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HELL CITY TERMS & CONDITIONS
HEALTH EDUCATORS SEMINAR
Bloodborne Pathogens Training &
Infection Control for the Modification Industry
** Required for all working tattoo artists who do not have their certification to work Hell City **
"Bloodborne Pathogens For Body Modification Practitioners" is by far the most comprehensive INDUSTRY-SPECIFIC bloodborne pathogens training course available for traditional tattoo artists and body piercers. This course is compliant with the federal Bloodborne Pathogens Standard (29 CFR 1910.1030). You will be provided with comprehensive updates on the very latest changes in OSHA health & safety regulations as they apply to the modification industry, with training in solid, industry-specific solutions for maintaining compliance within a professional studio environment.
The cost is $125 per person. Price includes all course materials, free product samples, and a certificate of training valid for one year. COURSE SPACE IS LIMITED - PRE-REGISTRATION IS HIGHLY RECOMMENDED TO ENSURE AVAILABILITY!! Pre-registered attendees are guaranteed course space & materials; all others are welcome on a first-come-first-serve basis, as availability allows. Lodging & meals are not included.
Course Includes:
OSHA’s Bloodborne Pathogens Standard, all instructional and reference materials, and a certificate of completion
Thursday - 12-8pm
registration begins at 11:30
Cost: $125 / Course Length: 8 hours
Please contact David Vidra @
Phone for pre-registration: # 216-623-0815
LARRY BROGAN
"101 Tattoo Tips That Can Change Your Career Forever"
Larry Brogan is presenting an invaluable opportunity to learn from an accomplished an award winning artist with over 20 years of experience in the industry who has run a busy well established shop for 17 years and has traveled all over the world doing tattoo conventions. This seminar at Hell City offers the widest range of knowledge and information available and gives you a ton of helpful tips that can be applied to your tattoo career immediately.
Improve Your Work * Build Your Name * Make More Money $$$
Tips to include:
Marketing Yourself and Your Shop * Getting Your Work Published
Running a Successful Shop * Apprenticeships * Guest Spots
Equipment Troubleshooting Tricks
Stencil Making and Application * Laying out Large Scale Tattoos
Tattoo Conventions and Travel Tips * Dealing with Airports and Foreign Customs
Photography Tips * Tips for Convention Promoters
Creating Art in Other Mediums
Dealing with Clients * How to Stay Organized
Handy Tools and Gadgets * Tattooing Tips
And Lots of Other Secrets during Questions and Answers
No Information Held Back!!!
Sunday - 1pm - 4pm
@ seminar room 2nd floor
Cost: $150 / Course Length: 3 hours
A 45 Page Booklet will be handed out for all seminar attendees.
RUSS ABBOTT
The Tattooist’s Palette
Color Theory & Practical Application
In this inspiring course, Russ Abbott will take you past the color wheel to a deeper understanding of a
tattooist’s palette. Using examples from his own work, Russ will explain a variety of color secrets that
will help make your work more interesting and effective.
TOPICS COVERED:
- Color Theory
- Secrets of Color Mixing
- Color Blending
- Developing Color Schemes
- Color Selection
- Application
- Special Effects
- Tattooing for Longevity
- Finding Inspiration
Participants are encouraged to bring in examples of your own work so that we can discuss ways to
improve your personal palette.
SATURDAY 6 PM - 8 PM
Course Length: 2 Hours
Cost: $160 (includes booklet)
Email abbott.russ2@gmail.com for registration info.
CHET ZAR
Live Painting Seminar
Chet Zar - Live Painting Seminar
In this seminar Chet Zar will cover the techniques and materials I use to create my oil paintings. I will go over creating the initial sketch, painting a small study and creating the final painting.
Some of the subjects I will be covering are reference, tools and materials, under painting, value, color, composition, texture, glazing…and a whole lot more. I will start with a rough sketch and discuss subject, value and composition decisions. Next will be a small study, which will focus on color, value and troubleshooting the final piece.
Finally, I will create the final painting. This will be the longest part of the seminar and cover the subjects stated above. I will also be covering my experiences as an artist and thoughts on art throughout the demo.
