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Kraig
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About Me Member Varied Artist Kraig24/Male/Australia Recent Activity Deviant for 2 Years
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Times a' changin....

Fri Nov 27, 2009, 4:02 AM
O.k. people, Kraig is now creating out of the state of the art tattoo palour INK KINGS at the top end of Mclaren Vale. No expense has been spared to create the best tattooing experience possible. Full range of 'Classic" inks, Electric full length chairs, Plasma rockin foxtel and dvd's, Friendly staff, and 3 talented artist ready to customize a design for you. So come make a day off it, enjoy the vineyards and local shops. i recommend Koffee and Snacks just next door. The best toasted sandwiches i ever had. Starting to think i should get into sales... or tourism. But on the tattooing side not many pics to up load as we are not even officially open. But with intrest being so high and us being all set up we were happy to ink the people knockin our door down. so stay tuned to see what comes of it all. or next time your in the vale come say hi.

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  • Reading: Frank Millers SIN CITY

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Well. yea. Me. um...Names Kraig, Was lucky enough to be found by tattooing about 5 years ago. I ink away at a cool little shop in South Australia. In heart of Mclaren Vale, bout an hour out of adelaide out into wine country. INK KINGS is the name, Royalty in tattoos. Were at Shop1 184 Main street, McLaren Vale. 8323 7854 or 0402 169 970.
So pop in if your in the nieghbourhood.

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  • Interests: Tattoos, Piercing, BODY MODS! Sketching, painting. DJ.
  • Favourite band or musician: Pendulum, Sub Focus, DJ Hype, Andy C, Concord dawn.
  • Favourite genre of music: !DRUM N BASS!
  • Favourite artist: Joe Capobianco, Jime Litwalk, Garver, Guy aitchison. Mike Devries. Al Rio. Shep. Mik m
  • Favourite poet or writer: Richard A. Knaak
  • Favourite style of art: Tattoo. Nu Skool. Caligraphy.
  • Favourite game: Resident Evil 5
  • Favourite gaming platform: Ps3
  • Favourite cartoon character: Brock Sampson
  • Personal Quote: He who laugh last, thinks slowest.
  • Tools of the Trade: Micky Sharpz, Next Generation,Time Machine, Welker Eternals.

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:iconjosh555666:
Mood: Wow! ~josh555666 Aug 16, 2009, 8:25:40 PM
Hey man, great to see your work on Deviant. Awsome to see CLOWN gettn around to. Heaps ink hungry, have to come down soon, Take care, dude.
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Mood: Artistic ~InkSlinger5 Aug 18, 2009, 12:17:49 AM
Thanks for support dude. Cya when i Cya. l8r
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~tattoostiles Jul 22, 2009, 3:56:25 AM
thanks for the watch -=

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Mood: Optimism ~InkSlinger5 Jul 23, 2009, 5:21:54 AM
No worries dude, Awesome stuff. Really impressed by your realism. Any chacne you could check out my stuff, give me some tips? I know i gotta pump in more black, darken my tones. Just playin safe i guess. lol thanks.
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~tattoostiles Jul 23, 2009, 11:23:33 AM
yup, checked out your stuff - not bad, dude. the one thing that seems to stand out to me as far as being critical...and that would be -
your outlining. if your goal is realism, then, you need to approach the images with little or no outlining. if you outline, then it should be a light gray so that it doesn't stand out. strong, or dark outlines tend to kill the effect of realism.
yeah, the whole thing on values...using more blacks - that is true, but you also need the whole range in between...you can't leave so much natural skin - even a light gray value will help achieve a more fully developed piece.
hope some of my words have helped.

peace - kevin

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"I rarely want to know what's in the artist's mind. Finding out what an artist thinks about his art is nowhere near as exciting as finding out what it means to you." - David Bowie
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Mood: Optimism ~InkSlinger5 Jul 25, 2009, 5:30:18 PM
Thanks for the tips bro, will certinally push myself to get the whole mid range tones in there. don't wanna push my luck but and pointers on that smooth as silk fading? Iv'e been tryin out Joshua Carlton's (filip lou's) style with a cut back shader and Brandon bonds idea of turnin ur machine way down and not stretchin the skin as much to get those subtle tones but still find i'm gettin a little peppering or weak(or too strong) tones. Being the better realism artist at my shop fell like i've hit a wall. Thanks for ur time, much appreciated.
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~tattoostiles Jul 26, 2009, 6:03:07 PM
i don't know what to tell you, dude. i build up slow...so as to not go too dark too quickly. unless i know the area (like hair, for example) is going to be very dark or black.
and i always stretch the skin - i just feel the skin needs to be as taut as possible - like the head of a drum. i find when it's not stretched you're going to run in to problems...working areas too much in order to achieve the look you're trying to get. i will do some final shading - say, in extremely tight areas or on a face - with a liner...and work very carefully to make the final gradations smooth out even more.

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"I rarely want to know what's in the artist's mind. Finding out what an artist thinks about his art is nowhere near as exciting as finding out what it means to you." - David Bowie
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*IvyI Jul 7, 2009, 11:01:49 AM
You have been featured in my journal along with other excellent biomech pieces! \m/

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~InkSlinger5 Jun 19, 2009, 3:29:57 AM
Why won't my "Emoticon" stop dancing! Smile while you can little blu man....
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