One of Tod ’ s favorite artists is Zdzislaw Beksiński , widely known for his vast , compulsively detailed paintings of bizarre humanoid characters amongst backgrounds of various states of decay . If you look throughout Beksiński ’ s body of work , you can see glimpses of the influences the artist has had on Tod ’ s designs . Other contemporary artists that Tod admires are Chet Zar , notable for his gloomy apocalyptic industrial surroundings swarming with monstrosities , and sculptor Jessie Fohrman .
Tod got his first tattoo when he was 17 , a simple skull and crossbones with a single needle . It has since been covered over three times . He currently works with Christina Hock at Dolorosa Tattoo Company . His favorite piece when asked , “ I am really into multi-eyed stuff ,” he confesses .
I have done a bunch of drawings and sculptures of multi-eyed creatures . So when I saw Christina ’ s jade multi-eyed reapers , I thought that it was perfect . The eyes represent people ’ s motives and personalities . So you can play switch-a-roo on people . This is not a positive thing . So there are also the mental motivations . The eyes swirling around the head . And what you actually say , those are the eyes in the mouth . Separate creatures altogether .
His tattoo is beautiful , dark royal purple , with a main skull but so many eyes , and grey , turquoise , plus those teeth . It ’ s quite menacing . You can get confused at which eyes are really looking at you . The trifecta of a brilliant tattoo , is a great cover up , important message or meaning , and gorgeous to behold . Which kind of describes the entire surreal beautiful world of Tod Waters & Junker Designs .
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