How to do a Stick and Poke (Prison Tattoo)

Stuff You Need:
-Needle (the thicker the needle the thicker the dots will be, the faster you will be done)
-Thread (not black)
-Calligraphy Ink or India Ink
-Rubbing Alcohol
-Tissues
-Pen that draws on skin

    
1. Sanitize your needle with a match, or boil it for 20 mins.

2. Draw your tattoo on your skin with a pen.

3. Wrap thread around your needle. How much you leave bare at the bottom is how deep the needle will be going into your skin.

4. Dip the needle into an inkwell, don't dip it directly into your ink bottle, because bacteria from your skin will get into the ink and will get into someone elses skin if you tattoo someone else.

5. Start pokeing! Poke the needle with ink on it into your skin . Each poke creates a tiny dot of black.

6. Dip a tissue in rubbing alcohol to wipe away ecsess ink.

                 7. Re-dip your needle every few pokes.

A tattoo in process.