Hello! Thank you so much for taking the time to do this interview. How long have you been tattooing? Do you remember your first tattoo? I started tattooing in 2011/2012 when I had my son, I was curious about the tattoo world and I was painting portraits and grafitti by then, but it was a difficult way of living so I decided to try. My first tattoo was on my brother, it was a skull with a barbed wire on his back and it was a disaster hahha.

Q: How long took to gain confidence?
A: It was difficult to gain confidence in the beginning, I wasn't sure if I really like tattooing and it was so hard. I was never satisfied with the result. But I had a few friends that helped me a lot with the process and with patience everything started to improve.

Q: I like how you mix more images into one design. Is it all your idea or you negotiate with your clients?
A: Normally the idea comes from the client. I'm kind of a mercenary in that way hahah but I'm lucky because they really trust my work.

Q: What about the big tattoos, do you do all the work in one session or sometimes it could take a few sessions?
A: For a piece that goes from the shoulder to the elbow it takes me 1 session 7/8 hours. People use to say that I'm fast at tattooing. For bigger pieces it depends on the design and the size of the client, a full back piece normally takes me like five sessions more or less.

Q: Being constantly busy is hard. Some people think being a tattoo artist is fun but is it? What are some of the most challenging aspects of this job? How do you get inspired?
A: Tattooing is fun, but not for the tattooing itself but for the people you are getting to know. A lot of stories and personalities. For me, the most challenging part of the process is to put the transfer perfectly. It's super important to make a clear transfer and to put it in the best way possible. If you do it correctly you have half of the job done. I get inspired by movies, videogames and anime.

Q: Would you try a different style?
A: Improving is a road without an end. Every day I find new artists that inspire me to improve and I try to learn as much as I can. Actually I'm starting to try new styles, more lineal tattoos like the mangas I like and little by little I'm mixing realism with more lineal techniques.

Q: Your advice for those who are willing to start tattooing?
A: Don't bite more that you can swallow. I mean, is important to know your limitations and to be patient, experience and know that you can't have it in one month. So go easy, little by little and draw a lot, because is the base of everything we do.