medium. I love working with charcoal,
working with watercolor, any medium, sculpting, art is art and if it helps
me be a better tattoo artist I need to
make the time to do that.
You jumped ahead of my next
question which was do you paint at
all? (laughs)
I paint, my tattooing didn’t evolve until I took my classic watercolor class
where I was only allowed to use 8
colors and was not allowed to use
black and white. I got to make every
color including black by mixing colors,
so you learn to become a better artist
by using other mediums. Let’s look at
Nikko Hurtado. Nikko was a painter
before he was a tattooer and it shows
in his work.
So, what do you do in your spare
time?
I’m an avid animal lover. I have 3 dogs, 2 parrots, a snake, a bearded dragon lizard, ish and I’m love firearms. I’m an outdoorsy kind of person. I’m actually go to glock shooting and camping and love being out in nature. I love
fishing. You can’t live on the beach and not love fishing. Fishing is like therapy. There’s nothing like being out on the water. There’s something about the
peace and quiet and focusing on the task of tricking this fish to bite on an
artificial lure..it helps me mentally.
Any projects you’re working on?
No projects, but a couple of tattoo ideas I’ve never seen that I think will
make people go “Holy Shit!” Something different, but I can’t tell you that idea
(laughs) I’ve researched it and have not seen anything like it. I think I have a
original idea.
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