lot of people do not like what I do, especially my tattoos because they are old school style, the bloody old school, crazy things, you know? Do you prefer black or color tattoos? I prefer both, they are different. Sometimes black and white, sometimes color. It depends on the person and his/her type of skin, what color, which style. Color is not for everyone; in pale skin it looks very good. My arm is all tattooed in color but I’m mad. Anyway, it depends on the art you are going to make and on the person, things change. Were your tattoos made by friends? Most of them. I have works by Colo, Fede, Tomy, who are the guys from the tattoo shop, and a shark made by Mikey, a friend of mine who works at another tattoo shop. Although I do have a tattoo by a guy who is not my friend. Did you like the design? No, no, not much really. What is your design method? I like to do three designs for each thing. I add them something, like series. I have Mickey Mouse throwing up and Tigger doing some kind of jump, all screwed up. I want to do one more, like Piglet doing something, but I have not done it. I gave away many of my drawings. I paint and then I give it to someone, except for the first one because I liked it. And you do not sell your art? Who will buy it? I can see myself selling some of my series of three which have a frame. Many things do not have frames and people are so stupid that they do not see a work of art if it not framed. They think something
like “OK, it is a drawing”, but once you frame it they say “that is very good”, which makes me want to say “you idiots”. “Everything looks better framed” is a very good quote I like to repeat, I say it to my friends all the time. Tell me about the life of a tattoo artist Life is good. It is like my personal life, I do a lot of things for my own sake, but that is how I am. You will also find many tattoo artists who do nothing for themselves and do not care about anything. They drink all day, although it does not have to be like that. It depends on the type of person you are and where you are being, do you follow me? I am not a fat biker and you know that, but if I am exhausted and somewhat troubled, I will stay up late tattooing, sometimes until 3 in the morning. I tattoo here and at home, that is what the life of a tattoo artist is like. Do you like what you do? Yes, you can imagine. I do not have to get up and put on a crappy suit, although it would be fine if I had to wear one. I like to dress as someone I am not to annoy people. That is why I am in advertising, just in case all this fails; in case my arms come off somehow and I cannot carry on with my art. So it is only in case I cannot support myself, but now I live well on my own and I am not even the best tattoo artist in the world. So you study advertising then... I dropped out of school for a while, a year ago, and I am disheartened to go back. Meanwhile, they do not motivate me much. Where do you wish to take your art? I hope to get to a point where there is a group of people who already like and want my art.
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