InkSpired Magazine Issue No. 46 | Page 68

Club Tattoo Tempe Artist: Darin Priest CLUB TATTOO TEMPE ARTIST DARIN PRIEST Words: Simone Jane Darin Priest is relatively new to the tattoo world, having just emerged in 2011. Darin, a native of Arizona currently works out of Club Tattoo in Tempe. He has studied fine art since childhood and this is illustrated in his work. When studying fine art, Darin developed techniques to bring metaphor and meaning into his work. Surrealist art is symbolic and often open to interpretation. His tattoos often depict images of surrealistic 3D clocks, skulls, and faces so realistic you feel you can reach out and touch them. 66 InkSpiredMagazine.com