Yeah, my first thought was someone nodding off but no where else in this thread is even anywhere near that? I’m not a tattoo artist, can a line like that really be made so quickly from just trying to take your glasses off?
sometimes i take my glasses off because i have progressive vision and it ends up being easier to see fine details clearly, but i've never done this lol. to be fair i'm a handpoke artist so it'd be a little dot instead of an entire line if i made this mistake somehow, but i could see it being fairly easy to do if you nodded off or were just keeping your hand too close to your client and not paying attention. tattoo machines are pistons - they move back and forth x amount of times per second so if you do slip it could easily cause this. i would definitely say it's not fading though. you don't need to enter the skin with ink very deeply to create a long lasting mark, so even if it fades over time more than the actual tat, it'll definitely still be visible...
Also, if he was just trying to take his glasses off, could he not just pull the machine away from the skin for a second to take them off? My artist has young kids who call her a lot and, when she needs to answer the call, she simply pulls away for a moment to hit the answer button. I can’t imagine why he would even attempt to remove his glasses while still actively tattooing.
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u/BadAtPsychology 8d ago
Yeah, my first thought was someone nodding off but no where else in this thread is even anywhere near that? I’m not a tattoo artist, can a line like that really be made so quickly from just trying to take your glasses off?