What made you want to become a tattoo
artist and how long have you been tattooing?
In 2004, one of my friends brought me into
a tattoo studio, just visiting her friends, and
I met a super nice old-school tattooist called
Botti. We started talking about art, tattoos, et
cetera. Then, I have built my own machine.
(Laughs.) And that’s how it started. That was
the point of no return. This way of art was so
hard for me. The technique was so difficult.
Of course, today, it is much easier to start
- there’s better equipment and stuff. But in
those days, it was unbelievable.
I have made tattoos as a professional tattooist since 2006. In the first
2 years it was only about “killing my friends”
and stuff. There were no seminars and DVDs.
I had to figure out everything by myself.
Then I started some travels and discovered other countries, (Ireland, Germany, et
cetera) but my heart brought me back to my
homeland. I still love it, I never want to leave
Hungary!
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What did your family and friends think about
you getting into the business?
My parents and my wife always support me;
it doesn’t matter what decisions I make. They
are behind me all the time. I couldn’t do this
without them. I have a really strong family. I’m
proud of that.
What was the first tattoo you ever did? Can
you tell us about it?
It was a Kanji “love.” I made it with a single
needle with a machine with a walkman engine, and some homemade grips. It took 2-3
hours with 3 liters of blood… (Laughs.) My
cousin was the victim. Luckily, he still loves it.
Tell me about your shop.
The Perfect Chaos Tattoo Studio has established in 2012 after I spent 3 years in Dark
Art Tattoo Studio at Budapest with wellknown tattoo artist, Zsolt Sárközi.
I started my shop as a street shop, but 99%
of our customers come from the internet
or heard about us from a friend who got
tattooed by us so, I decided to reorganize it
and last year we moved over to an apartment
beside the river Danubia with an awesome
view and nice modern interior.
We changed our profile to a custom private
studio without “walk-ins.” In my shop, everything is about the customers. We are not
stars or anything like that. Only tattooists and
the most important thing is the quality of our
service (tattoos, atmosphere, et cetera).
Describe how you go about creating a tattoo
from concept to finished design, and how
you try to put your own unique touch on your
tattoos.
It depends on the style. In the case of
realism, I work in Photoshop and try to find
the perfect contrast and balance of the
composition. On the other hand, for example,
in Japanese style, I work on paper with
traditional technique to build the composition
on the body to make it flow. I love Japanese
tattoos… My unique touch is always impro-