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5.0 out of 5 stars This guy knows his audience., 9 Sep 2007

By	Chooky McCool (CI) - See all my reviews

So you just got your tattoo gear & you've set everything up. You're ready to tattoo but your not too sure what to do. STOP WHAT YOU'RE DOING!!

Get this book & read it cover to cover. The way Alayon writes you won't find it difficult to follow & his advice is just what you want to know when starting out as a tattoo artist.

It's not a definitive guide to tattooing, but he tells you that himself. It's what you need to read when you start to learn about tattooing. What equipment you need, what techniques to use, how to make stencils, how to be safe. It's all here. He doesn't go into every little aspect of tattooing or advanced information, it's the BEGINNERS guide so he writes to beginners.

If you're a tattoo rookie or just thinking of getting a tattoo kit, buy this book now!!

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2.0 out of 5 stars Ok as a brief overview - but that's as far as it goes., 23 Aug 2008

By	Paul H (NW England) - See all my reviews

The overall 'attitude' of the book is good and the author does not take himself too seriously - unlike FAR too many folks in the tattoo world. It is a pleasant read and is written in a refreshingly `blunt'(!) style.

As for myself, I am not a tattooist but I have had an assortment of tattoos placed upon myself over the years. I am now seriously interested in learning how-to-tattoo. I am not looking at it as an employment route (since I already have a good job) but more as a hobby/pastime ... and to hopefully be able to add to my own personal tattoos.

I have therefore read the Internet [articles] extensively and I have scoured eBay looking at all that is available. I wanted a sort of Dummies guide to beginning tattooing. This book falls very far short of that, unfortunately. This book barely scratches the surface (sorry, but I couldn't resist the pun). I do not read a lot of books - but I read every single word of this one, from cover to cover, in a little over an hour.

For example, I would have liked to have known how to set a machine up; I am aware that there are different settings for liners and for shaders. This book doesn't give enough explanation of this ... I still don't know how to do it. One labelled picture of a tattoo machine was given - and far too little accompanying explanation. I felt that a step-by-step pictorial guide (e.g. like a car Haynes manual idea) would have been much better. No pictures of how deep to adjust the needles [depth of penetration] or of angle to hold machine to skin or whether to move forwards or backwards when drawing lines etc etc etc. I wasn't expecting to learn any advanced techniques from this book, but the very basics aren't covered sufficiently either! Like I said; it is a pleasant and fairly cheerful `overview' of how-to-tattoo [and nothing more] ... but you still need to buy a book that shows you how to (a) set machines up and (b) how to tattoo!

Perhaps, in all fairness, the book DOES assume that you are an apprentice tattooist with an experienced mentor always on hand. The book often says things like ask your instructor to show you how to do this and ask your instructor about that. If I had access to an instructor then I wouldn't have needed to buy a flippin' book, methinks!

Sorry, but whilst I DID admittedly pick up one or two [good] tips from this book, I personally needed a book that was designed as an instruction in its own right ... rather than this one which does constantly assume that you are working in a tattoo shop full of people that you can ask anything (and therefore don't actually need this book???).

Furthermore, the spelling and grammar throughout are surprisingly poor for a printed book (surely he could have had someone proof read it for him). This is perhaps only a minor point since the book certainly isn't meant to be a guide to the correct use of English ... but it really does leave the book feeling somewhat `unprofessional' overall.

Very sorry, but I cannot recommend this book to anyone. I gave it two stars because it was a pleasant read ... albeit a rather short and very uninformative one.

So, unfortunately, I am still on the lookout for a useful beginner's guide to tattooing ... ... ...

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1.0 out of 5 stars A waste of money., 10 Nov 2008

By	C. Lambert - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

Bought this book before I started my apprenticeship. Its poorley written and doesnt really explain anything very clearly. My advice is if you wanna start tattooing work on your portfolio and sketchbook and get an apprenticeship.

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