David Osorio
So you have been tattooing for 11
years, did you have any formal train-
ing before that?
I went to college to be an art teacher,
I have a sculpting background, Paint-
ing background, music background, a
bunch of art stuff.
How did that lead to tattooing?
I got a tattoo when I was a teen ager
when I was in high school and thought
“this is something I would LOVE to try.”
I tried it out and was doing it while I
went to college and slowly got better
and obviously stuck with it. I didn’t really have a plan.
Why did you decide to open your own shop?
I always wanted to do my own thing and do something a little different, so
I stayed away from the traditional being a dickhead. I wanted to give my
guys and myself to the freedom to express how we work and have a cool
environment. Anybody who has worked in my shop can vouch for that.
It’s a peaceful, cool environment. Every shop I ever worked at there was
the pressure to make money, make money, make money. I didn’t want
that. I wanted a nice artistic place where you could concentrate on your
stuff and that’s it.
How would you describe your style?
Realism with a little mashup I would say. I like to combine images like
a portrait with some architecture and mash them up and have my own
light sources. I would say realism for the most part and portraits, animals,
flowers.
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