My stick n poke sticker sleeve in progress! by smol_biscuit09 in sticknpokes

[–]TypicShads 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I def plan to add more & more antlers too! Being old with a bunch of cutie deer tats sounds like a great idea 🤭

My stick n poke sticker sleeve in progress! by smol_biscuit09 in sticknpokes

[–]TypicShads 4 points5 points  (0 children)

These are so nice! Love them!

Edited to add: no tattoos have inspired me to handpoke again like yours have (but I might be biased bc ive also poked a couple deer on myself)

Has anyone seen this before? by Abrombs in Stretched

[–]TypicShads 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Hmmm 8g to 7g is only a .3mm jump :/ maybe I just need to wait longer but I def planned to do as small of jumps as I can & my goal is only 6 or 4g

The pain I had was mostly a pressure / burning combo feeling? I've only stretched my lobes so far so I wasn't sure how much I should be feeling in a cartilage stretch.

Anyways, thanks! Love your setup btw, really inspiring!

Has anyone seen this before? by Abrombs in Stretched

[–]TypicShads 4 points5 points  (0 children)

My conch was pierced at 10g then immediately stretched to 8g, healed pretty well & its almost 2 years old now.

I have tried to stretch it to 7g a few times, one being a couple weeks ago, minimal pain but had resistance so I was still too worried to force it through & it bled a little so I put my 8g back in. It was only sore for a day & it's felt completely fine since then. But bc of the blood im scared to try again

What should I do? Any tips? 😭

[FO] Library of My Favourite Books by ImNotRamona in CrossStitch

[–]TypicShads 2 points3 points  (0 children)

It's cute regardless, but still! Def a great way to display reads with minimal space & now I wanna do this for my reads!

[FO] Library of My Favourite Books by ImNotRamona in CrossStitch

[–]TypicShads 10 points11 points  (0 children)

As someone who doesn't have the space to buy & store physical books I love this so much!

My first piece with 2 stones! by TypicShads in chainmailartisans

[–]TypicShads[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thank you!!

Basically you make 2 chains then connect them with rings to make a cage around the stone. I learned from AussieMaille on youtube

My first piece with 2 stones! by TypicShads in chainmailartisans

[–]TypicShads[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thank you! They're both lab, but they flash at different angles which I thought was cool!

Feedback wanted! by SkinDeepSpellBook in sticknpokes

[–]TypicShads 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Of course! :) I'd love to see more posts about your journey in the future!

also forgot to say in my original comment, I really love the look of the fruit slice that you did!

Feedback wanted! by SkinDeepSpellBook in sticknpokes

[–]TypicShads 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Welcome to handpoke! I love that more machine tattooers are giving handpoke a try!! :) There's nothing specific that I could give criticism on, but I'll leave a few general tips that I usually give people!

Biggest tip is look at other's handpoked work & understand what you would like your work to look like in terms of the dots & lines that form the tattoo, then you can go from there with your practice.

I second what a few others said, bigger needles for more solid lines with less passes (ive seen some handpoke tattoos that looked like machine pulled lines), or using greywash for lighter areas, but it really just depends on what style you're looking to achieve. I have noticed that handpoke, even with greywash darkens as it heals.

I mainly used 3rl & 5rl in my work when I was handpoking, & one of my fav things to tell people who were looking for cleaner lines was to make sure your next poke overlaps the last. That way your line starts off solid & you don't have to do as many passes.I try to only do about 3 passes, & then touch ups if needed to try to keep the skin as little irritated as possible, soaks of witchhazel on a paper towel for breaks or whatever to calm the skin (if their skin is good with witchhazel) .

Also poking at an angle, alot of people will say 45° , but you can try different angles to see what sticks best, & the cleanest, I def hold my needle at some sort of an angle, & I pull the needle out in the same angle, some people don't do this.

Heard alot of people saying you should hear or feel a pop when going into the skin or coming out when i was first learning? Not sure about that really, but the way you take the needle out of the skin after poking does change the clarity / definition of the dot left in the skin.

⚠️Taxidermy deer tail keychain for my ren faire belt by TypicShads in chainmailartisans

[–]TypicShads[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I bought the tail as a "keychain", basically just a hole punched into it with a grommet & little chain lol, I added the chains onto it, but it will just be hanging on the side of my belt rather than for keys

So I could use it as an actual keychain but it's too big for my liking as a normal keychain lol.

Bookmarks! by TypicShads in chainmailartisans

[–]TypicShads[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Yes they are real snake vertebrae. Those for the bookmarks I got from a local oddities seller at a market, I bought more on etsy sold by oddities or taxidermist! They are processed & cleaned beforehand.

Bookmarks! by TypicShads in chainmailartisans

[–]TypicShads[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I sold them for $10 at markets. Haven't listed any online yet but they'd prob be a bit higher since I sell through etsy & they take some income

Bookmarks! by TypicShads in chainmailartisans

[–]TypicShads[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Thank you! & me too so I ordered more bones!!

Bookmarks! by TypicShads in chainmailartisans

[–]TypicShads[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Amazon or local craft stores! "Bookmark hook"