How To Tattoo - Stipple, Whip, Pepper Shading (3 Round Liner)

How To Tattoo - Stipple, Whip, Pepper Shading (3 Round Liner)

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When you are tattooing, anything that has a solid saturation like lines or solid black it is made up of a bunch of dots basically right on top of one another. And if you do it right you shouldn’t see any dots, it will just be solidly saturated.

For Stipple shading what we are trying to achieve are all those dots that are normally on top and very close to each other are now going to be spaced out to show a stippled or textured type of effect.
A couple things I use to make my job easier when trying to achieve this effect are, a machine with a long stroke, a low voltage, a fast hand speed, and a tight 3 needle grouping.

In this case the stroke I’m using is 4.2mm.
The stroke is the distance that the needle is traveling up and down. The farther the needle has to travel the easier it will be to get the space between the dots and that is we want. You can do this with a shorter stroke, but I recommend a machine that has a 4mm stroke or longer. It just makes things easier.

We are using a way lower voltage than we normally would for tattooing. And also a much faster hand speed. Usually with the Axys Valhalla I line around 10.5 Volts and for stipple shading I use anywhere from 5-7 Volts. The reason for this low voltage coupled with the fast hand speed is taking advantage of the long stroke so when you are moving along the skin the needle is depositing ink spaced out.

And Lastly for this I like to use an extra tight 3. You can use larger needle groupings but I like the effect it gives with the very small dots.

Now, let’s get into what I’m doing here while I’m tattooing.

As you can see I’m going over the same area multiple times and building up the shades with multiple passes. The cool thing about stipple shading is you can go over the same area more than you normally would with traditional grey shading or while you are color packing because the punctures are so spaced apart. Not only is it nice that this doesn’t damage the skin very much while tattooing, this also means fast healing times. Ive seen work I did like this only a few days after I did it and it was totally healed. Ive never seen any of my stepping work scab up or have an extensive healing process. At most it gets dry and a little flaky. This is true only if you are doing this right. It is very possible to damage someones skin like this so don’t think that its impossible to hurt someone like this.

I always make sure to have the skin stretched tight so I could get clean punctures. If you don’t you will end up just damaging the skin and making red marks.

The direction you are shading and pressure you are using is super important with this style. You should be working off of the tip of your needle for this. You won’t get that fine stippled look if you are burying your needle in the skin.

There are a few different motions I use while stipple shading.
The first one I use is entering the skin at the proper depth and whipping out quickly. As I’m whipping my hand pressure decreases to get a fading effect. Ill use this when there is a hard edge to shade off of. Dont use this unless you are trying to get a hard edge effect because thats what you will get. As soon as the needle is hitting the skin you need to start to move. You dont want it to look like a period with some stipple shading off of it. No matter how you are moving your hand while doing this you should always be moving.

Next ill use a back and forth sweeping motion. This is when I want to get a smooth shade or transition. When I’m entering and exiting the skin I am basically moving like a landing and taking off airplane. There should be no definite start and stop to your shade when you are using this method. It should be very smooth. Im basically feathering in and out of the skin.

Using stipple shading along with smooth grey shading can add a really nice effect to add more texture to your designs. So don’t think you have to shade an entire design like this, you can use it to just spice your tattoos up a bit with some extra textures.

You can be very accurate and specific by shading like this and you can achieve a very clean look. Thats why I love it so much. It does take a little more time but I do think it is worth it for certain designs.

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