (11:27)
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Start*4 - Appointment Only Shop
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Start*5 - Walk In Shop
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Start6 - Traveling Tattooer (12:14)
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Start*7 - Basic Cleaning of the Shop
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Start8 - Opening Shop Checklist (9:18)
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Start9 - Closing Shop Checklist (10:54)
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Start10 - Customer Psychology (22:19)
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Start11 - Quiz
A3.1 - Organization
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*A3.2 - Stencil Application
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Start*1 - Introduction (1:50)
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Start2 - Stencil Making by Hand (9:13)
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Start4 - Thermofax (4:20)
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Start5 - New Printer Style (4:15)
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Start6 - Shaving - disposable and straight razor (5:11)
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Start7 - Alcohol Prep for stencil (3:44)
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Start8 - Stencil Flow (6:17)
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Start9 - Sticky Stuff (6:23)
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Start10 - Drawn on (20:01)
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Start11 - Quiz
A3.3 - Joel - BONUS - Stencils
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A3.4 - Station Setup
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A3.5 - Joel - BONUS - Station Setup
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Start1 - Intro - Joel Disclaimer (0:45)
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Start2 - Joel - Basic Tattoo Setup Overview (8:23)
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Start3 - Joel - Basic Equipment Overview pt 2. - Accessories (3:46)
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Start4 - Joel - Basic Machine Setup (11:27)
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Start5 - Joel - Powering your Tattoo Machine (5:41)
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Start6 - Joel - A/D, Ink, and Paper Towels (7:03)
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A3.6 - Positioning for Tattoo
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Start1 - Introduction (1:45)
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Start2 - Furniture Overview (3:34)
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Start3 - Setting up your Furniture (7:03)
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Start4 - Furniture Barriers (5:35)
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Start5 - Furniture Ergonomics (3:28)
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Start6 - Client Positioning - Head and Neck (5:35)
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Start7 - Client Positioning - Torso and Back (4:35)
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Start8 - Client Positioning - Legs and Feet (3:59)
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Start9 - Client Positioning - Arms and Hands (4:50)
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Start10 - Quiz
*B4 - Welcome to Year 2!
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*B4.1 - Basic Drawing Techniques
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*B4.2 - Drawing for Tattoo Designs
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*B4.3 - Drawing Walkthrough - Sailor Jerry Rose Study
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*B4.4 - Matt - Drawing - Freehand Rose Designs
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*B4.5 - Lettering Introduction
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*B4.6 - Joel - BONUS - Rooster Drawing Walkthrough
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*B5 - Colored Pencils - Kanji Study
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*B5.1 - Colored Pencils - Flash Design
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Start*1 - Introduction (1:20)
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Start*2 - Intro to Colored Pencil Flash (2:39)
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Start*3 - Linework for Colored Pencils (15:58)
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Preview*4 - Adding Black - Depth on a Flat Surface (10:46)
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Start*5 - Adding Color pt 1 - The First Layer (24:02)
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Start*6 - Adding Color pt 2 - Building Your Blends (7:26)
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Start*7 - Adding Color pt 3 - Smoothing it Out (8:29)
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Start*8 - Repurposing Your Work (3:08)
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Start9 - Quiz
*B5.2 - Flash Introduction
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Start*1 - Introduction (1:11)
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Preview2 - Tattoo Flash - This paper will make or break your paintings. (7:45)
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Start3 - Old school transfer method (9:30)
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Start*4 - Light Boxes and Travel - Lining Flash the Easy Way (2:20)
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Start*5 - Advanced Lining - Brushes (9:36)
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Start*6 - More on Markers - Lining Flash (10:56)
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Start*7 - Nib & Ink - Takin' it back to the old school (8:04)
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Start*8 - Preserving Your Brushes (4:25)
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Start*9 - Painting Wet on Wet (3:17)
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Start*10 - Paint Type Overview & Setting Up (7:28)
