Where are you from?
I’m from a city called Caxias do Sul in the south of Brazil.
How long have you been tattooing?
I’ve been tattooing for 12 years.
What inspired you to become a tattoo artist?
Since I was a kid, I preferred drawing over doing anything else. When I was younger, I never saw art as a way of making a living, but when I was a teenager, I saw some friends getting tattoos, and that triggered something in me. After that, I started getting tattoos, chatting with tattoo artists, asking for advice, and I realised there was an opportunity to work with something that I had always loved doing.
What is your background?
When I started tattooing, one of my biggest influences was surrealist black and grey by Victor Portugal, which really pushed me to become a tattoo artist. After a while, I started learning more about other styles like traditional, Japanese, blackwork, lettering and engraving. Nowadays, I feel that with concept art, I can mix different parts of my background to create something unique.
What style do you specialise in?
Over the years, I’ve studied many different styles, but the ones I enjoy tattooing the most are concept art, micro-realism, portraits and black and grey realism.
What do you like to do in your spare time?
I love spending time with my family, watching movies and football, playing guitar, and also studying drawing and painting.
What’s your favourite kind of tattoo to do?
I love tattooing designs where I can mix different elements and textures, but the ones I enjoy the most are the ones that have a story behind them, something with a personal meaning for the client.
What’s the coolest tattoo you’ve done?
One of the coolest tattoos I’ve done was a project of the metal band Mastodon on my brother’s arm. It was a composition with portraits of the band members, and the guys from the band actually saw it and liked it. My brother and I have a metal band, and they are a huge influence on us, so it was really cool that this tattoo reached them and that they enjoyed my work.
