I try to compose and design original tattoos for my clients as much as I can. With cooperative people, we just click instantly right on the spot. Usually talking over their references and/or ideas simultaneously creating the design. It is very important to me that I give my clients something original and something that represents their true selves.
If I can draw it on I'd rather work freehand, it fits and moves with the body much more fluidly. Stencils are useful with complex elements indeed, but when it comes to sketchy or illustrative style I try to keep it freehand.
We explore the depths of our inner power, channel every last bit of it to survive what we encounter. The only way is onwards, we move forward, stronger than yesterday maybe a little tired with our wounds but now, we have the proof that no matter how hard life hits, we can take it, as long as it doesn't kill us.
This ritual has been going on for so long and the current state of it never ceases to amaze me. We leave a mark on “some” “body” for life, and they let us do it, they trust us. They spend the time, endure the pain, pay the price. Grateful to be an artist, but I cannot describe the feeling of inscribing flesh for life. Forever thankful to the bodies who let me hurt them. I love what I do, and I won't compromise quality over quantity or recognition.