The Wormhole Tattoo Pen Kit is perfect for complete beginners. It comes with the accessories you need to start practicing tattooing right away without the “extras” that a lot of kits include that drive up the price. However, the only piece of equipment that could potentially be used on a tattoo on real skin is the machine – the inks and needles are not suitable for human skin.

The tattoo pen itself isn’t professional-grade, but it has more power than expected and has a 3.5 set machine stroke, meaning you can practice lining, shading, and packing without investing in another machine. The pen is also a rotary tattoo machine, which means it can be easier to go too deep in the skin if you aren’t careful with your needle depth.

Good for Black and Gray Work

The Wormhole tattoo pen isn’t great at lining. However, it did a good job with delicate black and gray work. We turned the machine down to 3-4 volts to get smooth, peppery shades and found that it hits nice and soft, which is great for portraits and other realism pieces.

Because the inks in this kit were liquidy, the areas where we shaded solid black – as well as the linework – did not turn out as dark as anticipated. If you’re practicing with this kit, we recommend getting ink separately.

Low-Quality Tattoo Supplies

While this kit is great for beginners wanting to get a feel for tattooing, the supplies in this kit are still fairly low-quality. However, they aren’t meant to be professional grade – Wormhole posted on their site that these inks and needles should not be used on human skin.

While we had a good experience with the machine, the inks were fairly runny, the needles had a bit of room to shake inside the cartridge housing, and the stencils from the stencil paper were not as dark as you’d want them to be on a client.

Additionally, we swapped out the fake skins for the test tattoo. The skin that came with this kit was very thin and tough, which could lead to problems for new artists trying to tattoo on it. Using a fake skin that is so different from the real thing could cause bad habits and lead an artist to overwork the skin when they move on to tattooing real people.

More Power Than Expected

While we wouldn’t try to push big needle groupings with it, the Wormhole tattoo pen can run at 10 volts, which is higher than most machines in this price range. However, you still probably want to stick with smaller needle groupings, as this machine is made for new tattoo artists practicing smaller pieces.

If you want to move on to larger needle groupings, you’ll need to purchase an upgraded machine.

The voltage remained consistent throughout the tattoo, and even after 1.5 hours of tattooing, the machine hadn’t heated up (a big problem with many beginner machines).

Who the Wormhole Tattoo Pen Is (and Isn’t) For

This tattoo kit is ideal for beginners who aren’t sure whether tattooing is right for them. It will allow you to try out tattooing without paying for a high-end machine.

That said, if you want to tattoo professionally, you may want to invest more into a premium tattoo setup that will allow you to do your best work.

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