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Originally Posted by M.D. Holloway
I think the days of human assisted single needle will become a thing of the past.
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No offense Mike, but you clearly don't know anything about tattoo culture. People want to go to the shop. They want to have the interaction with the artist.
More to the point, I think its going to be a long while before a machine can do something like the photo below. New design that the gal who does mine came up with. Needle depth, pressure and the amount/color of ink are extremely important when doing shading. Add in the fact that peoples skin varies widely, and you are talking about a significantly more complex engineering feat. You would need a fully articulated arm that could keep track of its skin depth to within hundreds of an inch. Tattooing is a somewhat bloody, messy process, so the machine would also need to constantly clean the area.
