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START TATTOOING
FOR REAL

13 modules of theory and practice, plus a full uncut Black & Grey tattoo session. The course that would have saved Charly years of trial and error if someone had explained it when he started.

344 US$581 US$One-time payment · VAT incl.
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YOUR PATH

Three phases to tattooing for real

Phases 1 and 2 are your Beginner Seminar. Phase 3 is the new techniques seminar, available in October 2026.

  • PHASE 1

    Theory and practice

    Modules 1–10 · 35 lessons

    The entire foundation of tattooing: skin, materials, machines and voltages, and lining, packing, and shading techniques. Everything you need before you touch skin, and the reason behind each choice.

  • PHASE 2

    Full Black & Grey session

    Module 11 · Uncut session

    A full portrait tattooed from start to finish. You see everything from the previous phase applied in a real studio session.

  • PHASE 3Available October 2026

    Realism techniques

    New seminar · 7 modules

    Specific realism techniques: values, gradients, textures, and finish. How to tattoo skin, hair, metal, glass, water, or stone in portraits, animals, and still lifes.

REAL SUPPORT

You're not on your own: Charly is with you all the way

This isn't a programme you watch on your own and that's it. There's real follow-up behind it: Charly casts his eye over your work and your questions get answered.

Charly Ávila

Charly Ávila

Instructor

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  • What students value most

    1-on-1 reviews with Charly for 3 months

    Every month you send him a photo of your practice skin or tattoo. Charly analyses it in private and gets back to you one to one: what to change, what to refine and where to take it next. Direct feedback on your work.

  • Your questions, answered in every lesson

    Under every lesson you can comment on anything that doesn't quite click while you study, and Charly replies to you directly.

Included with your access, at no extra cost

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WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE INSIDE

You catch everything that happens

The interactive player is built so you never miss a thing. Every detail on screen at all times, and the tattoo almost sharper than you'd see it in person.

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  1. 1Machine voltage and stroke, always on screen
  2. 2The ink he's using, labelled in real time
  3. 3Hand position and machine angle, in full view
  4. 4Super zoom: watch the needle going into the skin, closer than in person
Speed from 0.5x to 2xYour notes save to the timelineReference one click away, without leaving the videoComment on the lesson and Charly replies
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THE THREE PHASES, IN DEPTH

From your first line to pieces that look like photos

1PHASE 1 · The complete foundation

You'll know which needle, which voltage and which stroke to use before you ever touch skin

Every random video tells you something different, and practising like that is practising blind. Here you get the whole foundation in order, across 35 lessons. Skin, materials, station setup, machines, voltages and the techniques for lines, filling and shading, each one with the why behind it. And if you already tattoo, even more so. Almost everyone learns with bad habits and sloppy practices that drag on through their whole career and are really hard to shake off later. Here you fix them in one go, right from the foundation.

Before

You practise blind and every random video tells you something different

After

You set up your station, pick your needle and voltage without hesitating, and you know why

  • Set up a professional work station without missing a thing
  • Choose the right needle, voltage and angle for every technique without guessing
  • Lines, filling and shading with Round Liner, Round Shader and Round Magnum
  • Make a professional stencil from scratch: tracing, sizing, printing and placement
  • Read the skin: layers, types and why a tattoo heals perfectly or gets ruined

You know how to do each thing on its own. Now it's time to see it all come together on skin, in a complete session from start to finish.

2PHASE 2 · The uncut session

From practising loose fragments to taking a full piece from start to finish

Knowing technique isn't the same as knowing how to tattoo a piece. The block hits when you have to decide where to start, what order to follow and when to stop. In this phase you watch Charly tattoo a complete Black & Grey portrait on practice skin, without a single cut, explaining every decision at the moment he makes it. It's the longest part of the seminar, with real decisions, real corrections and real timings, and no editing to hide mistakes.

