A Guide to Hand-Poke Versus Machine Tattoos: Process, After-Care, and Experience
I was 18 years old when I got my first tattoo. My dad looked at it, looked at me, and said, ?Don?t get any more.? I?ve since gotten another one, and what I thought would cleanse my palette whetted it even more. Eventually, a friend (who is also a skilled artist) told me she does stick-and-poke tattoos for almost everyone she knows. I immediately considered it.
After all, they’re pretty much everywhere I look, including my Instagram feed. Even celebrities such as Rihanna and Ke$ha are opting for “hand poke” art over the traditional machine.
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Although the process has been plagued with its fair share of safety concerns, there are more and more hand poke shops cropping up, which means tattoo professionals are dedicating their artistry to the unconventional form. Ahead, two artists, Tiffani Walton, hand poker from SlowPoke Ink, and Muriel de Mai, machine tattooer from her self-named shop, give their expert commentary on the never-ending machine versus hand-poke debate. What’s the Big Difference"
The bare-bones difference boils down to how the ink is inserted into the skin. Walton describes the process of hand poke as “a sterilized tattoo needle is attached to some sort of grip, dipped in ink, and pushed into the skin by hand. The needle goes just as deep and the results are just as permanent.”
Meanwhile, the classic rotary machine used by Mai works like this: ̶...
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