Although it takes a bit longer than the mechanical tattoos, it is quite a meditative experience and it is exactly what she wants her clients to feel too. She hand draws the rough sketch on the skin and then starts poking it a dot by dot which eventually forms a line.

Sharing her experience, she says, “I find that it hurts a lot less than a tattoo needle but of course, some areas of the body are more painful than others. As a style, I really like clean line tattoos and the way they look. I find that shading often gets lost on Indian skin.”

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9. Karthik Benegre- Sculp Tattoo Studio, Bangalore

For Kartik, it was rather a different approach than many. He did some self-analysis and searched for something which he thought would give him inner happiness and inner purpose in life. All he wanted to be was content with what he does and rather come back to his roots.

His style is thus inspired by the folklore of his birthplace, Mangalore, where he also spent some time amidst the local artists who carved and painted and that is exactly what he imprints in his tattoo style too. Needless to say, he is a fan of contemporary style.

He snapped out of his corporate career to invest his time and energy in what he actually loves- Tattooing, in Bangalore. He was quite unstoppable.

Karthik Bengre, presently, is an exultant founder and owner of Sculp tattoo studio in Bangalore which he opened in 2015. Naturally, he has his own unique style that is abstract and contemporary look. He also likes to amalgamate various other styles and genres in his tattoo designs. “Art is my soul food and I hit rock bottom to be where I am today, happy and content,” he says.