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Hyperrealism

2026·Self-paced·With José Manoel

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Chrome is black and white. There is no grey.

He never mixes a grey tone. José Manoel blocks in pure black, shades it, then lays white straight over the top, and the grey appears where they meet. This is his full process on a chrome and portrait piece: the reference he rebuilt in ChatGPT when the client’s photo was not good enough, the three dilutions he works from, the needles he refuses to touch and why, and the whip shading that puts real pores into skin.

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Course details

Mentor: José Manoel
Release: 2026
Level: Advanced
Format: Pre-recorded, self-paced
Audio
Subtitles
Access: Lifetime, on any device

What's inside the course

The exact process, broken down step by step. No theory without application, only what works on skin.

Building the reference with AI

The client’s photo was not good enough. Watch him fix it in ChatGPT, then merge two images into the one he actually tattooed.

Chrome without grey

Pure black, then shading, then white over the top. The grey appears on its own. He never mixes it.

One tone, many tones

A bigger magnum lays more pigment but saturates less. Same dilution, different needle, different tone.

Whip shading for pores

Drop the voltage, move the hand fast, let the needle snag. That is what puts real skin texture into a portrait.

Two whites

One diluted for a glow, one pure for a blown highlight. And why every cartridge is swapped before the white starts.

The wet paper rule

Dry paper tears the skin. He has seen artists lose convention prizes for damage they did while cleaning, not tattooing.

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This is what you'll be able to do

Real healed hyperrealism from José Manoel. Chrome that catches light, portraits that hold up close.

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What artists say

No fluff, just real technique you can apply immediately.

I knew I had made the right choice already, just 10 minutes into the course! Thank you, it was a huge inspiration boost. Can't wait to apply all the great advice.

Tony Ink@tony_inkk

What sold me is how straight to the point everything is. No filler, no forty-minute intros, just the technique and the reasoning behind it. I was applying things in my studio the same week.

Tiago Salgado@tiagosalgado.tattooer

Buy it once and it is yours for good. I go back to the same lessons every few weeks and still catch details I missed the first time. That alone pays for it.

Diogo Pereira@diogo_tattooartist

These guys actually open the playbook. Most artists hide what took them years to learn. InkMentors does the opposite, and it shows in how fast you start improving.

Ian Fleming@inkbyianfleming

I watch on my phone between clients and on the iPad at home, same login, everything synced. Being able to learn on my own schedule changed how much I actually get through.

Chris Myers@chrisraymyerstats

No theory for the sake of it. Everything is what actually works on skin, and you can tell it comes from real experience. My healed work looks cleaner than it ever did.

Kiko Gaspar@kiko_tattooartist

Honestly the best money I have put into my craft. Clear, practical, and full of things I would never have figured out on my own. I recommend it to anyone serious about leveling up.

Victor Armero@victor_armero

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The answers to what most artists ask before they buy.

Recorded! Every lesson is pre-recorded in full HD studio quality, so you watch whenever works for you: pause, rewind, rewatch the tricky parts as many times as you need. No fixed schedule to worry about.

Yes! Once you finish the course, your certificate shows up ready to download, so you can share it with clients and studios.

Hyperrealism is $150, and taxes are already included on our end, so what you see is what you pay. Prefer to split it up? You can do up to 4 installments with Klarna, where available.

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Basically, it means respecting your time. 🧘🏼

Our goal is to build an army of elite artists, so we do not fill the course with hours of filler, long stories, or slow talk just to pad the runtime and say "look, 5 hours of content!"

If you have watched our courses before, you already noticed there is no "umm" or "ahh." Every time we wipe ink off the tattoo, we cut that part out, so you only see what actually matters to learn.

We also assume you already know how to wipe ink and apply butter, so we skip spending course time on that too.

That is it: respect for your time, without cutting corners on the knowledge.

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