Before

You can do lines and shading, but a full piece freezes you up

After

You have the map of a real piece: the order, the densities and when to stop

  • Follow the real order of a portrait: neck, face, eyes, cheekbones, hair, background and final whites
  • Understand when and why to make each decision during the working session
  • Watch corrections happen live: what to do when something doesn't come out right first time
  • Photograph your work so it looks as good as it deserves
  • Make the jump to real skin with judgement and a clear head

You know how to take a piece from start to finish; the next level is making every texture and element in that piece look real.

3PHASE 3 · Realism techniques

From pieces that look fine to pieces that look like photos

Your technique can be solid and your pieces still fall flat. The skin looks like plastic and the hair looks like scratches. This new 7-module seminar gives you the language of every texture, with values, smooth gradients, edges and finish, so realism stops being a mystery. It's the next step on the path, separate from the Beginner Seminar, and it comes out in October 2026.

Get in now and Phase 3 is yours when it launches. We'll raise the price when it drops, but if you're already in it's added automatically, at no extra cost.

Before

Your pieces are fine, but they fall flat

After

Every texture reads as real and people ask if it's a photo

  • Prepare any reference: what to highlight, what to simplify and what to push into the background
  • Clean, smooth gradients, and how to fix them when they come out banded
  • Believable textures: skin, beards, animal fur, feathers, metal, glass, water, wood, fabric and stone
  • Design for the arm, leg, chest or back, working with the shape of the body
  • Spot what's wrong in a tattoo and know how to fix it
Available October 2026

It lands in October, but it only works for those who've already mastered the foundation and the session: that journey starts today with the Beginner Seminar.

FULL CURRICULUM

13 modules · 47 lessons

    • Seminar introduction
    • Discounts on affiliated brands
Available October 2026

PHASE 3 · COMING SOON

Realism techniques

The final curriculum for the advanced course. Lessons open inside the academy once the course is available.

7 modules · 40 lessons

  1. 01
    Welcome3 lessons
  2. 02
    Preparing the image5 lessons
  3. 03
    Gradients5 lessons
  4. 04
    Edges and detail5 lessons
  5. 05
    Textures10 lessons
  6. 06
    Designing on the body5 lessons
  7. 07
    Analysis and correction7 lessons
Charly Ávila

Who's teaching

Charly Ávila

Pro tattoo artist. Realism specialist.

  • +30
    Awards and conventions
  • Realism
    Specialty
Your enrollment · 2 courses + 6 bonuses

Everything you walk away with when you join today

This isn't just another seminar to get by. It's Charly's method step by step: the theory and the practice he teaches one on one to everyone who trains with him, plus a full diluted blacks session to go deeper into what you've learned and apply it in a real context.

  1. Masterclass

    Theory and Practice · Full 0 to PRO seminar

    12 modules in order (skin, materials, voltages, needles, machines) and every guided exercise: lines, shading, gradients, saturation, with their reference sheets, stencils and slides, so you understand every decision before you touch skin.

    Value216 $
  2. Masterclass

    Full Realistic Black & Grey Portrait session

    Charly tattooing a Black & Grey portrait from start to finish, no cuts, applying what you learned in the seminar. Every decision, reading the face, voltages, needles, layers, shading. All of it explained step by step as it happens.

    Value211 $
  3. The most valued

    3 months of reviews with Charly

    Every month you can send Charly a photo of a tattoo or a practice piece. He analyzes it privately and gives you an answer: what to change, what to refine, where to go next. Direct feedback. Three months with his eye on your work.

    Value324 $
  4. Charly Answers · Sessions every 1-2 months

    Send your doubts or questions about technique, clients, business, whatever it is, and every 1-2 months we'll record a session answering them. You'll also be able to access the past ones.

    Value119 $
  5. Charly Ávila's Procreate brushes

    The complete set of brushes Charly uses to design his pieces. Ready to import into Procreate and start drawing like him from day one.

    Value64 $
  6. Pack of 100 images to practice with

    A bank of 100 varied images (portraits, animals, objects, lettering, classic motifs) so you never run out of material to train every style the seminar covers.

    Value49 $
  7. Masterink certificate when you complete the seminar

    When you finish the 13 modules, we instantly generate a digital certificate issued by Masterink with a unique ID. If you're in the European Union, you have the option to request a physical copy for an extra.

