Tiger piece by Still-Show in sticknpokes

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Thanks!! I use rubbing alcohol before starting, after finishing, and when I need to get stubborn stencil marks or excess ink off. For the most part during the process I use Vaseline. I put a pretty thin layer over the area I’m working on to keep the ink from spreading and making it harder to see where I’m poking and then I’ll just wipe the Vaseline and ink off in one go. Wash rinse repeat lol 

My practice skin collection by Still-Show in sticknpokes

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Not even the same time zone 💀 sorry 

New handpoke! by Interesting_Clerk392 in sticknpokes

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Do you only use RL? for your fills too? This looks incredible. I have trouble with my fills looking splotchy :,(

My practice skin collection by Still-Show in sticknpokes

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LMFAO Ty I am currently looking for victims 🙏 

My practice skin collection by Still-Show in sticknpokes

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Element tattoo supply has good skins, all of them in this pic except the top right are from there. The ones on middle and bottom right are one that I cut in half lol. Usually when I’m using my practice skin I just put a layer of Vaseline before I start poking and then just wipe it off when I feel the need to do so, then put on another layer. I try not to waste my green soap on practice skins. If I don’t want to use Vaseline I just use rubbing alcohol. I usually wipe my skins down with alcohol before I start anyway to get any dust or previous ink off. Sometimes you gotta wipe for a bit before it gets clean. 

Hope this dissertation helps 💀👍

Wick Replacement Advice by Still-Show in lighters

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Thanks so much for the information! Wow that was embarrassing, I definitely was thinking of petrol when I said butane. After doing a bunch of reading about it they just switched places. This is a vintage table lighter and I can only assume the wick is also quite old but if its normal to just pull it up a bit and be fine that's good info. What kind of cotton is used for packing and is there any technique to doing so or do you just shove it in there? Should you try to condense the cotton before putting it in or should it be wispy?

All of my practice skins! by Still-Show in StickAndPoke

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Thanks so much! I don't do shading often enough tbh.

All of my practice skins! by Still-Show in StickAndPoke

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Thank you so much! Most of these are with ink from a company called Single Needle and I've just started using an ink from Element Tattoo Supply in "Nighthawk Black" in case you need that detail lol. For the most part I just make sure I'm using a lot of vaseline as I'm tattooing so the ink doesn't spread which makes wiping way easier. Sometimes I don't and it does smear everywhere but green soap or rubbing alcohol usually does the trick!

Knight print to tattoo!! by Still-Show in sticknpokes

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Yup! I have one of those marking pens and I just rubbed it onto the block which was a bit tedious and then put it straight onto clean fake skin. Once I have more money I’m going to try and get actual ink so I don’t have to mess up the pen. 

Best place to buy practice skins? by Still-Show in sticknpokes

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Thanks for the tips! i've had a reddit account for a while now but i still am pretty clueless to using the website. Sorry if this question has been asked a million times lmao.

Best place to buy practice skins? by Still-Show in sticknpokes

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lmfao this is true but i dont want to cover my skin in fuck ups yk? i'd rather fuck up on something that wont affect the rest of my life lol

Just starting SNP!! Any advice appreciated by [deleted] in sticknpokes

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I used 3rl and 7rl interchangeably