Hey there, In today's post I am going to be sharing how to make the main types of contour for lip PMU and how to choose.
These are the types of movements I use for pmu lip outlining... Each one of them has an application depending on the final effect you want. The important thing to remember is that the outline saturation will determine how much color you will have to insert on the lips, meaning, if you make a very strong outline, the filling will have to be much more saturated... a full lip color effect. If this is not the customer wish, it is very important to start with the correct outlining movement to avoid further problems.
Types of movements vs Styles of Tattoo Lip Shading
1º Flicking/whip sading (low saturation): lip blush, aquarelle, dark lip neutralization. Effects where we don't want any contour definition. This is the techinique I use the most.
2º Back and forth (high saturation): full lip color/efeito batom, ombre lip blush. The hand must be well calibrated, super accurate to avoid a shaky effect.
3º Outlining (high saturation): full lip color, ombre lip blush. It's not the best one to use, since it's harder to execute and you can get a better effect using the other techiniques by just increasing the number of passes.
4º Pendulum (low saturation)) : lip blush, aquarelle, dark lip neutralization. It's an easy movement to execute, giving a very soft pixelated effect
5º short pendulum (baixa saturação): lip blush/revitalização, aquarelle. Is as if it were the beginning of the shading, a thicker and less saturated contour, the filling must be done from the point where this contour ends, we must not go over the place that has already been contoured, otherwise, the contour will be darker.
Obs: All low saturation techiques can be used for more saturated effect as well, since we can manage saturation by increasing the number of passes in the same place.
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