Sari Asahi
Q&A
Interview By Travarez Parsons
You were on the Reality TV show
Tattoo School in. What was it like to
be on Reality TV?
A
It was definitely an interesting
experience.. It’s always fun to watch
the final edits and see what kind of
character they made us all out to be.
“Reality is NOT real, people! C’mon!”
Haha!
Q We all seen a reality
have
show here and there. They can
get pretty wild. Do you have
an wild crazy story that didn’t
make it to the screen?
A
My classmates were pretty
tame, and honestly the
days filming were so long and
draining that we didn’t get a
chance to do much else.
22 Southern Inked
November 2013
Q
A
I guess since I have a lot of
tattoos, and crazy hair, people
just assumed, because everywhere I
went I was asked if I was a tattoo artist.
That put the idea in my head. I’ve
always been an artist, just never knew
how to make any money doing it.
Q Wasshow were you did
the
your apprenticeship or was
that just for the show?
show. I
A It was just for theschool to
actually went to
What made you decide to
start tattooing?
get my foot in the door. After
that, I got an apprenticeship.
People should not go to school
expecting to be a fully functional
tattoo artist after only 2 weeks,
but it’s a good start.
Q How classify your
do you
tattooing style?
specialize in
A IJapanese, andfloral, school..
new
My favorite being bright,
colorful, cartoony tattoos.
Also, I’m very light handed and
somewhat of a perfectionist.