this is sick as hell. guy is a fantastic speaker and conversationalist, super humble and always eager to learn and teach.... great personality, really down to earth. he always brings a lot to the table, clearly loves the art of it, and his skill is almost unbelievable. really loved this.
Hell Yeah! Bad ass! I love this video. By far one of my favorites among many other Fireside videos . I've been following Fireside for a couple years, I'm a Foundations member, and a Reinventing subscriber. I make it a point to spend so much money every year into education. And I'm praying to the Tat Gods that I get a copy of the BioMech Encyclopedia as soon as it's available. Keep up the great work Jake!
I loved this session! I’m so curious to learn more about the fugitive orange colors. We have this issue in Permanent Makeup a lot where the yellows and reds have a lower light fastness rating than the blues and blacks used to create browns. I’d love thoughts on browns that stay truly warm brown and oranges that stay truly orange. Is there another podcast episode discussing this?
Great interview and tough questions at the end. Cool to know both of your views on education. Seems like many artists in the industry like to give the same reason for not releasing more education to the general public. The idea that more education would be mean better tattoos in general i think is valid. Scratchers are going to scratch education or not. The people willing to get that bad work are to blame just as much the guy scratching. It just seems like an old excuse that doesn't hold up if you think about it. Artists in shops seem to have this club only to be kept secret to themselves which is understandable but there are smart people that legitimately want good information and an apprenticeship isn't possible. Anyway, great content as always and thanks.
Sometime in 1995 I had submitted my portfolio to a shop in Tempe Arizona. The greater parts of which were figure drawing/fantasy, automotive illustration and Giger style biomechanics. The one piece that caught the shop owner’s attention was a rendering for a custom airbrush paint job, a mix of classic flame job blended with Giger’s biomechanical style and tribal. The guy offered to buy that page from me. I sold it because, hey starving kid going to graphic design school. Anyway didn’t get an apprenticeship fast forward a few years later a friend I went to school with, that I ran around to tattoo shops with that day I talked to that guy, sends me a tattoo article. He’s like, “isn’t that the style you came up with on that flamejob.” So damn close. Almost identical to this “biomechanical” style that’s been around for quite some time. I think it’s probably just more of a case of “great minds think alike”. Like there’s a great flowing river of knowledge that’s available to anyone who’s in tune with them great ideas. I really love having had a chance to watch this evolve from the forefront. Guy has done a lot in the industry. Great discussion a lot of valuable points here.
Im gonna join the reinventing the tattoo drawing groups sometimes i cant belive how ahead if his time guy has always been were all just trying to catch up
Prashant Kadam yeah. I wish we could have stayed on the over the shoulder angle but Guys head kept getting in the way of that shot so we had to cut away quite a bit. Thanks!
Prashant Kadam you’re probably right. The problem was that the back of his head kept getting in the shot so I had to cut away quite a bit. Thanks for the feedback!
this is sick as hell. guy is a fantastic speaker and conversationalist, super humble and always eager to learn and teach.... great personality, really down to earth. he always brings a lot to the table, clearly loves the art of it, and his skill is almost unbelievable. really loved this.
He is also very compassionate
Subscribed! Found out about Guy Aitchison via inked and always enjoyed his interview segments!
Hell Yeah! Bad ass! I love this video. By far one of my favorites among many other Fireside videos . I've been following Fireside for a couple years, I'm a Foundations member, and a Reinventing subscriber. I make it a point to spend so much money every year into education. And I'm praying to the Tat Gods that I get a copy of the BioMech Encyclopedia as soon as it's available. Keep up the great work Jake!
Thank You
I loved this session! I’m so curious to learn more about the fugitive orange colors. We have this issue in Permanent Makeup a lot where the yellows and reds have a lower light fastness rating than the blues and blacks used to create browns. I’d love thoughts on browns that stay truly warm brown and oranges that stay truly orange. Is there another podcast episode discussing this?
Great interview and tough questions at the end. Cool to know both of your views on education. Seems like many artists in the industry like to give the same reason for not releasing more education to the general public. The idea that more education would be mean better tattoos in general i think is valid. Scratchers are going to scratch education or not. The people willing to get that bad work are to blame just as much the guy scratching. It just seems like an old excuse that doesn't hold up if you think about it. Artists in shops seem to have this club only to be kept secret to themselves which is understandable but there are smart people that legitimately want good information and an apprenticeship isn't possible. Anyway, great content as always and thanks.
Great points. Thanks a lot!
Sometime in 1995 I had submitted my portfolio to a shop in Tempe Arizona. The greater parts of which were figure drawing/fantasy, automotive illustration and Giger style biomechanics. The one piece that caught the shop owner’s attention was a rendering for a custom airbrush paint job, a mix of classic flame job blended with Giger’s biomechanical style and tribal. The guy offered to buy that page from me. I sold it because, hey starving kid going to graphic design school. Anyway didn’t get an apprenticeship fast forward a few years later a friend I went to school with, that I ran around to tattoo shops with that day I talked to that guy, sends me a tattoo article. He’s like, “isn’t that the style you came up with on that flamejob.” So damn close. Almost identical to this “biomechanical” style that’s been around for quite some time.
I think it’s probably just more of a case of “great minds think alike”. Like there’s a great flowing river of knowledge that’s available to anyone who’s in tune with them great ideas. I really love having had a chance to watch this evolve from the forefront. Guy has done a lot in the industry.
Great discussion a lot of valuable points here.
Thanks for sharing, fantastic episode!! The light setup is clever, do you know what lights these are? cheers from austria!
A huuuuge thanks from France ! :D 🤘
Jake, this episode might just be your magnum opus of Fireside lol
Joshua M wow! Thanks.
Jake did you ever get a hold of Timmy b yet to set up an interview?
Great video! Awesome content! I anticipate the next! 👍🙏
Scotty Ryan thanks a lot!
Im gonna join the reinventing the tattoo drawing groups sometimes i cant belive how ahead if his time guy has always been were all just trying to catch up
The best , very nice
This is AMAZING! A behind the scenes look at a TRUE Master! Thank You for this Video. I sincerely appreciate it. 👍👍
Tony G thanks a lot!
Original Godzilla... Guy🧙🏼♂️📂🖌🖊✏📚🕯
para que tanto enfocaron su rostro???
14:20 He is drinking booooozzzzeee LOL =D
Hope he threw that paper towel roll away when he finished that session
I myself am seeking a crumb
it was not necessary to show the other camera angles.
Prashant Kadam yeah. I wish we could have stayed on the over the shoulder angle but Guys head kept getting in the way of that shot so we had to cut away quite a bit. Thanks!
it would have been better if you could just focus on the camera that showed Guy working..
Prashant Kadam you’re probably right. The problem was that the back of his head kept getting in the shot so I had to cut away quite a bit. Thanks for the feedback!