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Advances In Tattoo Machines
November 16th, 2009
The days when tattoos would be done by hand are more or less gone. Although that isnt to say that the whole process is now done by a machine, but machines have provided faster and more efficient alternatives to much of what used to be a very long manual process.
Because tattoo machines are in extremely high demand, many companies have begun to manufacture them, giving us a range of machines to choose from. There are standard machines that are basically more advanced versions of traditional needles ranging to machines with a built in pulse that can dip into the skin over 3000 times a minute. However, a good tattoo artist should still be able to do a completely manual tattoo and this is something you should check before you decide who will do your tattoo. This is because applying a tattoo manually requires much more skill and if the artist cant manage that then you run a serious risk in using that artist.
Going to back to how popular tattoo machines are, the primary reason for their popularity is their consistency. They are guaranteed to be more consistent and even than any manual needle regardless of how skilled to artist is. Even the best professional tattoo artist cannot be 100% certain about the consistency of his needle, and this is a risk that you should not have to take, and that the artist simply shouldnt take. To make the job easier, tattoo machines were created.
I mentioned earlier that there are different types of tattoo machines and that some are simply more advanced versions of the traditional needle and the newer ones have electric pulses that perform around 4000 strokes a minute, meaning that the image comes out onto the skin in amazing detail, almost like a photo taken on a very high mega-pixel camera. Another advantage of these pulse machines is that the noise they make would be completely drowned out by the noise of an older machine i.e. they are very quiet compared to previous tattoo machines.
While most of the tattoo studios around the world have shifted onto these tattoo machines, it is not rare to see a studio that still etches the tattoos in the same traditional manner which has been around for many centuries now.
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