Whether you’re emulating BJ Betts’ renowned style or adapting them to your current style, these new inks promise to elevate your tattoo shading and take your work to the next level.

This is a 4-bottle set, including the 3 new shading products and BJ Betts’ original Formula 23 Black.

Each bottle is 10 oz in size. 

Whether you’re emulating BJ Betts’ renowned style or adapting it to your current style, the new Formula 23 Light Grey Shading promises to elevate your tattoo shading and take your work to the next level.

Formula 23 Light Grey Wash comes in a 10 oz bottle.

Whether you’re emulating BJ Betts’ renowned style or adapting it to your current style, the new Formula 23 Medium Grey Shading promises to elevate your tattoo shading and take your work to the next level.

Formula 23 Medium Grey Wash comes in a 10 oz bottle.

Whether you’re emulating BJ Betts’ renowned style or adapting it to your current style, the new Formula 23 Dark Grey Shading promises to elevate your tattoo shading and take your work to the next level.

Formula 23 Dark Grey Wash comes in a 10 oz bottle.

Japanese Tattoo Ink - In wash paintings, as in calligraphy, artists usually grind their own ink stick (Japanese: sumi) over an ink stone to obtain ink, but prepared inks are also available. Most ink sticks are made of either pine soot or oil soot combined with animal glue (Japanese: nikawa). An artist puts a few drops of water on an ink stone and grinds the ink stick in a circular motion until a smooth, grey ink of the desired concentration is made. Prepared inks are usually of much lower quality. Sumi themselves are sometimes ornately decorated with landscapes or flowers in bas-relief and some are highlighted with gold.

We used this historical aspects to create the best tattoo pigments to achieve those effects on skin.

Available in 12oz bottles only.

Japanese Tattoo Ink - In wash paintings, as in calligraphy, artists usually grind their own ink stick (Japanese: sumi) over an ink stone to obtain ink, but prepared inks are also available. Most ink sticks are made of either pine soot or oil soot combined with animal glue (Japanese: nikawa). An artist puts a few drops of water on an ink stone and grinds the ink stick in a circular motion until a smooth, grey ink of the desired concentration is made. Prepared inks are usually of much lower quality. Sumi themselves are sometimes ornately decorated with landscapes or flowers in bas-relief and some are highlighted with gold.

We used this historical aspects to create the best tattoo pigments to achieve those effects on skin.

Available in 12oz bottles only.

Japaneze Black Sumi. Available in 12oz bottles only.

Japanese Tattoo Ink - In wash paintings, as in calligraphy, artists usually grind their own ink stick (Japanese: sumi) over an ink stone to obtain ink, but prepared inks are also available. Most ink sticks are made of either pine soot or oil soot combined with animal glue (Japanese: nikawa). An artist puts a few drops of water on an ink stone and grinds the ink stick in a circular motion until a smooth, grey ink of the desired concentration is made. Prepared inks are usually of much lower quality. Sumi themselves are sometimes ornately decorated with landscapes or flowers in bas-relief and some are highlighted with gold.

We used this historical aspects to create the best tattoo pigments to achieve those effects on skin.

These Grey washes are premixed in 3 different shades for perfect black and grey gradations.

This set includes one of each of the following colors:

This kit comes only in 4 oz.

Japanese Tattoo Ink - In wash paintings, as in calligraphy, artists usually grind their own ink stick (Japanese: sumi) over an ink stone to obtain ink, but prepared inks are also available. Most ink sticks are made of either pine soot or oil soot combined with animal glue (Japanese: nikawa). An artist puts a few drops of water on an ink stone and grinds the ink stick in a circular motion until a smooth, grey ink of the desired concentration is made. Prepared inks are usually of much lower quality. Sumi themselves are sometimes ornately decorated with landscapes or flowers in bas-relief and some are highlighted with gold.

Available in 12oz bottles only.