OK, this thread is long overdue. While stick and pokes, which I know are probably pretty popular with you kids, can be discussed here, the topic is in fact much broader. I think we can discuss any tattoos which are not done with modern machines.
I have only one tattoo, which was done by machine. I am very interested in getting more, I am just not feeling the whole pay big money to get a friggin photograph painted on arm. No thanks. Personally, my taste in tattoos leans towards simple, symbolic, iconic or text (not image-based), non bright colors, and traditional style.
I've been researching some of the alternative tattoo methods. Anything from home-deal stick 'n' pokes and homemade tattoo machines using an electric toothbrush or cassette player motor, to traditional Mauri style (with the multi-needled sticks tapped into your flesh) and Thai style (with a stick with a needle used like a pool cue on your arm).
To be most honest, and this is perhaps why I started the thread, the kind of tattoo I have most obsessed about getting lately is a charcoal tattoo. If I'm not mistaken, charcoal can be used in various tattooing methods, but it has often used to rub into cuts and left to heal.
I'm wondering, what kind of DIY or traditional tattoos do you have?
And has anybody here experimented with charcoal, either injected it as usual or rubbing it into cuts?
It's been hard to find solid info about this online.
I have only one tattoo, which was done by machine. I am very interested in getting more, I am just not feeling the whole pay big money to get a friggin photograph painted on arm. No thanks. Personally, my taste in tattoos leans towards simple, symbolic, iconic or text (not image-based), non bright colors, and traditional style.
I've been researching some of the alternative tattoo methods. Anything from home-deal stick 'n' pokes and homemade tattoo machines using an electric toothbrush or cassette player motor, to traditional Mauri style (with the multi-needled sticks tapped into your flesh) and Thai style (with a stick with a needle used like a pool cue on your arm).
To be most honest, and this is perhaps why I started the thread, the kind of tattoo I have most obsessed about getting lately is a charcoal tattoo. If I'm not mistaken, charcoal can be used in various tattooing methods, but it has often used to rub into cuts and left to heal.
I'm wondering, what kind of DIY or traditional tattoos do you have?
And has anybody here experimented with charcoal, either injected it as usual or rubbing it into cuts?
It's been hard to find solid info about this online.