There will be limited space for artists with some painting experience to set up and paint during the demo but simple observation and note taking is also encouraged. I will leave that up to you. I will be happy to go around to those who decide to paint or sketch and offer suggestions and/or criticism at the end of the day. Also, if time allows we can do a final question and answer session.
Saturday 1pm - 4pm
@ seminar room 2nd floor
Cost: $180 / Course Length: 3 hours
GUNNAR
The Art Of Story Telling
Creative story telling techniques for artistic tattooing
Gunnar will be doing his "Story Telling" seminar at Hell City 2012 in Killumbus. "Story Telling" is a lecture/ dialogue driven approach to sharing his artistic process for designing story telling images. The information is formatted in a way that artists can relate to and apply to their artwork. This seminar covers everything from: meeting with clients and extracting important information, use of appropriate imagery and symbolism, use of proper materials and reference, to building a drawing through a step by step process. Along the way, Gunnar will share stories, inspirational artists he feels are worth noting, and touch down softly on the ethics within our industry (maybe not so softly). Art should be a fun and creative process and Gunnar will try and create a learning environment that conveys this to other artists.
Here are some Testimonials from people that have taken Gunnar's seminar:
I pay to go to seminars to hear a lot of what I already know and one thing I don't know, in Gunnars seminar I took with me not one but seven things to use to help me advance my career, well worth the price and then some! It was great because it broke it down to fundamentals that were easily comprehendable from initial consult to finished product, it also gave me new insight to how to design for the client and different ways to talk to them so as to better understand the meaning behind the imagery they want in their tattoo. you also made me feel i should be more comfortable in my drawing skills something which i constantly criticize myself for because i don't really like my style (where now i understand i should just keep drawing to refine that style instead of getting frustrated with myself and not committing to getting better), and honestly when it comes to your randomness i really didn't mind because i'm pretty random so i was able to keep up, if you had stayed on track the whole time i may have gotten bored lol. - John Lucero
"Way beyond what I expected to learn about composition/planning layouts for tattoos. Gunnar was charming and elaborated in detail." - Cecilia Galindo
It was an honor and pleasure to spend some learning time with mr Gunnar ! - Cesar Valverde
FRIDAY / 6 - 9 pm
Course Length: 3 hours
Cost : Only $100
TattooNow SEMINARS
* FREE SEMINAR #1*
The TattooNOW Seminar #1 - How to drive tattoo customers into your chair using the internet on a shoestring budget.
Saturday 4-6 - Free
The TattooNOW server attracts millions of unique visitors researching tattoos each month driving business to to all the studios and artists that have custom websites powered by TattooNOW. Time and time again, for over ten years, TattooNOW has built successful websites for tattoo studios, artists, conventions, and catalogs. We have learned what works and the most effective ways to drive traffic and business to individual artists and studios. We follow our own advise with the success of Off the Map Tattoo, our local studio in MA with over 40 guest artists a year. Website clients include Guy Aitchison's Tattoo Education, Bob Tyrrell, Nick Baxter, Jeff Gogue, Mike Devries, Shane ONeill, Oleg Turyanskiy, and many many more. They host with TattooNOW because of the exposure they receive, the new clients they attract, and our professional business. TattooNOW offers very results oriented websites designed to showcase your studio and artists for the millions of visitors searching for the perfect custom tattoos.
In this seminar you will learn how we use the internet and computers to attract the right traffic from the search engines, deliver the vital information the visitors are looking for, and how to turn them into perfect clients. With more than 10 years experience, we know how to structure and update websites for Search Engine Optimization. All attendees of this seminar will receive a free 30 day trail membership and in addition our staff will walk you through the user friendly and quick process for uploading search engine friendly images into the TattooNOW galleries. Learn how to drive new customers to your studio and how having a well marketed website with TattooNOW can make a difference! Bring a usb jump drive with some images of your tattoos, and walk away with a FREE 30 DAY TRIAL MEMBERSHIP with TattooNOW without paying a dime!
This seminar will also be helpful to current clients of TattooNOW, as well as new artists interested in trying it out!
Website specials will be offered for deposits taken at Hell City.
