Tattoos are more popular with the general public then they have ever been. As we all know, tattoos are decorative markings in the skin, such as symbols, signs, and letters that are applied by puncturing the outer layer of the skin and injecting color.
Tattoo guns are specialized instruments that usually use custom made needles to puncture the epidermis (the outer layer of your skin) and apply the tattoo ink in the top few layers of your skin.
The best tattoo artists use to make their own needles by joining one or more small needles together in the shape and the design that will be most effective for the area of the tattoo they are working on.
But the increase in popularity of tattoos has made it profitable for companies to manufacture the groups of needles pre-made, pre-packaged and sterilized. This makes it easier for the tattoo artist to change needle type at will to better match your design.
For example if they are doing a bold border from the original tattoo stencil they might use a group of five needles in a circular group that will leave a broad line in one pass instead of doing three or four passes to create the bold line. Then when it comes to the color fill for the tattoo they will switch to a group of four or five needles side by side to give the most coverage in one pass. How often the change the type of needle depends on the artist you are working with but it never hurts to ask before they start.
The average tattoo gun works at variable speeds that the tattoo artist will adjust to fit his needs and the design needs. They can usually be set to make between 50 and 3000 strikess per minute.
The depth of the needles is also adjustable by the tattoo artist but usually it just punctures the surface of the skin. This puncture isn’t that deep it might cause a little bleeding but it is more like getting a scratch from something like rubbing against tree bark then it is like being stabbed. Diabetics that have to test their blood sugar have to puncture 3 to 4 times as deep to get the single drop they need for their tests.
The tattoo artist will usually start by creating a transfer from a stencil that provides the outline and dark definition lines of the design. Then this transfer will be applied to the area that the tattoo will end up on. He will then draw in the outline with the tattoo gun.
Depending on the size of your tattoo and the artists’ personal preferences they will either start filling in the colors right after the outline is finished or they will let the outline set up for a day or two and have you come back to finish the coloring.
The tattoo guns have special tips that have special reservoirs to hold the ink. The reservoirs hold the ink and supply it evenly with each trust of the needles. The tattoo artist fills the reservoir by dipping it in the pre-mixed ink.
They will usually change the reservoir with the change of ink color to ensure the even distribution of the ink.
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