Tattoo and permanent makeup (PMU) artists rely on specific needle groupings and configurations to achieve their desired results. Grip Needles' 3RL flat hybrid tattoo needles, also known as TriFlat™ needles, revolutionize this concept and facilitate new tattooing approaches that enhance artists' versatility and control.
Understanding the Basics
It's essential to delve into the intricacies of tattooing techniques to understand the logic and unique benefits of Grip's hybrid needles. Traditionally, artists achieve various effects and opacity levels through factors like needle spacing and pigment layering. Tighter spacing and applying more layers produce bolder and more solid finishes. On the other hand, using configurations with bigger spaces and applying fewer layers result in softer and sheer finishes.
Another factor to consider is needle diameter. Typically, tattoo needles range from 0.25 to 0.35 millimeters, but some can fall outside these figures. Thicker needles make bigger holes in the skin, thus creating bolder lines while causing more trauma. Thinner needles cause less discomfort while producing fine lines ideal for detailing and stippling.
The TriFlat™ is a hybrid tattoo needle featuring thin 3RL needles arranged in a straight line, like the points of a standard flat configuration. It is around the same width as a magnum, but its points are spaced wider apart than the points of a standard mag. These traits make it the best tattoo needle for quickly and efficiently drawing multiple lines while achieving a translucent finish.
Of course, magnum needles can also achieve similarly soft effects. Their ability to create fine color blends and washes makes them ideal for certain artistic styles. The wider spacing of TriFlat™ needles, however, allows more skin to show between every dot, yielding a distinct aesthetic. By making the most of this spacing, among the 3RL flat's other unique traits, artists can access an entirely new spectrum of effects, styles, and possibilities.
Using the TriFlat™ in PMU
The unique shape and design of the TriFlat™ make it an excellent PMU needle. One of the procedures in which it truly stands out is lip blushing. To create the soft, sheer blush clients love about the procedure, artists must pay meticulous attention to pixel layering and spacing, ensuring that enough of the skin shines through the artwork.
To enhance color saturation and achieve a lipstick-like finish, artists may increase the number of passes, layer more closely, or blend the two techniques. Traditionally, sheer lip blush finished are done using round liner tattoo needles and single needle configurations, but the process can be too time-consuming. And because of how thin and prone to swelling the skin on the lips is, the process often becomes more uncomfortable the longer it takes. Alternatively, artists could reduce the number of passes using thicker and higher-density needles, but this approach could also result in more saturation and opaque finishes.
Grip Needles' 3RL flat hybrids cover a broad area the way a standard magnum does while yielding a buildable, translucent finish. This reduces the number of passes required to cover the lips, speeding up the process two- or threefold and minimizing the risk of clients experiencing excess discomfort. Artists also have the flexibility to draw additional layers for a denser or more opaque coverage as desired.
Drawing tattoos with the TriFlat™
Round liners may be known as the best tattoo needles for lining, but using them to create detailed patterns over large areas can be impractical. The constant whipping motion required to maintain spacing can make stippling shading tattoos taxing and time-consuming. Grip Needles' TriFlat™ addresses this issue through the configuration's widely spaced 3RL tattoo needles. Its shape gives artists the coverage of a mag and the intricate stippling effect usually achievable using individual round liner tattoo needles.
Grip Needles provides artists with innovative hybrid needles designed to enhance comfort, productivity, efficiency, and profits. By streamlining techniques and reducing fatigue, these revolutionary needles empower artists to unleash their creativity without compromising client satisfaction and the quality of their artwork.
