Equal Fashion Magazine Vol 4-2016
But I was addicted to the
industry and I wanted to know
everything there was to know. I
was always planning something
or thinking about it, probably
boring my friends to death
always talking about it!
My parents weren?t too happy
about my fascination with
tattooing but told me if I could
show them that there was any
way of getting work from it, they
would let me put my main focus
on art at school but
unfortunately at the time, no
local studios would open their
doors, not even for free work
experience. I ended up focusing
on media studies, thinking that it
just wasn?t a realistic career
move.
When I turned eighteen, I had
been making more ambitious
plans and wanted to start a full
back piece. It was about a year
into working at this that my
artist; Snoopy (Tattoos by
Snoopy, Glengormley) agreed to
let me help out in the shop and
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try to learn what I could from
watching him work. That was a
life changing moment. From that
day, I never returned to my
university course or my job in
M&S. I was fully committed and
never felt as comfortable making
a decision in my life; that?s if I
even waited a second to make
it!I?ve been tattooing for four
years now and they have been
the best and most interesting,
exciting and challenging years
yet. Not a day goes by when I?m
not learning something new,
artistically and technically.
I like to explore different styles
and do a wide variation of work.
I?m always looking for new
inspirations and given the
volumes of amazing tattoo
artists in the world, I have new
inspiration by the load! I don?t
want to be dedicated to one
style as I feel it keeps the
interest and mind working, to try
and improve at the different
styles that are available, to be
more diverse. It?s good to
challenge yourself.