The needle pokes into your skin, piercing it so that the tattoo drips into your flesh. Poke, poke, poke. It hurts, but don't you dare wince – you're the one hammering the ink into yourself. A heart on ...

My own love for stick and pokes run deep, despite the alarming amount of things that can go wrong with at home tattoos. To say I’m envious of the various works of art I’ve come across on the Internet ...

Tattoos are not a recent trend for teenagers, but do-it-yourself tattoos called stick-and-poke are becoming increasingly popular among Las Lomas High School students. Stick-and-poke is the process of ...

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Stick-and-pokes have long been a friend to the bored. Now is the perfect time, right? By Dani Blum Shaved heads, dyed hair, billowing beards: Many are using their newly found free time to alter their ...

While machine tattooing is considered the norm in the tattoo industry, another tattooing technique—the “stick-and-poke” method—is becoming increasingly popular. There are some similarities and ...

Puzzles, tie-dyeing, baking banana bread—if we’ve learned anything from social media, it’s that we’re picking up all sorts of new hobbies. We didn’t expect stick-and-poke tattoos to quickly top that ...

For purveyors of an artform that’s famously permanent, tattoo artists sure like to switch things up. In studios and shops around the world, younger artists are challenging the traditional ways of ...