Contact Brian at (413) 585-9134 or Brian@TattooNOW.com for more info.
FREE Course Includes:
Every seminar attendee gets a FREE 30 day membership to TattooNOW!
Saturday 4pm - 6pm - *Free*
Course Length: 2 hours
*FREE SEMINAR*
The TattooNOW Seminar #2 - Building a GREAT Tattoo Business
Saturday 8pm - 10pm
Being good isn't enough, be GREAT! To be great you must organize your talents, work, and businesses for success. If you are tattooing for a living then you are a small business. If you don't understand the nature of business, then you are spending more energy and getting less out of your hard work. In this seminar artists, managers, studio owners, and apprentices will learn to think about all the details of a professional business plan as it relates specifically to high quality professional tattooing. Topics covered will include clearly defining your mission, how to build a strong business foundation, determining keys to success, assessing your target markets, establishing branding, comparing competitors, clearly defining your services and products, sales and marketing strategies, advertising and public relations, responsible selling strategies & creating demand, human resources management, and how to track your vital statistics to insure your businesses fulfills its potential. We have watched and helped artists in all stages of careers, from aspiring artists and managers to artists of exceptional influence, and are happy to pass on the great ideas that have helped us achieve our goals time and time again. For $200. Seminar will be a 2 hour talk/slideshow with 20-30 minutes of business questions and answers from attendees. Email your questions ahead of time. To register in advance paypal $200 ($150 for current TattooNOW Members) to gabe[at]TattooNOW[dot]com Limit 10.
For over a decade Gabe Ripley has been immersed in the business of tattooing. After a freelance computer programming career in the US and Europe, Gabe first stepped into the tattoo business world in 2001 by creating TattooNOW, a technology business that currently powers over 100 tattoo industry websites around the world and has since helped tattooers generate millions of dollars in business. In 2005, based on the success of TattooNOW's websites, Ripley opened Off the Map Tattoo. By constantly improving the studio's business practices, it now boasts over 50 guest artists a year, and a growing business in a slowing economy. Not one to settle, in 2008 Ripley started using the same business practices to produce two yearly events, the Paradise Tattoo Gathering and Paradise Artist Retreat. These events are focused on four days of responsible tattoo and art education and have earned an international reputation. Gabe presented this seminar to over 200 artists at the first Worldwide Tattoo Conference in Rome in October 2011. "Everybody gave me good feedback because you gave to the artists good, easy, and interesting suggestions!" said Alex DePase the conference's promoter of the business seminar.
Each attendee will get the following:
* Sample Tattoo Studio Handbook.
* Sample Daily and weekly checklists
* Sample management action plan.
* Sample marketing materials (postcards, bi-folds, goodie bags)
To register in advance paypal $200 ($150 for current TattooNOW Members) to: gabe@tattoonow.com
MYKE CHAMBERS
The Basics of Watercolor Tattoo Flash
The questions I get asked the most are about painting with watercolor so I thought this would be a good seminar as you don’t see it offered often. Watercoloring isn’t as easy as it might look…well, I take that back, if you know a few simple tricks it’s actually pretty easy. After you get the basics down it’s only a matter of practice and patience. With this seminar i’m offering you the basics that will set you on your path…nothing too technical…keep it simple stupid”
-Myke Chambers
Everyone that attends this seminar will receive Myke’s sketchbook, Eternally Bound Vol 2. This is a hands-on seminar. Brushes, paint, and paper will be provided. (supplies permitting) If you have brushes bring them with you or feel free to pick up brushes before hand KAERELL Raphael (or comparable) #5 & #1
TOPICS COVERED:
-Brushes
-Paper/wood/board
-Paint (watercolor verses liquid acrylic)
-Spit shading
-Staining
-Sealing
PLEASE NOTE!
