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Blackwork Hand Tattoo

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Shannon Larratt

I’ll post another shot of Sicko later today but let me put up this teaser of the great hand work that Marc at Swastika Freakshop in Radolfzell, Germany hand poked on his hand… Because of the nature of the skin in the hand, hand poking (or stipple technique in general) works far, far better than machines most of the time.

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12 responses to “Blackwork Hand Tattoo”

  1. Infested Avatar
    Infested

    Very cool. I love all the detail in it.

  2. Lananaroux Avatar
    Lananaroux

    God I love the stuff coming out of that shop!

  3. Toothpaste Avatar
    Toothpaste

    everything out of that shop is amazing

  4. Ze Avatar
    Ze

    without word!!!!!!!du mongoooooooo!!

  5. Caroline June Avatar
    Caroline June

    Brilliant, as always

  6. Jenny Avatar
    Jenny

    How is skin on the hand different, and how does it make it easier to be ‘poked’ rather than machined?

  7. Kif Avatar
    Kif

    Looks great, although having your hand swollen like that would not be very fun.

  8. TyTweeder Avatar
    TyTweeder

    wow thats is beautiful awesome!

  9. ALex Avatar
    ALex

    what kind of needle do they use for there hand poking method??

  10. marc Avatar
    marc

    this was not a hand pocking, done this with machine and with a 9 liner needle

  11. Jenny Avatar
    Jenny

    Ah right the paragraph at the top was a bit misleading. But how is the skin different?

  12. Lenore Avatar
    Lenore

    I am also curious of the difference in techniques, as I’m planning some hand tattooing in the future.

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