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It is the age old Japanese practice of "hand poking" a tattoo. This is done with a long stainless steel rod with needles soldered to an adjoining piece of rod. Anymore these days the outline of a tattoo done in this fashion is done with a coil machine to save time, and then the fill is done in the hand poke method.
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Where are tattoos originally from?
There have been remains of frozen peoples, which are usually found in parts of Eastern Europe, but tattooing as it is known today comes from the Pacific Islands and Asia. It was the Samoans and Maori that the English and Europeans encountered whom tattooed their bodies heavily using a method known as Hand Tapping wherein a cluster of needles will be bound to a wooden rod and this rod will then in turn be struck by another wooden rod repeatedly which will build up the ink on your skin. This is still a highly practiced form of tattooing today within the Samoan and Maori people and has been adapted by a good number of Western and European artists as well. It was the art that the sailors saw on these people that inspired them to start getting tattooed, and this was strengthened heavily when these same sailors came in contact with the Asian and Japanese peoples who also tattooed themselves heavily, albeit in secret locations usually, and they had a much more refined method of tattooing known as Tebori, or more commonly, Hand Poke.
Education required to be a tattoo artist?
Aside from being well versed in art, as you should be a good artist before you attempt to get into this profession. A limited knowledge of perspective, color theory, human anatomy, shadowing, etc., will severely hinder your overall performance and will most likely stunt you in your career at a point. You will want to read as much as you can about tattooing...anything that you can get your hands on. Books that deal with the history of tattooing, the different forms of tattooing such as; coil, rotary, stick and poke, tebori, and hand tapping. Other than this you will want to procure yourself a formal apprenticeship with an artist who will show the technical aspects as far as health is concerned, the techniques of lining, coloring, and shading, how to properly set up and tear down, cross contamination and bloodborne pathogens teaching, how to build and repair tattoo machines, and the universe of other things that are involved in tattooing. This training coupled with the knowledge of art and of tattooing that you have taken the time to learn will take you along very far. Best of luck.
