old fashion hand job?

HERES A GOOD TOPIC: stencils, does anybody like to hand draw a stencil? or run it in the dot matrix or thermofax? which is better?

Personally, if it's a fairly large and detailed piece, I like to hand draw the stencil. If I have the time. Reason being, it familiarizes me with the tattoo. Having just done the linework already. Plus, sometimes the linework you get compared to the finished flash is different. This way, you don't come up on something unexpected in the middle of a tattoo. I've never used a dot matrix and thermo faxes I use maily for tribal and lettering, things like that.

plus thermal fax machines clog small line details.

that's definitely NOT what I thought this thread was about... lol but I am interested in hearing about the actual topic.