COOLHUNT - A free hand poked tattoo.

Last week I bought a little book that's named: "Always be yourself unless you can be a unicorn then always be a unicorn". I bought it at the Concept store Make my Day (Read article here). It's a book with snapshots of the weird and wonderful world of the Tumblr generation. It's written by Pernille Kok-Jensen and Els Dragt. In this book I found something interesting. Mr. Pokesman, a guy whose hobby is making hand poked machine-free tattoos. 

WHAT? So his hobby is making hand poked machine-free tattoos. One day he made one for his colleague and from then on he started with this hobby. He has a blog on Tumblr where he posts pictures of some process and results. But he also answers questions and he posts sketches and inspiring material. (Mr. Pokesman Tumblr). He has no specific target audience. He does it for free. But the hand poked tattoos are for everybody now. On the internet there is a website where they teach you how to make hand poked tattoos by yourself! In the video below you can see how it works. 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3mlfqiJ6IhA

WHY? What gives this hand poking tattoos an extra layer of experience is that Mr. Pokesman doesn't only want to show that tattoo designs can be cool but also the whole setting around it: the place where the tattoo is made, the instrument used, the entire process and the result of course. So it's not about going to a tattoo shop for tattoo but this man creates a whole new experience to it. And also if we can make this ourselves it's also something on a mega based trend, namely individualism. But this new form of tattoos is a great example of 'the experience is in the product' and 'the journey is more important than the destiny'. So if you want a tattoo but you want something different, try a hand poked tattoo!

Photo: my own

Sources: 
- 'Always be yourself unless you can be a unicorn then always be a unicorn'. 
- http://mrpokesman.tumblr.com