Here, you can find articles focused on the tattoo craft itself — its history, technologies, styles, and the artists who have shaped its development. It covers how tattooing is done, how it has changed over time, and how different approaches to line, colour, and composition have emerged and spread. This section examines the structure of tattooing: the tools, methods, and references that define the medium.
Cosmetic tattooing uses the same fundamental mechanism as decorative tattooing — a needle deposits pigment into the dermis — but applies it to a different purpose: replicating or enhancing the appearance of makeup, correcting skin irregularities, and restoring features lost to surgery, injury, or other medical conditions.
Handpoke tattooing — also called stick-and-poke — is any tattooing method in which the needle is driven into the skin by hand rather than by an electric machine. The artist holds a needle (or a group of needles mounted in a handle) and pushes it into the skin one puncture at a time. The needle is dipped in ink before each puncture (…)