Space is limited and will fill up fast. Make sure to reserve your spot in advance by emailing mykechambers@gmail.com
Sunday, May 6th, 2012
11 am - 1 pm
Price: $80
Greg 'Craola' Simkins
"Acrylic Painting Techniques with Greg "Craola" Simkins"
Acrylic Painting Techniques Seminar with Greg 'Craola' Simkins:
Join Greg "Craola" Simkins on Sunday, May 6th from 4pm-7pm at The Hell City Tattoo Fest 2012 as he shares with you various technical tips for painting with acrylics: prepping, under painting, glazing and washes in this creative painting seminar. Please bring your notepads and questions as Greg shares his techniques that he has been honing over the years as an artist. For many of us, there's nothing more fulfilling than taking that initial spark of creativity that comes out of a sketch and reworking it into a finished piece of art.
Cost = $175
Course Length: 3 hours
Sunday
4 pm - 7 pm
Sunday 4pm - 6pm
* HCPHX 2011 PHX PAST SEMINARS*
CHRIS DINGWELL
A seminar for painters of all kinds...
CHRIS DINGWELL has been a tattoo artist for the over 17 years, but long before that, he was a painter, and an artist in many other mediums; graduating with both Bachelor's and Mater's degrees in Fine Arts before ever picking up a tattoo machine.
"In this business, I meet other tattoo artists all the time who ask me about my painting. Consistently what I hear them tell me is that they would love to learn how to paint, but they are "AFRAID" Can you believe that? Every single day, we risk permanently scarring up other people's bodies, or at the very least, covering them with just plain bad art. We work in one of the most exhaustively challenging mediums there is; human flesh. So how can we possible be afraid of some brushes and Canvas?"
I've created this seminar to challenge and inspire artists working at all skill levels. It doesn't matter if you've been painting for years, or if you've never lifted up a brush in your life, there will be something to learn for everyone. If you are new to painting, and don't know how to start, I will wipe away your fears and show you how you can easily challenge yourself to get started and run with it. If you are an experienced painter who simply wants to try working from a different point of view, I will challenge you to tear up your old ideas of what painting and "ART" are supposed to be, and shake up your brain in ways that can free up your mind and your work, and lead you in new and exciting directions!
I will lead off this seminar with a brief slideshow of examples from throughout the art world, and then I will spend the majority of the time beginning a painting of my own from the first steps. I will be demonstrating my use of underpainting, along with other more intermediate and advanced techniques. All the while, demonstrating how simple these things can be. I am holding this seminar on Thursday Night so that it will not interrupt anyone's tattooing time, and also because I will be working on the finishing touches of this painting throughout the weekend, so anyone attending the seminar can come by and check in on the progress and see the final results. In essence, this seminar will continue throughout the weekend!
The seminar will last about THREE HOURS, and the cost is only $100. There is NO seating limit, and anyone can attend; convention artists, friends, visitors, and total outsiders.
ALL are welcome! THURSDAY NIGHT! August 25th, from 6-9pm.
Please send advance payments through Paypal to:
GUNNAR
The Art Of Sketching and Illustrating
"The Artistic Process Before Creating Finalized Art"
Sketching is a fundamental part of the layout process for most artistic mediums!
This course will cover the drawing process from start to finish. Gunnar will discuss ways to loosen up the sketching process to help add motion to stiff drawings and develop multiple ideas quickly. He will cover illustrating images with multiple subject matter and putting meaning to these images. He will discuss illustrating ideas from writings (songs, poetry, etc) and discuss how to use reference, as well as imagination to create original art even for artists that work strictly in realism. Gunnar will also cover how to develop a quick color study. From sketch to final drawing, no part of the artistic process will be skipped.
Course Length: 2 hours
Only $100
SATURDAY / 6 - 8 pm
CHET ZAR
Advanced Photoshop & Live Painting Seminars
Chet Zar Live Painting Seminar
Sunday 3 - 5 pm
This seminar will cover the techniques and materials I use to create my oil paintings. I will go over creating the initial sketch, painting a small study and creating the final painting.
Some of the subjects I will be covering are reference, tools and materials, under painting, value, color, composition, texture, glazing…and a whole lot more. I will start with a rough sketch and discuss subject, value and composition decisions. Next will be a small study, which will focus on color, value and troubleshooting the final piece.
Finally, I will create the final painting. This will be the longest part of the seminar and cover the subjects stated above. I will also be covering my experiences as an artist and thoughts on art throughout the demo.
