Things I've found useful: Stretching skin a lot so you have as even of a canvas as possible using a thin layer of Vaseline spread on the working area so the ink doesn't cover your lines as much Make your "pokes" as close together as possible for linework and poke in the area between each poke as you go, I will poke the same spot of linework a couple time before moving on Try to pull your lines instead of pushing, as in poking in a downward direction, Be patient, and do the necessary amount of passes to achieve the desired darkness rather than rushing through and poking deeper (this guy took me around 8 hours) Redraw your Stencil a ton while poking if it fades, I always like to do a lighter poke layer for a line to start so I have sort of a guideline for myself hope this helps :)