How Tattoo Machine works and what Tattoo Techniques are used by
tattooist? Read below to find out.

Most people think tattoo guns just like sewing machines -
rotating needles up and down with hollow needles, but it is not
true.

Actually, tattoo machine is essentially an electromagnet powered
by a variable power supply. The artist dips the needs into a
small cap which has been filled with pigment (ink) from a
squeeze bottle. There are from one for some outlines and fine
work to many bunched needles tight together for shading in a
given tattoo machine. The needles are soldered to a bar which is
attached to the electromagnet.

Whenpower is applied to the handheldmagnet/bar combination, the
pigment-coated needles vibrate together up and down thousands of
times per minute.

As the needles pierce the skin, the colored pigments are
injected under the skin, between the permanent bottom layer and
the surface layer which is constantly dying off and being
replaced by fresh skin cells.

The tattooing technique of placing the pigment at the right
depth is very important to the quality of the tattoo. If the
needles penetratetoo deeply, the pigment will mix with body
fluid and cause the color to spread. If the pigment is not
placed deep enough, the tattoo will fade and come out
prematurely as new skin emerges from the lower layers.



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