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Start*11 - Opacity of Acrylics vs Watercolor (4:49)
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Start*12 - Blending Acrylic vs Watercolor (10:22)
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Start*13 - Blending with Washes and Cheat Sheets (4:46)
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Start14 - Quiz
*B5.3 - Painting - Kanji Exercise
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*B5.4 - Color Theory
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*B5.5 - Traditional Rose Flash Painting
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Start*1 - Introduction (0:43)
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Start2 - Direct Drawing - No light-box or transfer necessary (6:30)
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Start3 - Lining With Markers - No Nib Necessary (12:52)
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Start*4 - Black Shading - Leaves and Tings (11:27)
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Start*5 - Black Shading - Rose Buds (8:11)
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Preview*6 - First Color - Leaves of Green (11:45)
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Start*7 - Brown Town (2:05)
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Start*8 - Really Red (14:47)
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Start*9 - Glorious Gold (3:55)
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Start*10 - Sealant - Protect your Paint (2:18)
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Start*11 - Trim & Border (9:10)
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Start*12 - Backing it up with Background (8:30)
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Start13 - Quiz
*B5.6 - Get Digital - iPad Introduction
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Start*1 - Introduction (1:27)
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Start*2 - Setup and Walkthrough (11:32)
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Start*3 - Installing Brushes (14:07)
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Start*4 - Importing Reference and Building Sketch (12:19)
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Start*5 - Digital Linework (18:14)
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Start*6 - Digital Shading (32:38)
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Start*7 - Digital Color (34:55)
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Start*8 - Customer Placement (6:31)
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Start9 - Quiz
*B5.7 - Get Digital - Photoshop Introduction
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Start*1 - Introduction (0:52)
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Start*2 - Photoshop Walkthrough (10:33)
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Start*3 - How to Create instant Linework (6:37)
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Start*4 - Inverting Designs to Easily Create Stencils (7:49)
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Start*5 - Referencing Images for Stencils (33:42)
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Start*6 - Presenting the Design to a Client (5:20)
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Start7 - Quiz
*B6 - Introduction to Needles
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*B6.1 - Machines
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*B6.2 - Tubes
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Start*1 - Introduction (0:37)
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Start*2 - Tips, Grips, and Tubes (0:36)
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Start*3 - Disposable Tubes (7:31)
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Start*4 - Stainless Steel (3:42)
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Start*5 - Stainless - A Deeper Dive (4:54)
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Start*6 - Cartridge System - All in One (5:29)
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Start*7 - Hybrid System (4:12)
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Start*8 - Stainless - Disposable Tips (1:22)
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Start9 - Quiz
*B6.3 - Inks
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*C7 - Lining Introduction
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*C7.1 - Introduction to Artificial Skin
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*C7.2 - POF - Kanji Exercise
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Start*1 - Introduction (0:40)
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Start2 - Work Surface and Stencil Application (11:00)
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Start3 - Liner Setup (8:00)
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Start4 - Mag setup (3:23)
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Start5 - Machine Barrier Setup (3:10)
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Start6 - Outlining Part 1 (11:35)
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Start7 - Outlining Part 2 (7:59)
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Start8 - Outlining Part 3 (8:54)
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Start9 - Solid Black Fills (15:52)
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Start10 - Shading - Blending Black and Red (14:18)
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Start11 - Shading - Tip shading (17:22)
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Start12 - Quiz
*C7.3 - Joel - BONUS - Advanced Lining
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Start1 - Intro and disclaimer (0:29)
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Start*2 - Joel - Advanced Lining Lesson #1 (5:29)
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Start3 - Joel - Advanced Lining Lesson #2 (7:09)
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Start*4 - Joel - Advanced Lining Lesson #3 (5:29)
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Start5 - Joel - Advanced Lining Lesson #4 (8:35)
