I think I’ve worked in automation long enough to feel super uncomfortable with the idea of a tattoo print machine being anywhere near my body.
Even if I had a kill switch in hand, it still makes me uncomfortable. In general machines don’t care about fleshy bits at all. If something happens, for example a sensor ages and becomes defective, the printer has the potential to cause serious harm.
I probably also hold a bit of bias, I prefer the imperfections of human, hand made art over digitized perfection from machines.
Personally I would never get an automated tattoo, as you said the risk of serious harm is way too high, and I also prefer to keep art in the realm of Humans. I think eventually we will realize that automation isn’t the answer for everything, but it is interesting that someone thought this was a good idea.
The difference is that part of the art of tattooing is the act of tattooing itself. It takes a lot of time and practice to master that, and I would prefer to keep supporting people with skill over automation.
Yeah, the site doesn’t seem very mobile friendly. Sorry about that. But it was an interesting find, I didn’t realize something like this existed until I saw your question.
https://blackdot.tattoo/#introduction
It does.
I think I’ve worked in automation long enough to feel super uncomfortable with the idea of a tattoo print machine being anywhere near my body.
Even if I had a kill switch in hand, it still makes me uncomfortable. In general machines don’t care about fleshy bits at all. If something happens, for example a sensor ages and becomes defective, the printer has the potential to cause serious harm.
I probably also hold a bit of bias, I prefer the imperfections of human, hand made art over digitized perfection from machines.
Personally I would never get an automated tattoo, as you said the risk of serious harm is way too high, and I also prefer to keep art in the realm of Humans. I think eventually we will realize that automation isn’t the answer for everything, but it is interesting that someone thought this was a good idea.
Advocatus diaboli: 2D printers didn’t take art out of the realm of humans either, even though they allow for non-hand-painted images.
The difference is that part of the art of tattooing is the act of tattooing itself. It takes a lot of time and practice to master that, and I would prefer to keep supporting people with skill over automation.
The act of drawing an image to a piece of canvas is also part of the art.
Same as the act of drawing an image on the PC and letting automation move it from the virtual realm into the physical.
“exist” is a pretty strong word for this
Feel free to argue semantics with someone who cares.
You sure sound like you care
thats intresting… the site crashed my phone lll
Yeah, the site doesn’t seem very mobile friendly. Sorry about that. But it was an interesting find, I didn’t realize something like this existed until I saw your question.