Automated tattoo machines are only a passing fad and will not ever substitute human-to-human interplay within the ink sport — that is how a pair flesh-and-blood masters of the craft see it.

We spoke with “Ink Grasp” winner Bobby Johnson and fellow contestant Aaron Davis — who each appeared in Season 15 collectively — concerning the latest robot-human tattoo collab that took the web by storm, and each guys slammed all the idea.

Proper off the bat, Bobby calls the tech tattoo development ridiculous … likening it to a manufacturing unit manufacturing line of meals, and calling it out for missing coronary heart and fervour.

When Bobby tattoos, he says he designs tats for an individual’s particular physique kind and makes adjustments as wanted — so, he says he is unsure how a robotic may present the identical complete expertise if it is simply going off coded directions.

In different phrases … Bobby says there’s nothing fairly just like the human contact for tattooing.

He is additionally straight-up questioning the tech right here, too … overtly questioning what occurs to an area tattoo parlor if the machine breaks down all of a sudden, and must be repaired.

As for Aaron, he says he thinks this new know-how is only a fad, and whereas he is satisfied the machine may need some primary tattoo expertise … he says that does not make it a real artist.

Nonetheless, he thinks some folks will go the robotic route. As an illustration, Aaron says the wealthy and well-known — or as he places it, the Kardashians of the world — will in all probability purchase into this physique artwork novelty.

We broke the story … artist Dillon Forte labored with a machine constructed by tech firm Blackdot to collaborate on a sci-fi/space-themed tattoo, and the components created by the automated artist appeared rattling close to an identical to Forte’s design.

However, it appears the skilled eyes aren’t having any of that … and the ‘Ink Masters’ do not anticipate human tattoo artists to be put out of labor anytime quickly.