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Start*6 - Joel - Advanced Lining Lesson #5 (7:21)
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Start*7 - Joel - Advanced Lining Lesson #6 (10:07)
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Start8 - Quiz
*C8 - Introduction to Shading
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Start*1 - Introduction (1:15)
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Start*2 - Shading vs Coloring - What's the difference? (10:33)
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Start*3 - Shading and Coloring Techniques (20:05)
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Start*4 - Machine Setup (12:29)
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Start*5 - Solid Color (11:41)
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Start*6 - Whip Shading (7:07)
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Start*7 - Blends (9:54)
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Start*8 - The Grays (13:47)
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Start*9 - Common Pitfalls (7:31)
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Start10 - Quiz
*C8.1 - POF - Traditional Rose Tattoo Exercise
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Start*1 - Introduction (0:46)
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Start*2 - Linework (15:08)
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Start*3 - Linework pt 2 (24:34)
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Start*4 - Cleaning up and Touch Ups (4:44)
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Start*5 - Shading Outer Leaves pt 1 (11:56)
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Start*6 - Shading Outer Leaves pt 2 (11:56)
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Start*7 - Shading the Rose (11:51)
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Start*8 - Intro to Color - Brown (6:51)
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Start*9 - Intro to Color - Green (8:33)
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Start*10 - Intro to Color - Turqoise (6:28)
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Start*11 - Blending and Layering (10:59)
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Start*12 - Intro to Color - Red (12:27)
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Start*13 - Lining with Color (2:15)
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Start*14 - Intro to Color - Gold (7:51)
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Start15 - Quiz
C8.2 - Your Skin - Kanji Study
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*C8.3 - Friend Skin - First "Client"
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*C8.4 - Aftercare
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*C8.5 - Joel - BONUS - Black Shading Techniques in detail
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Start*1 - Introduction (0:47)
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Start2 - Joel - Black Shading Detail Lesson #1 (2:38)
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Start3 - Joel - Black Shading Detail Lesson #2 (3:08)
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Start*4 - Joel - Black Shading Detail Lesson #3 (4:33)
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Start5 - Joel - Black Shading Detail Lesson #4 (4:41)
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Start6 - Joel - Black Shading Detail Lesson #5 (4:29)
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Start7 - Joel - Black Shading Detail Lesson #6 (4:09)
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Start*8 - Joel - Black Shading Detail Lesson #7 (5:55)
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Start9 - Joel - Black Shading Detail Lesson #8
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Start10 - Joel - Black Shading Detail Lesson #9 (6:15)
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Start11 - Joel - Black Shading Detail Lesson #10 (7:10)
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Start12 - Joel - Black Shading Detail Lesson #11 (2:57)
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Start13 - Joel - Black Shading Detail Lesson #12 (6:48)
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Start14 - Joel - Black Shading Detail Lesson #13 (4:05)
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Start15 - Joel - Black Shading Detail Lesson #14 (4:25)
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Start16 - Joel - Black Shading Detail Lesson #15 (3:07)
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Start17 - Joel - Black Shading Detail Lesson #16 (8:14)
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Start18 - Joel - Black Shading Detail Lesson #17 (5:29)
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Start19 - Joel - Black Shading Detail Lesson #18 (5:19)
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Start20 - Quiz
*C8.6 - Joel - BONUS - Blending Color Into Black and Grey Shading
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Start*1 - Introduction (0:36)
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Start*2 - Joel - Blending Color into BG Lesson #1 (6:52)
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Start*3 - Joel - Blending Color into BG Lesson #2 (10:15)
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Start*4 - Joel - Blending Color into BG Lesson #3 (4:34)
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Start*5 - Joel - Blending Color into BG Lesson #4 (6:54)
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Start*6 - Joel - Blending Color into BG Lesson #5 (7:35)
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Start*7 - Joel - Blending Color into BG Lesson #6 (9:22)
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Start8 - Quiz
*C8.7 - Joel - BONUS - Black and Grey Using an 11 Mag
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Start*1 - Introduction (0:30)
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Start*2 - Joel - BG 11mag Lesson #1 (3:31)
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Start*3 - Joel - BG 11mag Lesson #2 (9:11)
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Start*4 - Joel - BG 11mag Lesson #3 (7:59)
