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Technical question: needle depth into skin


Watching these shows (Inked/Miami Ink) I see some artists use the tip of the needle, and others push the whole dang thing into the skin up to the tattoo gun.

Are these different techniques for different results? Doesn't going in too deep cause blowouts? I'm truly curious.

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They are probably doing diffrent things with the needle. They might be doing the outline which is done with 1 needle or shading that is done with a bunch of needles. Most tattoo artists know how deep to go. Some don't and it winds up scaring your skin. Hope that helps.

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you should go into a tat shop and call it a "gun". See how long it takes someone to stab your ignorant ass. Its a machine, not a gun.

P.S. This is what part of the alphabet would look like if Q and R were eliminated.

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