The professional tattooists tattoo the designs on the skin smoothly, from up to down, down to up, right to left, left to right. When I need more ink after tattooing from left to right, for example, I do kaeshibari , flipping the needles. Kaeshibari is one of techniques, which is flipping the other side of the needles and tattooing by using the rest of the ink on the other side. Tattooing by hand requires special techniques. It should be done by puncturing the skin with the needles gently, adjusting the strength of hands.
Human skin is very soft and elastic.
As the needles leave the skin, I can hear the sound, shakki . I dip the needles in the ink, and tattoo a line about one centimeter long. I draw the outlines step by step on each part of the body, such as the shoulders, the arms and the back, and finally finish the art work on the body. Then the full body tattoo is completed. The set of 12 needles is put under the set of 13 needles and staggered by pulling the set of 12 needles back a little bit.