Handpoke tattoo

Tattooing is a way of expressing yourself. In the modern world, there are a large number of styles used for wearable designs. It is always necessary to have specialized equipment in order to carry out our plans. But what if there is a style that requires nothing but a needle and paint? In this article, we will consider the style of applying a handpoke tattoo, its features and meanings of tattoos, as well as the possibility of self-filling a picture.

Handpoke is considered one of the most controversial styles today. Someone considers this a model of a new generation, while someone considers the direction a useless waste of both time and resources, since the look of the tattoo ultimately turns out to be sloppy, cartoonish. Someone generally thinks that the drawing was filled by a five-year-old child. The resulting image does not have a lot of details, some kind of global plots, and sometimes it is very provocative in nature.

Translated from English, the word "handpoke" means the following: hand - "hand", but poke - is "to pierce". Hence it follows that handpoke is not a style at all, as many believe, but a way of transferring a drawing from a sketch to the skin. This is very important, especially when the sketch is discussed with the master.

If you look into history, then this direction has its roots deep in antiquity, because it was in this technique that most of the tattoos were created among different tribes. Only they used a bone needle and applied the image for a long time. It was very difficult for the bone to pierce the required layer of skin. The needle could also break easily if handled incorrectly.

One of the reasons for the popularity of this area is considered simple execution that does not require additional skills or efforts... The tattoo can be easily filled on your own and at home. To do this, you will only need special paint (white or black), a needle and a sketch, as well as basic knowledge of tattoos and safety precautions.

Nevertheless, the described style has a large number of fans. They love handpoke tattoos because of their simplicity, and also because they consider it a whole art. The direction is considered to be ancient, therefore it is very difficult to find sketches in color, where a large number of colored paints are used, and in volume.

For the most part, such tattoos depict:

• animals;
• heroes of the animated series or films;
• various inscriptions and quotes;
• emoticons;
• humorous pictures;
• provocative content disguised as cartoonishness.

Another feature of this technique is that sometimes the master does not draw sketches at all... First, there is a conversation with the client, and then, taking all his wishes into account, the professional simply beats the tattoo, without even applying a preliminary drawing.

The meaning of the tattoo, as well as the options for sketches, are selected individually for each. After all, a person concludes his own meaning in these drawings. Also, there are no restrictions in the choice of places for drawing a picture. Only your pain threshold. The places where tattoos are most often stuffed are the hand (both the hand and the entire sleeve), the back surface of the forearm, the lower leg (chosen for large drawings), the palm (back and inner side), the place under the collarbone, ribs. Not very popular places for drawing are considered to be the chest, back of the back, shoulder blade, and neck. These are the places that have a high pain threshold for everyone.

Therefore, there is an opinion that most often this tattoo is stuffed by men who want to challenge others, to show that they are not like everyone else. But even among women, the style is quite popular.

Most often people choose pictures in a humorous style, which are on the verge of censorship, and sometimes completely disappear into an uncensored context. It can also be whole events associated with some loud period of time. Simple plot pictures depict a cartoon character, TV series, someone close. Or objects such as a carton of milk, cigarettes with an ashtray, a skull, cards, a pistol, lips with a tongue, silhouettes of bodies on the bed.

Men often stuff this style of tattoos as a whole plotless sleeve. Male images do not carry a single meaning, they are just random images filled in at different times. They do not overlap each other, but they are very close. Girls choose this style much less often, but such tattoos are always bold and memorable. Girls choose, for example, the outline of a female figure with beautiful shapes and curves. Favorite cartoon hero, and such tattoos are always located in a conspicuous place to find like-minded people. A favorite animal is also applied as a pattern.

Often there are images with references to famous films, games, or musical performers. Usually this is some kind of outline that cannot be immediately understood. There are also more provocative sketches. Paired tattoos can be identical or related to a single theme.

Before choosing a tattoo, you need to decide on the place where it will be applied. You can contact a professional salon, where they will help you decide on a future pattern, and then get a tattoo. Or you can take training courses on sketches and a master's course to get tattoos on your own.It is often quite realistic to undergo training from existing masters directly in the salon. It is undesirable to try to get a tattoo if you have never done it before.

To get a tattoo at home, you also need to know the safety basics.... All surfaces with which you interact must be sealed with cling film and processed. The room must be sterile.

And for the process itself, you must have a special set. It should include the following items.

• Needles... For beginners, single-labeled needles are suitable. The needle should be long and fit comfortably in your hand. Thin needles are for contouring, while thicker needles are for feathering.
• Holder for the needle.
• Dye... It is worth buying it in a specialty store. Hand-bought paints can be opened and used, or they can be diluted.
• Additional pigments.
• Caps.
• Disposable gloves and finger tips.
• Anesthesia and petrolatum.

The needles must be disposable and new. You cannot fill two different tattoos with the same needle. Also, you cannot stuff tattoos with one needle on two completely different people, even after pretreating the instrument in alcohol. It is worth remembering that there is no need to rush into getting a tattoo, especially on your own, if you or your friend are doing it for the first time. Even a technique as simple as handpok takes practice and a serious approach. You can't just take and fill yourself with a tattoo with a simple homemade needle. First of all, you need to think about health and personal hygiene.

There is no special execution technique for this direction. There is a sketch, which is transferred to the selected treated area of ​​the skin, where the tattoo will be beaten. Due to the fact that there is only one needle, small irregularities and roughness will be noticeable on the skin along the contour where the pattern is to appear. It won't ruin the picture, but it's worth remembering.

It all depends not only on the skill of the tattoo artist, but also on the number of needles. It is much easier to control the process with one needle. With several needles, the process, of course, will go faster, but more painful, because every second four or eight needles will penetrate the skin.

Hand-made tattoos heal faster and are less traumatic for the skin. It is worth remembering that the technique of performing such tattoos takes much longer than a regular tattoo done by a machine. Therefore, many call the moment of drawing in the handpoke style a kind of ritual.