There will be limited space for artists with some painting experience to set up and paint during the demo but simple observation and note taking is also encouraged. I will leave that up to you. I will be happy to go around to those who decide to paint or sketch and offer suggestions and/or criticism at the end of the day. Also, if time allows we can do a final question and answer session.
Chet Zar Advanced Photoshop Seminar
Saturday 4 - 6 pm
This seminar will cover advanced techniques using photoshop.
More info on both seminars coming very soon!
HEALTH EDUCATORS SEMINAR
BLOODBORNE PATHOGENS TRAINING
"Bloodborne Pathogens For Body Modification Practitioners" is by far the most comprehensive INDUSTRY-SPECIFIC bloodborne pathogens training course available for traditional tattoo artists and body piercers. This course is compliant with the federal Bloodborne Pathogens Standard (29 CFR 1910.1030). You will be provided with comprehensive updates on the very latest changes in OSHA health & safety regulations as they apply to the modification industry, with training in solid, industry-specific solutions for maintaining compliance within a professional studio environment.
The cost is $75 per person. Price includes all course materials, free product samples, and a certificate of training valid for one year. COURSE SPACE IS LIMITED - PRE-REGISTRATION IS HIGHLY RECOMMENDED TO ENSURE AVAILABILITY!! Pre-registered attendees are guaranteed course space & materials; all others are welcome on a first-come-first-serve basis, as availability allows. Lodging & meals are not included.
Course Includes:
OSHA’s Bloodborne Pathogens Standard, all instructional and reference materials, and a certificate of completion
Thursday - 12-4pm, registration begins at 11:30
Course Length: 4 hours
Cost: $75
Please contact Kris Lachance for information
email: lachance@hlthedu.com
Phone for pre-registration: 517-281-7959
The Velvet Panther Insurance Program
INSURANCE SOLUTIONS FOR TATTOO ARTISTS & PIERCERS
Protect yourself with insurance!
* FREE 2011 SEMINAR *
The Velvet Panther Insurance Program is an important seminar you don't want to miss! This fast moving seminar will focus on insurance do’s and don’ts, and what to avoid at all costs! Points Include – 1) Common Insurance Terms, What they mean and how do they apply to you. 2) What is actually covered and what is NOT. 3) What to look for in your current policy, and what to look for in your future policy. 4) What questions you need to be asking your current agent or broker. 5) Claims – what happens if something happens? 6) Pricing and payment options for insurance. It’s more affordable than you think. 7) 15 minutes of questions and answers.
This is Velvet Panther's third year at Hell City! This informative, educational and protective seminar is taught by Kimberly Zem, owner of Zem Insurance Solutions. Kim has been active in the body art community for many years. Shop experience and many years of Insurance Industry Knowledge has encouraged her to investigate the current shop insurance coverage trends, discussing insurance with many shop owners, and reviewing the policies that are being sold right now.
You will keep all the information provided in the seminar in a folder for future review. No PowerPoint presentation involved, just old school learning. This seminar will help you steer clear of the policies currently being sold to artists everywhere. You have worked hard to get where you are, you need to know the insurance portion of your business and how to NOT waste your money on poor coverage.
Course Includes:
Seminar folder for future review
Course Length: 1 hour
FRIDAY / 4 - 5 pm
SUNDAY / 2 - 3 PM
*FREE SEMINAR*
Tony Carey
Modern Tattooing Through the Lens of a Traditional Tattooer
Modern Tattooing Through the Lens of a Traditional Tattooer with an Emphasis on Longevity and Ethics.
During this two hour session I will cover my theories on how I’ve learned to apply traditional tattoo techniques towards modern everyday tattooing. This seminar will explore how using these techniques can provide longevity to updated tattoo styles, will focus on the importance of making a design work from sketch to skin and honing fundamentals . I will be discussing different ways to implement these techniques including, which needles and pigments I prefer, composition, flow and also including the use of black ink, hard lines, negative space, and skin highlights.
In my second section I will be covering how traditional tattoo techniques can also aide in constructing stylized portraits and pin ups that will withstand the test of time. I will be providing examples of certain tattoos I’ve done in the past and explain why some are aging better than others.
