translates into my love of tattooing
animals, skulls and flowers. I’m not
so into bio-mechanical or geometric
tattoos.If clients come in looking for
that I will happily refer to another
artist at the shop.
Do you like helping people design their tattoos or are you ok
with “Do whatever you want to
do”?
Yes, I need some direction and
generally don’t mind if someone
has very specific ideas for their tattoo. I will help steer them in a better direction or make suggestions if
their ideas are too much or won’t
work together as a tattoo. It’s definitely nice when people step back
and let me do what I enjoy but if
someone says ‘do whatever you
want to do’ they’ll end up with flowers so generally I try to get some
sort of subject from them.
How old were you when you got
your first tattoo? What was it and
how do you feel about it today?
I got a little chair outline on my
lower back when I was 18. I was in school for Furniture design and I naively
thought that was what I would be doing with the rest of my life. Whenever
I have a client who is in a lot of pain I always tell them about how I nearly
passed out getting this tattoo and the artist had to go get me a snickers and
coke. It’s about the size of a dime and took the artist literally about 3 minutes. It always gets a laugh and helps my client feel better.
What was the inspiration behind some of your own tattoos?
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