Getting a Tattoo - The Process Step by Step

It is at this time that your artist will start preparing their tattoo machine. The inks will be placed in little tiny cups called "ink caps", and the needles and tubes will be removed from their sterile pouches and placed in the machine. Clean, distilled water will be poured into a cup for cleaning the needles during the tattoo process and to change from one color to the next. Some A&D ointment or Vaseline will be placed on a clean surface for your use only.

*Note: This photo is an example of the type of equipment you will see, but it is not the actual sterile set-up from a tattoo artist's booth. I always forget to get a picture of the work station - I'll get one soon!