One of the more controversial, but important topics I will be discussing in this seminar is the oversaturation/bastardization of our craft. I will be discussing why it is so imperative to hold our craft sacred and how the sensationalizing of the tattoo world has both positive points and negative points.
The last couple topics I have to cover relate to the importance of working in other mediums and painting traditional flash.
Participants will be provided with a packet of information and a limited edition print done specifically for Hell City 2011, be encouraged to participate in a question and answer session towards the end of the seminar.
Cost $100
Course Length: 2 hours
FRIDAY / 5 -7 pm
* HCPHX 2010 PAST SEMINARS*
Lyle Tuttle - Seminar # 1
The correct care, operation, and daily use of your tattoo
machines
The correct care, operation, and daily use of your tattoo machines. increasing your productivity and income. They should serve you faithfully day in and day out with the proper maintenance.
This seminar is a complete study of all the component parts of a tattoo machine, their interaction and the theory behind the overall operation.
From different spring setups, contact points, pro and con. Right handed, left handed. tattoo machine, Tips on how to find the materials that you’ll need to build, replace and maintain your equipment.
Good tattooing is based based around your machines .
Course Includes:
A CERTIFICATE of COMPLETION (suitable for framing) is awarded for each
seminar that counts as advanced education credits with most Health
Departments. Each seminar is built around a digital presentation and
with hands on demonstration.
Course Length: 2 hours
Cost: $150
Lyle Tuttle - Seminar # 2
Designing and building a tattoo machine from start to finish
DESIGNING and BUILDING a tattoo machine from start to
finish: Learn about casting, fabricated or making bent frame machines.
You can even build and use “frameless machines, if weight is a problem.”
Learn to build a coil winder from parts you could have stole from your
mother and see how wire size, core size and number of raps effect the machines operation.
Learn the short cuts and easy methods of building all the placement parts for your machine using the best raw materials and how to find them.
It's totally a JOY to build your own tattoo machines with a minimum amount
costly equipment.
I've always loved tattooing and now love to share what learned.
Course Includes:
A CERTIFICATE of COMPLETION (suitable for framing) is awarded for each
seminar that counts as advanced education credits with most Health
Departments. Each seminar is built around a digital presentation and
with hands on demonstration.
Course Length: 2 hours
Cost: $150
HEALTH EDUCATORS SEMINARS
BLOODBORNE PATHOGENS
"Bloodborne Pathogens For Body Modification Practitioners" is by far the most comprehensive INDUSTRY-SPECIFIC bloodborne pathogens training course available for traditional tattoo artists and body piercers. This course is compliant with the federal Bloodborne Pathogens Standard (29 CFR 1910.1030). You will be provided with comprehensive updates on the very latest changes in OSHA health & safety regulations as they apply to the modification industry, with training in solid, industry-specific solutions for maintaining compliance within a professional studio environment.
The cost is $75 per person. Price includes all course materials, free product samples, and a certificate of training valid for one year. COURSE SPACE IS LIMITED - PRE-REGISTRATION IS HIGHLY RECOMMENDED TO ENSURE AVAILABILITY!! Pre-registered attendees are guaranteed course space & materials; all others are welcome on a first-come-first-serve basis, as availability allows. Lodging & meals are not included.
Course Includes:
OSHA’s Bloodborne Pathogens Standard, all instructional and reference materials, and a certificate of completion
Thursday, 8/26 - 12-4pm, registration begins at 11:30
Course Length: 4 hours
Cost: $75
Please contact Kris Lachance for information
email: lachance@hlthedu.com
Phone for pre-registration: 517-281-7959
Adrian Dominic Seminar
Dynamic Lighting & Shadowing
for Anatomical & Biomechanical Forms
This seminar will be a complete breakdown of my theories on the importance of light and how it works when falling over anatomical and biomechanical forms. The major topics will include a brief history of lighting effects applied in art, as well as discussing value theory and reference development. The goal of this seminar is to help the student better understand the reasons why I make the decisions with color and value, and how those decisions work on the form I am illustrating and tattooing.