    Value31 $
  8. Limited time

    Full Pet in Color masterclass · Unlocked as a gift

    If you join now, the entire Pet in Color masterclass in micro-realism is unlocked for you too: a complete session portraying a pet from reading the reference to the final white. One of the most requested commissions in the studio.

    Expires in— —

    Value130 $
THE COMMUNITY

You won't learn alone

Hundreds of people started here from scratch. These are their words, their practice, and their first tattoos.

4.7 / 5 · 250+ verified reviews
Alexander Roberto MontenegroMasterink Student
Worth every euro, highly recommended.
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Alexander Roberto Montenegro
Micro-Realism Opaque Greys
SergioMasterink Student
Super well explained.
S
Sergio
Realistic Black & Grey Portrait
Jose Miguel SantilerMasterink Student
Amazing. The filming method and explanations are perfect, really easy to follow for anyone who wants to improve and take their work up a level.
J
Jose Miguel Santiler
Sculpture Opaque Greys
Testimonial
By far the best online course, no contest: nobody explains like Charly. He has an incredible level of knowledge and explains it in a simple, direct way. I recommend it 1000%.
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Daniele Mattia
Seminar From 0 to PRO
A beast with the machine, he explains calmly and takes his time. I wish I had the money to buy every masterclass, because I'm opening a tattoo studio and it would come in really handy. A beast, seriously. I hope I get to meet you in person one day.
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Oscar Gallego
Academy student
Adrian MartinMasterink Student
The course is really worth it. Little by little, with Charly's tips, I'm polishing my skills and making increasingly realistic pieces. Very happy with the course.
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Adrian Martin
Seminar From 0 to PRO
Testimonial
He clearly explains how to adapt complex designs to very small sizes without losing definition or durability. The part on color, saturation and needle choice especially stands out, with practical tips you can apply from the very first moment.
J
Javier Hernan Gil
Nano-Realism in Color
A very well explained masterclass: the concepts and techniques are really easy to understand. I find it super complete and it covers the different parts of tattooing. Highly recommended.
J
Juan Antonio Hierrezuelo
Micro-Realism Opaque Greys
Thanks, I really liked it, well explained. Keep making more.
David Espinosa
David Espinosa
Realistic Portrait Masterclass
Testimonial
Great course, he explains everything down to the smallest detail.
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Nello Lupino
Sculpture Opaque Greys
I haven't finished the course yet, but in the little I've done I've already learned some really interesting things.
Javier De Manuel
Javier De Manuel
Academy student
Seminar student’s practice on synthetic skinMasterink Student
Seminar student’s practice on synthetic skinMasterink Student
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0 to PRO Seminar
344 US$
Self-taught
YouTube + forums
Free
In-person mentor
One-off classes
1200 US$–3500 US$
Method
Structured in 3 blocks
Random order
A single perspective
Feedback
On every lesson + 3 months of reviews
Zero feedback
Only on class day
Full real session
Black & Grey portrait, uncut
You don't see it
Only if the date lines up
Content access
Lifetime + updates
You lose the thread
No recordings
At your own pace
100% online, whenever you want
Yes, but no guidance
Fixed dates and place
Community
Active community of students
Alone in front of the mirror
Ends with the class

Offer

Start tattooing for real

Included with purchase

This unlocks in your account today

  • Seminar

    Theory and Practice · Full 0 to PRO seminar

  • Seminar

    Full Realistic Black & Grey Portrait session

  • The most valued

    3 months of reviews with Charly

  • Bonus

    Charly Answers · Sessions every 1-2 months

  • Bonus

    Charly Ávila's Procreate brushes

  • Bonus

    Pack of 100 images to practice with

  • Bonus

    Masterink certificate when you complete the seminar

  • Limited time

    Full Pet in Color masterclass · Unlocked as a gift

Total value1143 $
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  • Subtitles in Spanish, English, Portuguese and Italian
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COMMON QUESTIONS

What people ask before joining

Yes. It's built for people who have never tattooed. The first six modules are pure foundation. Then comes technique with all three needle types. And at the end, a complete real session.