I have started tattooing two years ago, in October 2013. I had never thought about doing this before I started doing it, but now I can’t see myself doing anything else. I was in a not so good time of my life, and I actually feel like tattooing came to me as a salvation.
Before I started tattooing, I never did this style of drawing. In the beginning, I wanted to do tattoos with lots of lines so I could practice them before I went on to anything else. I ended up realizing that this was something new that really didn’t need anything else to work, so I just focused all my energy into it. What I try to do is to have a very perceptible central object (that you can read right away when you look at) but that when you look up close you will find a lot of details you hadn’t noticed before.
I only use line-work most of the time, so I try to give all volume and shading through the variation in thickness, sparseness, and direction of lines. To me, it’s a very intuitive process. I mainly work with black ink, but sometimes I also do parts of a design in another color (red or blue). In certain tattoos, the color helps give a different meaning to the piece, to a line, or helps untangle the elements, if there are two overlapping that, if both were black, would lose their readability.
I like doing organic objects the most, especially animals. I feel incredibly lucky that tattoo found it’s way into my life. Every day I get to do what I love and, even better, I get to make someone else happy with my work.
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Collaboration with Tania Catclaw tattoo (left)
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I hope to go to the states someday yes, don't know when yet. Possibly NYC :)
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I'm in Lisbon, Portugal. Thank you :)
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amazing work!! where about's are you based and how long is your waiting list? (assuming you have a waiting list, with work this nice I would expect a long list??)
Are there different bit sizes? Or do you just have to do lots of strokes for thicker lines? Like in the pipe, there's thick and thin lines.
Absolutely gorgeous!! Love the creativity in this! Whenever I decide to get a tattoo it will similar to this
Amazing I will pay as much as you say if I ever come by your studio! You are a true artist !
Wow, your tattoos are amazing! I would love to have you do one for me!
I would love for you to do some work on me if its possible where are you based ?
Wow. I never thought I'd so much as contemplate getting a tatto ... yours have changed this stance (maybe a small owl or crow at the base of my neck)!
I never thought I'd contemplate a Tattoo ... yours have changed stance.
I hope to go to the states someday yes, don't know when yet. Possibly NYC :)
Load More Replies... I'm in Lisbon, Portugal. Thank you :)
Load More Replies... amazing work!! where about's are you based and how long is your waiting list? (assuming you have a waiting list, with work this nice I would expect a long list??)
Are there different bit sizes? Or do you just have to do lots of strokes for thicker lines? Like in the pipe, there's thick and thin lines.
Absolutely gorgeous!! Love the creativity in this! Whenever I decide to get a tattoo it will similar to this
Amazing I will pay as much as you say if I ever come by your studio! You are a true artist !
Wow, your tattoos are amazing! I would love to have you do one for me!
I would love for you to do some work on me if its possible where are you based ?
Wow. I never thought I'd so much as contemplate getting a tatto ... yours have changed this stance (maybe a small owl or crow at the base of my neck)!
I never thought I'd contemplate a Tattoo ... yours have changed stance.
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