Artificial skin for learning to tattoo – a must-have for a beginner tattoo artist
Talent alone is definitely not enough to become a respected tattoo artist. There is a huge difference between drawing, sketching, painting, or graphic design, and tattooing on living skin. Before you complete your first project on a client's body or a friend, you need to practice thoroughly. This is where fake skin comes in handy; it's excellent for perfecting your technique and gaining confidence in your movements. What exactly is it? Check out our article.
What is fake skin?
Fake skin is a synthetic material that closely resembles human skin, imitating its structure. It allows you to freely develop your skills without the risk of harming a live model. Thanks to fake skin, you can make mistakes without consequences, make corrections to designs, practice different techniques, or simply familiarize yourself with the operation of a tattoo machine, cartridge, and other accessories.
Fake skin allows you to:
- Master the operation of a tattoo machine – practicing on fake skin helps you understand how the machine behaves during work. This way, you can determine which type of machine suits you best: coil, pen-type, rotary, or perhaps wireless.
- Gain confidence – performing the first design on a live model is always a big experience and stressful. To minimize the risk of making mistakes, it's worth practicing thoroughly beforehand, which fake skin allows by simulating real tattooing conditions.
- Test different styles and tattooing methods – fake skin is an ideal medium for practicing the increasingly popular handpoke technique, operating the machine, and creating various designs characteristic of particular tattoo styles.
- Master basic techniques – fake skin, unlike, for example, a sheet of paper, allows you to practice the tattoo artist's ABCs, i.e., outlining, shading, and filling, in conditions close to reality.
How to use fake skin?
When tattooing on fake skin, it's worth approaching it exactly as if it were a live model's skin, immediately developing desirable habits. First and foremost, ensure the skin is clean by using specialized preparations available in the Ars Tattoo offer.
Use exactly the same tools and inks that you will ultimately use when working with live models. The goal is to accurately replicate real tattooing conditions.
Don't be afraid to experiment with different types of needles and cartridges, shading techniques, etc. This is the time when you can still afford to test without any consequences, which will pay off in the future – don't spare the ink!
How to choose the right fake skin?
Fake skins available on the market vary in quality. It's really not worth being overly frugal with them – after all, we're talking about an element that is supposed to enable you to prepare well for tattooing on human skin.
When choosing fake skin for learning tattooing, pay attention to several criteria:
- Material quality – the better the material imitates human skin, the more realistic the working conditions will be, and the better prepared you will be for tattooing on a live model.
- Double-sidedness – it's worth choosing double-sided skins, which are an economical solution and additionally increase the practice surface.
- Size – it's good to have several skins of different dimensions to practice both symbolic, small tattoos and, for example, portraits.
- Thickness – thicker skins better replicate the structure of human skin, which translates into accurate simulation of real working conditions with a model.
Buy fake skins at Ars Tattoo
Ars Tattoo offers a wide range of fake skins from the renowned brand ProSkin, which are distinguished by high quality and excellent replication of human skin characteristics. Our offer includes, among others, double-sided rubber fake skin for tattoo practice measuring 14 cm x 19 cm and 20 cm x 30 cm, double-sided silicone fake skin for tattoo practice measuring 14.5 cm x 19 cm and 19 cm x 29 cm, inkless rubber skin for tattooing without ink (the needle alone leaves a visible mark), double-sided thick skin for tattoo practice with a thickness of 8 mm, and small double-sided skin for tattoo practice measuring 9.5 cm x 14 cm.
We also recommend an economical set consisting of a set of three fake skins in different colors measuring 14 x 19 cm, excellent for people who want to test various tattooing techniques on different surfaces.
ProSkin brand products, available exclusively at Ars Tattoo, guarantee the highest quality and maximum realism. Fake skins from this manufacturer are an ideal choice for both beginners and experienced tattoo artists who want to hone their skills.