Focus on the star. This is my boyfriend's 3rd tattoo and he practices on my feet...this was his first time with the 5mag shading gun. Open to critiques...
tell him to ask the local butcher for a piece of pig skin and if he`s not miserable he`ll give you it no probs as i done and i asked the butcher ,much is that i owe you and he said `nothing we through it out anyway.and its far better for practiceing on.
i practice on honeydew melons. there pretty close to skin tone so there pretty much the best thing other than practice skins and pig skin. you should probably invest in a few for your boyfriend your pretty nice to let him use your feet lol