247 Ink Magazine (Februaryr/March) 2019 Issue #25 | Page 49

How long have you been into art? My entire life, some of the first memories I have are hustling in 1st grade by selling sketches of car- toon characters to classmates so I could buy candy at the store. Art has always been my no.1 Who are some of your artistic in- fluences? This is almost too hard to answer. My mother was into art and it’s al- ways been around in one form or an- other, but as for tattoo and paint- ing influences, Sasha O’Kharin is blowing my mind currently, and Edward Best (Poch) is an absolute machine and inspiration when it comes to his drawings and work ethic. There’s a great upcoming tattooist/artist Rain Delmar from New York, her paintings and where she pulls her influence from blows my mind. 45