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Freehand work is great if you want things that flow with your body. It works well with tribal-ish designs and the like but I've seen some people showing off ghastly lettering and traditional styled work that is all out of proportion whilst proudly telling me that 'it was done freehand!'.
It's all horses for courses and I'm not knocking it by any means. But my tattoos are drawn and sized and employ a mimeograph. The only freehand things I have are background clouds and swirls that were put on with a biro as the stencil.
Just depends on what you want to get.