Stick and poke: How to avoid blowouts

So today is a video about avoiding blowouts. I am so sorry for my bad English. My videos are quite spontaneous. I don't have a script or something like that 😂 Maybe I should for the next time.

[@tedestr0yer]

don’t apologize for your english, it’s amazing! you actually sound australian. thanks for your vids!

[@theartfulcorner961]

Oh thank you 😊

[@GoldenGrego]

This makes perfect sense, thank you for drawing it to make it clearer for my brain! I don't think I would have thought to go along the line when putting it in sideways

[@heyindi1050]

Thanks so much for your videos! Thre's not much info about handpoke in youtube and yours are so welcomed!

[@theartfulcorner961]

Happy to help.

[@livcauliflower]

I’ve definitely learnt these lessons the hard way but I love the way you have demonstrated these concepts visually! I will be recommending this video!

[@Leticiamitc]

Thank you very much for your videos! I'm really happy that I don't have to learn all that by doing mistakes

[@TerrieJohnson731]

I'm completely new to Tattooing and I bought two penstyle machines already. I'm enjoying learning on my own leg, even though I have made mistakes overworking the skin. I'm learning faster for going to live skin right away 😛. I'm just doing my first micro hand pokes and I LOVE doing it! I'm hoping to offer both to clients before very long. I'm developing an idea involving tattooing as a therapy. It is in it's infancy. Thanks for helping me bring tattooing to the tattoo curious. I meet them almost every day 🙂

[@VitalHD]

100% I learned soooo much faster on my leg than on fake skin

[@AutisticMelon1]

Waow, it couldn’t be explained better than this, and your accent made everything even sweeter… You just changed my perspective and cleared all my mistakes, Thank you 🙏🏻

[@michaelblandino5949]

This was very helpful! I'm so glad I watched! The first stick n poke I gave myself was uneven, but using these tips, I think I'll do much better for the second one.

[@theartfulcorner961]

👍 if you have any questions, don't hesitate to ask.

[@saturn3333]

Its a great explanation and the drawing helps to understand the whole blowout, thank you so much!

[@tonyanguiano9120]

Super Helpful! the advice on ink quality and needle angle, brilliant. Thank you!

[@yekaterina6602]

so so dankbar für all deine Arbeit 🤗🖤

[@pelaronson4086]

..Hello. I tatto byhand (witouth machine =) ) for 34 years, and I understand you, so you explained very nice. Thank you...

[@theartfulcorner961]

Thank you very much

[@arthistorystorytime]

These diagrams are so helpful!

[@Charja02]

This is so informative thank you so much!

[@jacobibanez7554]

Best video for demonstrating this technique. Thank you

[@theartfulcorner961]

You are welcome.

[@sarahstrider6078]

Thank you for drawing it out. It makes so much more sense to me. My question is, could you do #3 on purpose as a shading technique, or is it not predictable enough?

[@a.j.crowan296]

Thank you so much for sharing this information and for making it clear and understandable. It's exactly what I needed!

[@theartfulcorner961]

Happy to help!

[@livingrezfabulous2196]

Thank you. Third one is my problem I need to work on. Only on my second tattoo on my own thigh. Hard to get the angles but now I’ll move into awkward positions to get the correct angle. Lol

[@BlackCat-nv5sf]

Thankyou for making this video it really helped me understand how blowouts happen.

[@theartfulcorner961]

Happy to be helpful

[@crackydoodlepizza]

Tip 3 is excellent, thank u

[@ashleyhoffmann-mendez2545]

Super helpful thank you! I'm in my research faze of my stick and poke journey. If you are interested in the medical/technical aspect the Institute of Human Anatomy has a really cool video that tells you all about the anatomy and layers of skin.

[@gingerjodie7007]

This is so interesting, I knew about the first one and I knew ofcourse that you shouldn't use cheap ink but I didn't know why or how it actually affects the skin/tattoo! And didn't know about the third either. So thank you for this useful tutorial :)

[@theartfulcorner961]

You are welcome :-)

[@rozkovaaa]

Thank you so much for this video, unfortunately I learned it the hard way but you confirmed me just what I thought about the third situation. Now I know what to beware next time

[@theartfulcorner961]

I am happy I can help 😀

[@knittymarisa]

Thank you! Super helpful!

[@bifium2177]

Great video! Starting with handpoke and this is very helpful

[@SL33P-WALK3R]

Wow very very helpful! Thanks

[@majochomy1050]

This is very useful! Thank youu

[@theartfulcorner961]

You are more than welcome.

[@bevsartsandcrafts715]

Thank you for this. It’s very valuable, you’re a great teacher 👍🏻 can I ask you a question about ink? I’ve bought a bottle of Viking ink. They seem a good firm and I was wondering if you’ve used this brand before? As I’ve said in previous comments, I’m totally new to this. I’ve bought the items I need but I’m not using them till I feel confident and learned as much as I can. Thanks again as you’re my go to teacher xx

[@theartfulcorner961]

I used colours from viking ink and had no problems, but I can't recommend the black. Turned out, that it tends very fast to blowouts. And I mean really mean blowouts. Never had that problem with the other blacks I use, like panthera or Silverback.