The seminar covers my theory of light and how it responds to form, inventing light sources, building form, and how to discern the shape of a value. It will be heavily based on value theories. This seminar will also based on drawing techniques that can be applied to any medium.
Main forms to be studied are the eye, the face, and the hand to better understand their anatomy and importance in illustrating figures. I will also cover a heavy study of a few common biomechanical forms.
Every student will receive a study packet with notes and illustrations about topics covered. Also, students will be encouraged to take notes, so bring a sketchbook,
some pencils and erasers to participate in the lesson and be able to get more hands on knowledge, and one-on-one feedback.
Course Length: 2 hours
Cost $150
NATHAN KOSTECHKO
"HAND TATTOOS"
The seminar will be based on 'Hand Tattoos' rather than a specific technique or style. Hands have seem to be this elusive object in tattooing, also sacred at the same time. I feel that i have had some good luck with hands, and bad... but I have learned how to get them in there proper, so I want to teach the rest of the tattoo community what I know... I will be doing everything from how I go about preparing for and designing the tattoo, placement, set up from my machines, needles, ink, why I use these items specifically and how I use them, photographing the tattoo, healing tricks for hands, basically anything and everything I know about hand tattoos. This will be about an hour to hour and half long, each attendee will receive an informational packet with everything I cover from the seminar. Also, after the seminar I will be tattooing a hand tattoo at my booth, allowing anyone and everyone to come by and see the techniques first hand.
Course Length: 2 hours
Cost $100
CHRIS DINGWELL
"KIDS DON'T DO THIS AT HOME" SEMINAR
In his brand new, never before offered seminar, Chris Dingwell will talk about his fifteen odd years of tattooing experience, as well as his paintings and his artistic background, and how it has made him the artist that he is today. Chris Dingwell is a unique figure in the tattoo community. He has a graduate degree in Fine Arts from Ohio State University, and has taught college level art courses for several years before diving headlong into the tattoo world. He began tattooing in 1993 in Columbus Ohio. He has travelled extensively and worked with many great figures in the tattoo industry, including Guy Aitchison, Corey Kruger, Julie Moon, and many more.
This seminar will present a pre-view of the forthcoming book about acrylic painting techniques that Chris Dingwell and Cory Kruger are co-writing. The book will be published later in the year by Guy Aitchison's Proton Press. This seminar is for anyone who is at all interested in painting, from first timers looking for a place to start to the seasoned veteran who is looking to expand in new directions. Chris has a distinct and very personal, non-traditional approach to painting. He will encourage you to experiment and challenge yourself with acrylics in ways that will be able to give you a wide path to follow, with lots of possibilities to explore.
He will debunk the myths about the medium and discuss the advantages of acrylic paint and how it can work for you. He will discuss a wide variety of materials, techniques, and approaches to the medium that are available today; showing examples through slides and live demonstration. Covering everything from composition and color to layering, glazing, and working with mixed materials, he will discuss various approaches to painting and art making with a strong focus on experimentation and working WAY outside the box. He will be discussing ideas that can be applied to help improve any kind of art making, including your tattooing.
Participants are encouraged to contribute their thoughts and questions to this lively discussion about the ins and outs of acrylic painting. This should be an entertaining as well as informative event for any artist, no matter how new or old.
For a better look at his work, both as a painter and tattoo artist, you can find him at www.chrisdingwell.com
Course Length: 3 hours
Unlimited seating!
Cost $100
" In- Depth Techniques On Black & Gray-Workshop"
Monte
This is an In-Depth seminar on Black & Gray tattooing! Only 6 artists will be accepted to aide in tattooing, from Start-to- Finish, two completed tattoos with Monte.
You MUST contact Monte for a PORTFOLIO REVIEW to be eligible to participate in this HANDS-ON experience.- (Only 6 artists will be Accepted)
Cost - $600 per person to "participate" in the hands-on workshop (ONLY 6 people will be accepted to tattoo/participate during this workshop)
Cost-$100 per person - (unlimited seating)
Contact Info:
Monte-phone 317 828-5978 email: montetattoo@att.net
More info coming soon...
*STAY TUNED FOR PHOENIX SEMINAR UPDATES*
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