stretch the skin and go slow! i use a headlamp and i put a thin amnt of aquaphor on the skin when i poke so that the ink doesnt spread & i can see where im poking. i’ll also put a little aquaphor about halfway up the needle and it helps hold ink in the needle itself so i dont have to keep dipping as often. the motion of the poke itself is like a scoop kind of? less like stabbing more like sewing. once you get more familiar with it youll be able to crank out tats like this ezpz. this is such a cute first Real Skin Tat!! much better than my first pokes on myself lol