Franco Vescovi

Mastering Tattoo Portraits with Franco Vescovi - 2-Disc Set, 180 minutes, shot in HD 24P. Recommended for tattoo professionals only, this rare and ground-breaking three-hour comprehensive DVD is conducted by the world-renowned tattoo portrait master Franco Vesovi. "With tattoo portraits there's no room for error," cautions Vescovi, "and it's the most difficult tattoo to do. You have only one shot at getting a tattoo portrait right!" In this exclusive course, you'll learn how to prepare the best stencil of your subject, how to work with reference photos, how to work most effectively with white, how to render glass, flesh tone, hair, fabric, contrast and shadows, how to achieve personality in your portraits, hot to mix colors and gradients, how not to overwork the skin, the fallacies of white, mistakes to avoid with white, texturing technique, and tons more. Mr. Vescovi's Orange County Inkhouse, of Lake Forest, California, has become somewhat of a tattoo mecca to the stars. Vescovi's client list insludes Dennis Rodman, Travis Barker, Fieldly, David Wells, Tony Gonzales, Mickey Avalon, Michael Goddard, and many others.