possible. This is why it is hard for me to go to conventions and tattoo in
front of people.
What was the first tattoo you ever did? Can you tell us about it?
I started tattooing two years ago, in the Spring of 2012. My first tattoo
was on a friend that was kind enough to let me practice on her, it was
a little sea star that actually looked pretty good. My second tattoo was
horrible. It is funny to talk about the first approach to tattooing because
when it comes to reality and you hold your tattoo machine for the first
time in your hand and aim it towards someone, you don’t really know
where to gain the confidence to actually do it so you really find yourself
trusting your instincts. As time passes and you get more experience,
those instincts become habits.
How would you describe your style and which tattoo style do you
like best?
It is hard for me to categorize my tattooing as a certain style. But, as
weird and minimalistic as this style is, it is like being asked not to be
categorized into a certain conventional style pattern. I actually started
to make those designs because it was weird for me that people try to
categorize tattoos and other art forms. Sometimes people waste more
energy when they stand in front of an art creation by trying to understand which gender it is connected to and which category it should be
defined instead of enjoying the endless opportunity of having something
undefined. I could say that I have that split into my designs, just like in
my personality. I create those art minimalistic lines for the computer kid
inside me and very detailed mandalas for the spiritual man side of me.
Describe how you go about creating a tattoo from concept to finished
design and also how you try to put your own unique touch on your
tattoos.
I make my designs according to the body structure of my clients. I can’t
ever make a sketch beforehand because it could look pretty nice on
paper but wouldn’t fit the body. I don’t see most of my clients before
their appointments since they usually travel to get tattooed by me. My
studio is located in Berlin, it is private which means that there is just one
person at a time there. I don’t take walk-ins and I only tattoo one person
a day. I think that it is impossible to tattoo more than one person a day
as a tattoo artist that tries to go through a spiritual experience with the
client and create something positive out of it from the psychological
aspect, as well as the creation aspect. The more open-minded the client
is, the better I can create something individual for them. This is when
I feel the most comfortable with my creations. I love it the most when I
can create on people that come without any ideas of what they want but
are determined to get tattooed by me.
I do a lot of freehand with my tattoo designs. Most of the lines are art
design and the process of designing is sometimes longer than the
tattooing process itself. Sometimes it is very hard to find the right lines
that floats through the body, especially when we talk about geometric
designs. Our bodies are not symmetrical and to try to put a symmetrical
design on an unsymmetrical object usually results in it looking like a
sticker. If you choose to deal with geometric designs, it has to be the
right size, in the right place, and with the right movement; otherwise,
it simply does not work. I experiment a lot, like on a daily basis, which
is a bit risky when it comes to a nonreversible form of art, but I guess
that it is the only way to develop your own style as an artist and create
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