I like tattoos and tattoo-related podcasts and stuff. I just fell in love with Guy. I love how serious he seems about his art, his skills and the work that can be done... Seriously. I love him.
You ever seen any of his work in person? It's insane how much detail and texture and depth is in his work. My tattoo guy is friends with Guy and he has an entire back piece done by Guy. It's incredible. I've never seen anything like it
Another excellent podcast. It's amazing to me how many talented artists I've come to know over just the past year and a half. Guy mentioned Halo Jankowski being part of his Tattoo Improvement network, and I currently happen to be working with him on a leg sleeve. A year ago I never would have dreamed I'd be working with so many famous, and not so famous, artists. I'm so thankful that overall the whole tattoo community is so inclusive, friendly, and down to earth. I'm just a collector, but I'm thankful every day for all of my tattoo artist friends.
Such an eloquent mind in Guy. Hearing him talk about tattoos and how he approaches art makes me want one from him so bad. Let me know if he still wants to do a horse! I’m in
I would like to add my thoughts on the subject of apprenticeship and the networks that help to become a better tattooer. I come out of painting ,drawing and the illegal Graffiti background. Tattoos lurked a wee bit into my focus until I got my first tattoo in the age of 18......... spirit of the moment ( I turned 18 and could do what I wanted ) and I walked 28 years ago into a shop and got my first tiny tattoo. Devil in nappies ( it looks now after all that time not so good anymore, but it was my first one and it will fade with me ) was it and it infected me with the "tattoo flu ". Apprenticeship in that time in Germany was unthinkable , if you walked into a shop asking for it you had been lucky to walk straight out of the shop. So you had to get tattooed and you had to watch and ask question very carefully so that the tattooer didn't get a nose on what you are doing . Finding magazines and drawing a copy of what tattoos you see was a must. Years later ....6 years of spying out tattooers and drawing the hell out of myself I finally ordered everything from a Spaulding Puma machine ...loose needles and bars ( yep we made our needles........ I'm happy not to have to do it anymore) up to autoclave. My friend a butcher at that time I asked for pick skin.......... we both had been drunken in a bar and he decided to be that skin for the other day. So he came the other day and I put out the barrier, prepared everything and put a stencil on his skin....... a tribal ( the worst what you can start with is a tribal)........ I started and nothing happened like I expected to happen....colour didn't went in the right way ...it took more time to lay it in solid....and I sweat so much that my feet had been under water in my shoes. Finally after 4 hours we had been finished ( he is still my friend and yes he has still that tattoo and of course I would love to fix it , but he doesn't let me). From this time on I tattooed my first 20 friends for free and payed lots of attention what I'm doing, refocusing and all that stuff included. Using white or grey wash.....fuck that....colour....fuck that . I had no damn clue how to apply that on skin. So after a view years of doing only black tattoos I finally via accident found out about shading and I loved it ....later on I started to love colours. It took over 10 years to become a reasonable tattooer and a lot of shitty tattoos as well. So after 10 years i had a pretty much idea what I'm doing and started to go on conventions around Europe , met other tattooer who had been far better than I was and learned from them . Finally I found my own style but I really love to do everything (ok hyper-realistic I'm not able to do , so I do not even try ) and that is why I love my street shop ........I hear different stories ..deal with all kinds of people and do from super simple to complicated complex tattoos . I consider myself as a work horse and I am one. I took on a apprentice who had started his apprenticeship by a co tattooer in the shop , but that guy ( the tattooer) was an awfully crackhead and we kicked em out. But I took on the apprentice gave him all my knowledge and even asked ( and this is super important ) another tattooer .....and Chris is maybe the best tattooer here in Michigan ( ups I forgot to tell that I moved 4 years ago to Grand Rapids and overtook a Street shop) .....to help my apprentice in subjects where I was not able to help. Matt ( the ex apprentice ) became such an amazing tattooer in such a quick time because of what was teach to him and his professional attitude in direction of tattooing. He is a way much better artist as I am and he is tattooing 19 years less than I do. I learn from him and he learns from me , what is by the way the right thing to do. Never stop learning and exploring , ones you stop you are done and should quit doing tattoos . Drawing,painting,sculpture all has to be explored to become a good tattooer. I think a apprenticeship is super important and that leading me to a network like you guys ore Guy's network....... it is a wonderfully added tool not only for an apprentice even so more for us old cunts in tattooing or the younger ones as well. You created a so important tool for us all to use and with it to make our horizon bigger , not only in the way of tattooing even so in the way of different art . I'm very thankfully for your work and the effort you put into this !!!!!! Best regards Dirk
Thank you so much for taking the time to share your story. It sounds like quite and adventure. I agree on needle building. Glad we are done with that. I truly appreciate you taking the time to watch and support our channel. Best of luck in Michigan
Thank you very much for doing this and help us all in a amazing way. Yep it was quite an adventure and it is still not over. I will take my family and my co worker with his wife to Germany and will open a shop in the Cologne area in August/September 2017 . Maybe if you guys start to travel we are able to meet in Germany ! Best of luck to you as well !!
