Getting your first tattoo is big deal. Getting the second one is an afterthought. By the time you’re on your third it’s like having a cup of tea. Anything beyond that is a case of diminishing returns – the impact of each new piece gradually decreasing until you wake up one morning and realise you’ve actually inked ‘knuckles’ across your knuckles. That’s when you wheel out the Auto Ink random tattoo generator.
As the name suggests the machine randomly generates shapes, images, whatever. It then transfers said whatever to your skin – permanently. The prototype model has a weird religious kink and the symbols it draws are “assigned either randomly or through divine intervention, depending on your personal beliefs". We’re thinking this will expand down the track and incorporate everything from Pikachu to Southern Cross Tatts to barcodes. The full spectrum of drunken mistakes.
Also, the current model is only fitted with a pen. Again, this can be ‘up-scaled’ once the kinks are worked out and everyone is confident the machine won’t stab people to death. Basically, you’re going to have to wait a little bit longer before you can walk into your local mall, throw some money down and get a random something tattooed on your arm while you suck on your Boast Juice… But maybe not that that much longer.
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