[@bevsartsandcrafts715]

Lady Avy Handpoke Thankyou so much for that. Saved me a lot of hassle. Xxx

[@thatshellasad1926]

@@theartfulcorner961 wish i read this sooner lol

[@zerodeaths10k15]

Thnq, am tryna grow my stick and poke skill, it helped me with my issues

[@theartfulcorner961]

Happy to hear that.

[@sillytubeify]

Great video! Lots of info to consider

[@tiffanyleung2959]

Amazing vid! Plz do more xoxo

[@theartfulcorner961]

Hi, yes i will do more now. Had to fina new studio spot for more videos :-)

[@Father_Veteran_Gamer_Artist]

Now I know 100% that the last tattoo artist I had sucked. Scared and blown out on most lines. Lol

[@theartfulcorner961]

Yeah, my first tattoo artist was the same. :-)

[@brandont5995]

This was so helpful! ❤

[@MP-free17]

Awesome info, im just learning at the moment and have done some practice on fake skins (which i see you don't recommend) but im glad i didn't do it on myself as im just playing and learning the medium. Your videos explain some of the things i have been really wondering like pulling the lines. I do wonder how you know when tattooing what depth you are at? Does it feel a certain way or do you just try for about 2mm ?

[@theartfulcorner961]

I definitly feel it. It takes some practise, but after a while you can feel it.

[@bubby66cd]

Ive been stick and poking myself for a couple of years now and just until recently ive been taking it very seriously and i hope one day i can really do this for other people as well

[@friendship6668]

Very useful! Thank you

[@theartfulcorner961]

You are welcome :-)

[@dianasworld3015]

That's super helpful! Thanks!

[@nikboyd9296]

Thank you! Wonderful video

[@sandrac.3662]

hello!thank you for your videos, they are really helpful. Now I have two questions: which ink can you recommend? And second question: how do you handle it (if we look at problem 3), when you have circles or lines to do and its not really (because of the position, if you poke yourself) possible to do a clear linefollowing? do you poke in a 90 degree ankle?or what is the best solution?

[@thekevflock]

very good explanation.

[@melanieeber]

ich finde es sehr gut erklärt:) danke dafür! und gerne: mehr videos:))

[@monikaherrmann6289]

Thanxxx 🌹

[@beasilva1159]

super helpful❤❤❤❤

[@GlystTheBold]

Super helpful! Thank you very much! Can you compare to a anatomical cut out picture in a future video?

[@theartfulcorner961]

Yes, I can try to include that in my next videos.

[@kfmvmdksorm]

Great video! Greeting from Israel!

[@theartfulcorner961]

Thank you so much.

[@jadzixjoy1267]

Hello! Few days ago i did my first stick and poke, im pretty sure that i went too deep because the area bled, but I don't see any blowouts around it. Is it gonna show after some time or should it be there from the moment I put the ink too deep?

[@theartfulcorner961]

Normally you can see bad blowouts right after you poked to deep. Sometimes it takes a few days for the ink to settle in and the blowouts are more to be seen. Lightly blowouts need the redness of the skin to calm down to be seen.

[@热水桶]

Tq for helpful informations

[@kaearoha5963]

Thank you for this video, it is helpful. Do you use any ointment or lubricant during doing stick and poke?

[@theartfulcorner961]

I use hustle butter at the moment.

[@JanetSu]

Hi, thank you for such a wonderful video! I saw in an earlier comment that you said black viking ink tends very fast to blowouts. Why is that? If blowouts are caused by needle depth how does the ink itself cause blowouts?

[@theartfulcorner961]

In can't tell for sure, but it seems to go together with the size of pigments, that can blow out much easier when to small. Than the cells don't take them that easy and they blow out really badly. Other tattoo artist also think, that some ingredients can make blowouts more possible. I have used some inks, only had this really unusual blowouts with Viking liner, never with other Viking inks.

[@yuneimbor]

Explicas bien bonito! :3

[@aliceglass828]

welche tinte kannst du denn empfehlen, damit 2 nicht passiert?

[@theartfulcorner961]

Ich nutze Silverback, fantastisch für Handpoke. Aber auch intenze und panthera kann ich empfehlen.

[@Audreyj-yh8ic]

Bit confused should you poke at 90 degrees or 45 degrees?

[@Father_Veteran_Gamer_Artist]

45 but going with the line

[@theartfulcorner961]

It depends on what you wanna do. With lines 45 and with shading as close to 90 as possible.

[@koka_6712]

what angles should u do fills in?

[@theartfulcorner961]

90 if you are close to the lines, so you don't poke accidentally under the line. The rest is quite flexible.

[@cropagonytgood7876]

I’m not trying to hate on you but it’s really hard to understand

[@theartfulcorner961]

I am not a native speaker. Most people seem to be ok with my English 🙈 Sorry that I can't help.