thanks for the video it is really good to see how tattoos can be expressed. Finding a proper aprentice ship is not easy. and it can be heart breaking and more damaging than help in some cases.....getting an aprenticeship and being there has been chalenging to say the least. hehehehe thanks again and keep the great work you do and all the chapters to come =)
I'm not sure if the question was answered but for someone who isn't a tattoo artist but would like to not get bad tattoos, would getting a subscription to guys site be beneficial for me? Does he have a section for tattooees? If not, tell him he should haha
Thats a good question. Reinventing the tattoo is pretty technical and geared towards professional artists. I don't know if you could justify the expense as a non tattooer.
I like tattoos and tattoo-related podcasts and stuff. I just fell in love with Guy. I love how serious he seems about his art, his skills and the work that can be done... Seriously. I love him.
You ever seen any of his work in person? It's insane how much detail and texture and depth is in his work. My tattoo guy is friends with Guy and he has an entire back piece done by Guy. It's incredible. I've never seen anything like it
The pictures and videos don't do it any justice at all
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Another excellent podcast. It's amazing to me how many talented artists I've come to know over just the past year and a half. Guy mentioned Halo Jankowski being part of his Tattoo Improvement network, and I currently happen to be working with him on a leg sleeve. A year ago I never would have dreamed I'd be working with so many famous, and not so famous, artists. I'm so thankful that overall the whole tattoo community is so inclusive, friendly, and down to earth. I'm just a collector, but I'm thankful every day for all of my tattoo artist friends.
Halo is awesome Chuck. I have never met him but follow his work. Thanks for watching
Hell yeah chuck!! Hope you’re still getting tattooed and meeting awesome people!
Living Legend
Such an eloquent mind in Guy. Hearing him talk about tattoos and how he approaches art makes me want one from him so bad. Let me know if he still wants to do a horse! I’m in
I would like to add my thoughts on the subject of apprenticeship and the networks that help to become a better tattooer. I come out of painting ,drawing and the illegal Graffiti background. Tattoos lurked a wee bit into my focus until I got my first tattoo in the age of 18......... spirit of the moment ( I turned 18 and could do what I wanted ) and I walked 28 years ago into a shop and got my first tiny tattoo. Devil in nappies ( it looks now after all that time not so good anymore, but it was my first one and it will fade with me ) was it and it infected me with the "tattoo flu ". Apprenticeship in that time in Germany was unthinkable , if you walked into a shop asking for it you had been lucky to walk straight out of the shop. So you had to get tattooed and you had to watch and ask question very carefully so that the tattooer didn't get a nose on what you are doing . Finding magazines and drawing a copy of what tattoos you see was a must. Years later ....6 years of spying out tattooers and drawing the hell out of myself I finally ordered everything from a Spaulding Puma machine ...loose needles and bars ( yep we made our needles........ I'm happy not to have to do it anymore) up to autoclave. My friend a butcher at that time I asked for pick skin.......... we both had been drunken in a bar and he decided to be that skin for the other day. So he came the other day and I put out the barrier, prepared everything and put a stencil on his skin....... a tribal ( the worst what you can start with is a tribal)........ I started and nothing happened like I expected to happen....colour didn't went in the right way ...it took more time to lay it in solid....and I sweat so much that my feet had been under water in my shoes. Finally after 4 hours we had been finished ( he is still my friend and yes he has still that tattoo and of course I would love to fix it , but he doesn't let me). From this time on I tattooed my first 20 friends for free and payed lots of attention what I'm doing, refocusing and all that stuff included. Using white or grey wash.....fuck that....colour....fuck that . I had no damn clue how to apply that on skin. So after a view years of doing only black tattoos I finally via accident found out about shading and I loved it ....later on I started to love colours. It took over 10 years to become a reasonable tattooer and a lot of shitty tattoos as well. So after 10 years i had a pretty much idea what I'm doing and started to go on conventions around Europe , met other tattooer who had been far better than I was and learned from them . Finally I found my own style but I really love to do everything (ok hyper-realistic I'm not able to do , so I do not even try ) and that is why I love my street shop ........I hear different stories ..deal with all kinds of people and do from super simple to complicated complex tattoos . I consider myself as a work horse and I am one. I took on a apprentice who had started his apprenticeship by a co tattooer in the shop , but that guy ( the tattooer) was an awfully crackhead and we kicked em out. But I took on the apprentice gave him all my knowledge and even asked ( and this is super important ) another tattooer .....and Chris is maybe the best tattooer here in Michigan ( ups I forgot to tell that I moved 4 years ago to Grand Rapids and overtook a Street shop) .....to help my apprentice in subjects where I was not able to help. Matt ( the ex apprentice ) became such an amazing tattooer in such a quick time because of what was teach to him and his professional attitude in direction of tattooing. He is a way much better artist as I am and he is tattooing 19 years less than I do. I learn from him and he learns from me , what is by the way the right thing to do. Never stop learning and exploring , ones you stop you are done and should quit doing tattoos . Drawing,painting,sculpture all has to be explored to become a good tattooer. I think a apprenticeship is super important and that leading me to a network like you guys ore Guy's network....... it is a wonderfully added tool not only for an apprentice even so more for us old cunts in tattooing or the younger ones as well. You created a so important tool for us all to use and with it to make our horizon bigger , not only in the way of tattooing even so in the way of different art . I'm very thankfully for your work and the effort you put into this !!!!!! Best regards Dirk
Thank you so much for taking the time to share your story. It sounds like quite and adventure. I agree on needle building. Glad we are done with that. I truly appreciate you taking the time to watch and support our channel. Best of luck in Michigan
Thank you very much for doing this and help us all in a amazing way. Yep it was quite an adventure and it is still not over. I will take my family and my co worker with his wife to Germany and will open a shop in the Cologne area in August/September 2017 . Maybe if you guys start to travel we are able to meet in Germany ! Best of luck to you as well !!
Awesome interview guys! Y'all crushed both Part 1 & 2. Thanks for the knowledge!
I have missed dangling participles LOL.... brings a lot of memories HAHAHAHA =D
thanks for the video it is really good to see how tattoos can be expressed.
Finding a proper aprentice ship is not easy. and it can be heart breaking and more damaging than help in some cases.....getting an aprenticeship and being there has been chalenging to say the least. hehehehe
thanks again and keep the great work you do and all the chapters to come =)
Thanks so much. We appreciate the support
what would the real tattoo god say? ''Im not a tattoo god''
loved this episode
He's not fooling anyone. If he's not a tattoo god then who is?! Thanks for watching
I'm not sure if the question was answered but for someone who isn't a tattoo artist but would like to not get bad tattoos, would getting a subscription to guys site be beneficial for me? Does he have a section for tattooees? If not, tell him he should haha
Thats a good question. Reinventing the tattoo is pretty technical and geared towards professional artists. I don't know if you could justify the expense as a non tattooer.
cool, thanks
First :D been waiting for this! keep up the great content!
Awesome. Thanks for watching and showing support