I have an exclusively white-ink tattoo for the reason of it fading, because of how it looks more like a skin pigment degradation/ decoloration, rather than an inked tattoo. I find it looks very mystic, being so well blended into the skin.

Sound advice, I've been telling people this for years. Sadly most don't listen.

i think this lad is spot on always watchin his videos infact im now on with opening my own studio with more confidence from his videos and analogys thanks mate

Its going to be a while before I start incorporating white into my tattoos but I really appreciate all of your videos. One of the best channels!

Thank you! Always keeps it real and simple 👌🏿👌🏿

This was insightful dude! I’ve been saying this about the myths of white hurting more since before my apprenticeship. The end of the tattoo is simply worse than the start of it 😂🤣brilliant vid!

Thank you for sharing this. I kept struggling whenever I would try to layer my white over a light grey base because I didn’t know that spot should be left intentionally blank.

thanks,now i know why,white does what it does ,thanks again...

GOD , Im so happy I ve found you. Verry informative video, actually learning a lot of stuff here, I'm always thinking with whites because of paper or doing big white highlights if the paper is yellowish. Saved me from big mistakes thanks !

I put white on my arm over 2 years ago and it stayed the same brightness after it faded for the whole time, but to be honest, the difference in my paleness and the ink is super subtle. so I guess I did ok with my first self tattoo.

Thankz I'm learning heaps of new tips and tricks I think I'm ametuer az I've been tattooing a couple years now and I. Am only getting better with seeing sum of ur vidz and Daniel yuck u 2 rock man hankz😊

Ok another important reason white works this way that you missed: tattoo ink is inserted into the dermis (if it's tattooed at the proper depth), whereas melanin sits at the bottom layer of the epidermis, which means the melanin layer will be above the tattoo ink. For white ink in dark skinned people there's no way the white ink will show when it is underneath a layer of brown melanin. Fresh tattoos show the white ink because there's still white ink in the epidermis above the melanin layer (since the needle has to go through the epidermis to get to the dermis so it puts ink in both the epidermis and dermis). But the epidermis sheds and renews, so all that ink in the epidermis above the melanin layer goes away as the tattoo heals.

i've been searching for tattoo info on youtube and your videos are the best ones so far! thanks man. i love how you explain "why" it happens. all the things you talk goes under a logical explanation.

Hi Jono, many thanks, very useful video.

Thank you sir keep up the great vids well delivered explanation:)

Saved me from a big mistake.

they look beautiful is you care for them, I have my left side full of white-ink tattoos only, my right side is black-ink tattos only. To the ones exposed to sunlight, both white and black, I apply sunscreen everyday, they look "sharper" than the ones hidden by clothing. I assume because I'm not as careful with the ones "hidden" under my clothes as opposed to the other ones exposed that do receive a layer of moisturizer on a daily. during winter the white ones tend to look a bit "lighter" than during summer, but that's expected.

Hello J I've watched many of your reviews and I have an important question. I'm still learning and I'm shopping for a rotary machine strictly for shading/ colorpacker and I know the Cheyenne pen would be an easy choice. But the carts are quite expensive for someone like me. So my question is which rotary( that uses standard needles and carts) would be the best for me. I'm serious thinking about the dragonfly. Any thoughts? Thanks in advance.

Great explanation of the use of white ink! I really enjoy and learn from your videos. Thank you.

This saved me a lot of money white sleeving over black sleeves. Would grey work with 14RL?