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This Artist Creates Tattoos That Are A Combination Of “Where I Want To Be And Where I Actually Am,” And Here Are 20 Of The Best Ones
Vasif Daniel Kahraman, once a graphic designer and art director, nowadays works as a tattoo artist in İstanbul. In his childhood, with the help of his aunt who introduced him to drawing, he discovered that he may transform the violence and neglect he encountered at home into different realities. His artistic journey that started as redrawing cartoon characters later advanced into creating his own original stories and characters.
After the untimely death of his beloved aunt, he left his family home when he was just 16 years old and started to work at Penguen, one of the best humor magazines in Turkey. His career in this artistic field continued as he spent more than 10 years working for esteemed comic magazines like Lombak, Kemik, and Uykusuz. He gathered valuable experience there and with the help of his fellow artists, he developed a unique style.
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As tattoo technology advanced, he figured more detailed works could be produced and started to educate himself on the materials needed for tattoo making, as well as the tenderness of the human skin. For this effort, he did a lot of tattoos on himself before he started to work on others.
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Vasif believes he can tell his story with his art. The poverty and the violence he suffered as a kid are transformed into the tattoos he himself calls “Pellucid.” Pellucid as a word means “able to be seen through with clarity” or “transparently clear”. He describes his designs as a combination of “where I want to be and where I actually am”.
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Daycare Attendant Sun 3 years ago
What's a new zealand? What happened to the old zealand?
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Just in the same sense, Vasif’s pellucid works express an inner clarity that can even be seen from the outside. The pellucid works emerged as an expression of the violence he encountered as a kid and the hope he always carries. The style he created searches to open the soul; it is for those who know where they are and who are not afraid to show where they once were. Or maybe for those who just want a cool tattoo.
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IAmSomeone 3 years ago
Wait, this is yours? If yes, then WOW, it's beautiful and... You're so lucky!!!!
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Fight Hypocrites 3 years ago (edited)
He's pretending he IS an elephant. His arms hanging in front of him are his trunk. He's imitating the lumbering, side to side gait of an elephant by showing the boy leaning slightly to one side. The movement portrayed in this is incredible.
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Daycare Attendant Sun 3 years ago
Would have been really cool with a blue to green color gradient, I think. Or maybe some purple and green. Love purple and green.
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Shashonie 3 years ago
This kind of comment is why I refuse to watch it. Also, the only scene I did see was when the bastard bashed the poacher's face in with no emotion whatsoever.
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thEBOrdeSTpaNDA 3 years ago
I always heard it as 'AHHHHH SEVENYAAAAAA DABADIDABADO'
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Ma Ma 3 years ago
Beautiful tattoos! But I wonder what they look like when time passes. Ink works in mysterious ways.
Linda Lee 3 years ago
I get my tats touched up about ever 3 years or so, as needed. I also use lotion every day.
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Pterodactyl in Disguise 3 years ago
2 personalities on one picture is what I got from this, and it’s perfect!
Lem Johnson 3 years ago
They're very pretty, but like the water colour tattoos that were trendy a few years ago, they will fade to shapeless blotches very quickly, even if you take the best care of them.
gila the night/sand 3 years ago
These are absolutely beautiful, I wish I could get one but I’m deathly afraid of needles 😅
Everything is fascinating. 3 years ago
Not sure these are actually tattooed, look more like drawings
Axolotl King 3 years ago
I happen to disagree, but, to each their own. However, even if you don't like how they look, you have to respect how clean and true to the idea they are, unlike that list of crappy tattoos that came out the other day.
Load More Replies... Ma Ma 3 years ago
Beautiful tattoos! But I wonder what they look like when time passes. Ink works in mysterious ways.
Linda Lee 3 years ago
I get my tats touched up about ever 3 years or so, as needed. I also use lotion every day.
Load More Replies... Pterodactyl in Disguise 3 years ago
2 personalities on one picture is what I got from this, and it’s perfect!
Lem Johnson 3 years ago
They're very pretty, but like the water colour tattoos that were trendy a few years ago, they will fade to shapeless blotches very quickly, even if you take the best care of them.
gila the night/sand 3 years ago
These are absolutely beautiful, I wish I could get one but I’m deathly afraid of needles 😅
Everything is fascinating. 3 years ago
Not sure these are actually tattooed, look more like drawings
Axolotl King 3 years ago
I happen to disagree, but, to each their own. However, even if you don't like how they look, you have to respect how clean and true to the idea they are, unlike that list of crappy tattoos that came out the other day.
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