While many of us hope for a quality tattoo whether from a shop or at home there is one thing that must always be looked at. Tattoo machine ink and its quality will make the difference between a tattoo that stands out for 1 year or 20. Most tattoo shops use a quality tattoo ink and then others might go with cheap tattoo ink to cut costs.

Thinking Of Tattooing Yourself?

I sat around a few years ago sketching tattoo ideas and went to my local tattoo shops pricing the piece and found out how expensive it was. I had an idea to possibly tattoo myself and began researching where to buy my tattoo supplies as well as how to tattoo at home with online search engines.

This option might be going through your mind as well and I have a few tips before you start laying down ink on yourself. Start small and work your way up. Start with something small AND in a spot on your body that doesn't show all the time because if you mess up, that will be with you for the rest of your life.

I decided to tattoo my knee and might I add that tattooing on your knee is not only painful BUT almost impossible to lay down straight lines since you don't have the luxury of someone tattooing on someone else. The viewing angles and depending on which hand you tattoo with can really make that task difficult. Think about where on your body you are thinking of tattooing and imagine making the lines and see if that spot on your body is going to be hard to tattoo fully or not. The upper thigh is a great spot to start IF you are the gambling type because even if you mess up it won't be seen by many (assuming you are a male who doesn't wear short shorts...) but if you are a female, make sure and think about what part of your body doesn't get seen in public INCASE you mess up.

My homemade tattoo in the end turned out great, I cleaned it up a bit over the years and overall I was very pleased with my work. The tattoo machine ink that I purchased was a quality ink which can either make or break a tattoo especially a homemade tattoo. Just make sure and read up on tattooing tips and guides online and really think about it BEFORE you start tattooing yourself because there is no going back or erasing the tattoo. There is always covering up, new tattoos over your shoddy ones as well as tattoo removal BUT those will end up more expensive in the long run SO do your research now before you just buy a tattoo machine and some ink.

Where To Get Tattoo Supplies?

Whether you are a professional tattoo artist or a "do it yourself" tattoo attemptist getting quality tattoo supplies should not be something to go cheap on. Nowadays there are thousands of places online and offline to make your tattoo supply purchase as pain free as possible. Don't we all wish they can say that with tattoos themselves?

I have put together a catalog of thousands of tattoo supply companies where you can locate everything imaginable that you might need which is located here tattoo supplies so don't forget to take a look at the savings that can be had there.

Why Does Quality Tattoo Machine Ink Even Matter?

This is a question that really shouldn't even be asked but I have had plenty of these questions or comments before so I want to respond since it really is a subject that doesn't need to be skipped ever. You are putting something in your skin that is going to be there for life. You want to make sure to never use substandard ANYTHING especially since it will be under your skin. Imagine using low grade ink and having something go wrong or you becoming allergic to it. Worse things could happen as well including infection and disease so only locate reputable sources. I have done the leg work as far as that goes and you can learn more by checking the author box below for a link to my list of reputable online tattoo supply dealers who don't substitute quality for cost.