As a child I used Art to make my mother smile who had schizophrenia, and now I find that I give that same sense of happiness when tattooing.
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Anything with colors. I love to contrast and scenes that illustrate depth. Sometimes that is done with black and grey, sometimes with colors. Either is great so I don't really have a favorite, I'm my own worst critic, a more honest question would be which do I see the least flaw in my approach in and what would I do different to make its better. Hindsight and all. But learning all the time and always try my best.
Where do you find inspiration?In the client. When we meet and speak it's a new friendship beginning, a new chapter of a much larger book, but this one has cool colorful picture pullouts to accent that story, and that's where I come in, to make the imagination a reality, to co-create on something that is special. We are all putting so much into it so it must be the very best we can make it. We must believe in ourselves, the willful suspension of disbelief can often change our world.
What would you do with $25,000?My mother was the start, with her passing, she always maintained a proudness of me even as we were always poor, we had one another, I want to use that humility to get a permanent home/ shop where her ashes can be displayed as a reminder of happiness and strength. The rest would go towards classes to make me better as I see so many great people out there doing amazing things and wonder why keep going, then I remember my mom even in schizophrenia would say I'm proud of you, keep going, I love you!
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