DVD Mastering Tattoo Portrait Franco Vescovi

This is a unique and exclusive opportunity to learn from black and grey tattoo portrait master Franco Vescovi in a comprehensive three hour step-by-step DVD presentation. You have only one chance to get a tattoo portrait right! There is no room for error, and it is the most difficult tattoo to execute. You will learn: to know when you are ready to tattoo a portrait. The importance of rendering only what you see. How to do glass, wood, skin tones, reflections, fabric, hair, wrinkles, contrast and shadows. How to get personality in your portraits. How to make a perfect template of your subject. How to choose and work with photographic references. Bugpins versus Regular #12s. Working with a rotary press. Breathing techniques to pull better lines in a portrait. Detailing with a sketching machine. How to mix colours and gradients. The virtue of patience. How not to overload the skin. The correct way to work with white. The importance of retouching portraits. The fallacies of white. Mistakes to avoid with white. Texturing technique. Your responsibility to your client. And much more!

You will learn:
- Know when you are ready to tattoo a portrait.
- The importance of only rendering what you see.
- How to do glass, wood, flesh shots, reflections, fabric, hair, wrinkles, contrast and shadows.
- How to get personality in your portraits.
- How to make a perfect template of your subject
- How to choose and work with photographic references.
- Bugpins versus Regular #12s
- Working with a rotary press
- Breathing techniques to pull better lines in a portrait.
- Detailing with a sketching machine.
- How to mix colours and gradients.
- The virtue of patience.
- How not to overload the skin.
- The correct way to work with white.
- The importance of retouching portraits.
- The fallacies of white.
- Mistakes to avoid with white.
- Texturing technique.
- Your responsibility to your client.
- And much more!

About the artist:
Franco Vescovi has been tattooing for 20 years and is one of the top tattoo portrait artists in the world. His shop, Vatican Studios in Lake Forest, California, has become a tattoo mecca for the stars. Vescovi's client list includes: Dennis Rodman, Travis Barker, Fieldy, David Wells, Tony Gonzales, Yalawolf, Cashis, Mickey Avalon, Michael Goddard and many others.