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Start*5 - Joel - BG 11mag Lesson #4 (4:05)
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Start*6 - Joel - BG 11mag Lesson #5 (10:04)
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Start*7 - Joel - BG 11mag Lesson #6 (6:39)
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Start*8 - Joel - BG 11mag Lesson #7 (7:10)
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Start*9 - Joel - BG 11mag Lesson #8 (6:55)
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Start10 - Quiz
*C9 - Getting Into a Shop
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*D2 - BONUS - Leo - Japanese Catfish Tattoo Masterclass - From Idea to Finished Tattoo
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Start*1 - Introduction (1:12)
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Start2 - Start Here - Introduction and Overview of the Project (1:30)
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Start3 - Initial Sketch - The building blocks of any "fishy" tattoo pt 1 (9:54)
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Start4 - Initial Sketch - pt 2 (7:46)
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Start5 - Secondary Sketch - Tightening Your Drawing (7:20)
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Start6 - Stencil Linework - Muscle Memory (10:23)
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Start7 - Tattoo Linework - The Building Blocks of any Solid Tattoo (30:27)
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Start8 - Black Shading - The Foundation of your Tattoo (22:46)
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Preview9 - Red Shading - The First POP of Color (8:50)
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Start10 - Periwinkle Shading - Not blue but not grey... (9:04)
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Start11 - Gold Shading - True Gold (12:14)
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Start12 - Textures - Make them "feel it" (2:42)
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Start13 - "Finishing touches - The few blends that matter (10:20)
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Start14 - Highlights and Final Thoughts (5:37)
*D14 - Bonus - Walk in Challenges
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Start*1 - Intro - Ignore Dates (1:29)
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Start2 - Traditional Bee (2:00)
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Start3 - Dagger or Peacock (1:59)
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Start4 - Lettering Challenge (1:13)
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Start5 - Skull - Creating Depth on a 2D Surface (2:16)
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Start6 - Peony Color Works (4:37)
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Start7 - Snake Head Design (0:57)
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Start8 - BG Rose & Introduction to Digital Tools (18:10)
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Start9 - Leo Flash Challenge (1:07)
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Start10 - Old School Challenge (1:54)
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Start11 - Valentines Day (1:41)
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Start12 - Koi (2:55)
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Start13 - Stipple (9:43)
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Start14 - Inner Arm "Direction" (2:11)
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Start15 - Japanese Backpiece (3:38)
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Start16 - Artist Commission (2:57)
*D16 - BONUS - Mastermind Live Artist Interviews (Recordings)
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Start*1 - Introduction (0:59)
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Start*2 - Erin N - Geometric and Dot Work Specialist (37:33)
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Start*3 - Bo C. - Shop Owner and Veteran Tattoo Artist (51:42)
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Start*4 - Ryan Chun - Graffiti Artist, Tattooer, Musician (31:31)
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Start5 - Shin N - Tokyo, Japan - Artist and Shop Owner (42:39)
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Start*6 - Leo - Japanese & American Traditional (48:05)
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Start*7 - Teddie - Black and grey and Photorealism (44:46)
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Start*8 - Matt W Round Table Chat (47:36)
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Start9 - Myron - Accounting and Business Structuring for Professional Artists (36:54)
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Start10 - Bo C - On Owning a Shop and What it Takes to Land an Apprenticeship (71:31)
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Start11 - Kazuo Maekawa - Professional Manga Artist (42:19)
*D17 - Artist Accelerator Live Calls
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Start0 - Introduction (0:52)
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Start1 - Call 1 - Week 1 Recap and Intro to Pricing Psychology (35:17)
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Start2 - Call 2 - Shading, Haters, and The Path (44:54)
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Start3 - Call 3 - Machines, Blowouts, and Suppliers (60:23)
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Start4 - Call 4 - Machines and 3 Things Required for Success (57:25)
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Start5 - Call 5 - Pricing Models and Fixed vs Growth Mindset (59:15)
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Start6 - Call 6 - All About Depth (51:58)
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Start7 - Call 7 - Fonts and 3 Pillars of Business (58:33)
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Start8 - Call 8 - Fake skin, machines, and the healing process (50:54)
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Start9 - Call 9 - Copyright and Next Steps (23:44)