what paints or inks do traditional tattooers use for there paintings and drawings?

Jayne N: what paints or inks do traditional tattooers use for there paintings and drawings?
iv already tried watercolours but they dont seem to work my friend told me about a thing called liquid acyrlic ?

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Answer by Kermit J
I like oil paints and colored pencils. Markers are out, except to draw on skin.