The Art of Tattooing: Dotwork

Body artists create dotwork tattoos by inking a series of dots that come together to form the desired design. Dotwork is very flexible and adds advanced shading effects to whole pictures or portraits. Tattoo artists often use dotwork for design elements that suit the style. This body art course begins with an overview of the aesthetic principles behind dotwork tattoos. We establish the importance of understanding tattoo equipment and describe its types. We then explore hygiene management and explain how to disinfect your workstation.

The course explains how to choose and prepare both your needles and tattoo machine. We provide some customer service tips to help you communicate with clients as you ink their skin and provide aftercare to aid recovery. We discuss the concepts of tattoo placement and show you how to build a tattoo stencil. The course then demonstrates how to make your outline work and how to use dotwork to become even better at shading. We also discuss how to get enough filling with dotwork.

This body art course explains how to create dotwork tattoos and teaches you how to start a career as a tattoo artist. We explain how to successfully begin a body art career and use amateur equipment to achieve professional results and build up a client base. Sign up to learn how to begin a career as a tattoo artist and gain the ability to outline, fill and shade tattoos using only dotwork.