| How Tattoo Machine works and what Tattoo | | | | Whenpower is applied to the handheldmagnet/bar |
| Techniques are used by tattooist? Read below to find | | | | combination, the pigment-coated needles vibrate |
| out. | | | | together up and down thousands of times per minute. |
| Most people think tattoo machines just like sewing | | | | As the needles pierce the skin, the colored pigments |
| machines - rotating needles up and down with hollow | | | | are injected under the skin, between the permanent |
| needles, but it is not true. | | | | bottom layer and the surface layer which is constantly |
| Actually, tattoo machine is essentially an electromagnet | | | | dying off and being replaced by fresh skin cells. |
| powered by a variable power supply. The artist dips | | | | The tattooing technique of placing the pigment at the |
| the needs into a small cap which has been filled with | | | | right depth is very important to the quality of the tattoo. |
| pigment (ink) from a squeeze bottle. There are from | | | | If the needles penetratetoo deeply, the pigment will mix |
| one for some outlines and fine work to many bunched | | | | with body fluid and cause the color to spread. If the |
| needles tight together for shading in a given tattoo | | | | pigment is not placed deep enough, the tattoo will fade |
| machine. The needles are soldered to a bar which is | | | | and come out prematurely as new skin emerges from |
| attached to the electromagnet. | | | | the lower layers. |