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transplant from London, England,

Anthony is no stranger to feeling

displaced and different and even

at an early age. He came to the

U.S. with his family at the young age of

5. He has worked to become the Owner

of Murda Ink 3 Tattoos in Long Island,

New York. He is a husband and father

of 3. Anthony began his path to art be-gan innocently enough at home watch-

ing Sunday morning cartoons and flip-

ping through MAD magazine pages and

struggling to emulate the characters that

he saw on TV onto paper. Following high

school he took a job at a fledgling comic

book company where he learned hands

on the work involved in putting togeth-

er a full length comic book. He took theexperience and the knowledge acquired

seriously and it was yet another piece

of the puzzle which helped develop his

personality. He received a scholarship

to both SVA and C.W. Post in L.I. but

was not able to afford the difference and

therefore opted to journey to PA to at-

tend the Art Institute of Philadelphia to

study 3D Animation and Graphic Design.

Upon returning to L.I. after college hewas introduced to Nike who at the time

was Owner and Operator of Murda InkTattoos in Queens, NY as well as Murda Ink Tattoo 2 in

Hempstead, NY. Nike was and still is a well-respected

figurehead in the art and entertainment scene around this

time and found Anthony to be a like minded personality

and an up and coming creative force and the two hit it

off famously. The mentor/mentee relationship didn't just

end with art, it encompassed how he connected with his

clients, how he would express himself through his talent

and what he would leave as his legacy in the art world.

Atransplant from London, England,

Anthony is no stranger to feeling

displaced and different and even

at an early age. He came to the

U.S. with his family at the young age of

5. He has worked to become the Owner

of Murda Ink 3 Tattoos in Long Island,

New York. He is a husband and father

of 3. Anthony began his path to art be-gan innocently enough at home watch-

ng Sunday morning cartoons and flip-

ping through MAD magazine pages and

struggling to emulate the characters that

he saw on TV onto paper. Following high

school he took a job at a fledgling comic

book company where he learned hands

on the work involved in putting togeth-

er a full length comic book. He took theexperience and the knowledge acquired

seriously and it was yet another piece

of the puzzle which helped develop his

personality. He received a scholarship

o both SVA and C.W. Post in L.I. but

was not able to afford the difference and

herefore opted to journey to PA to at-

end the Art Institute of Philadelphia to

study 3D Animation and Graphic Design.

Upon returning to L.I. after college hewas introduced to Nike who at the time

was Owner and Operator of Murda InkTattoos in Queens, NY as well as Murda Ink Tattoo 2 in

Hempstead, NY. Nike was and still is a well-respected

figurehead in the art and entertainment scene around this

time and found Anthony to be a like minded personality

and an up and coming creative force and the two hit it

off famously. The mentor/mentee relationship didn't just

end with art, it encompassed how he connected with his

clients, how he would express himself through his talent

and what he would leave as his legacy in the art world.

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Meganho was the first major influence on you in yourrly art career?

y dad, he was very into art throughout his childhoodd adolescence. I definitely caught the art bug from

m. And he's always been 100% behind my choices

ife to help me reach my goals.

hat are some of your favorite art styles?

Shop Apprentice Q&AMeganWho was the first major influence on you in your

early art career?

My dad, he was very into art throughout his childhoodand adolescence. I definitely caught the art bug fromhim. And he's always been 100% behind my choices

n life to help me reach my goals.

What are some of your favorite art styles?

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Some of my favorites are realism, surrealism, comicbook style, anime/manga style, and graphic fantasystyle art.

What made you decide to delve into the tattoo in-dustry?

Oddly enough I made the choice to go into the tattoofield when I was 13. I'd sit there drawing on my skin

all day in school. And I'd see adults with tattoosthat were "alright" and I'd think to myself 'If I cando what I do on paper, on someone's skin, I'dbe unstoppable. I really wanted to make myselfinto someone who could produce a great tattoo,rather than a good tattoo.

What are your short term goals for your career?

I'd like to be able to gain more experience inpiercing and begin practice work on fake skin inthe next several months. Also, I am going to betaking my certification exam this October.

What are your long term goals for your career?

There are quite a few. One is to be able to masterevery style of tattooing so I can be as versatile as Ipossibly can. Specialties are well and good to have,but I feel it's important to have a variety in your port-folio. Not just for customers, but for yourself. Ideallyis like to make every style my strongpoint. As well asgaining as much knowledge as I possibly can fromother artists in the industry. There is no such thing asbeing done learning.

Megan

Some of my favorites are realism, surrealism, comicbook style, anime/manga style, and graphic fantasystyle art.

What made you decide to delve into the tattoo in-dustry?

Oddly enough I made the choice to go into the tattoofield when I was 13. I'd sit there drawing on my skin

all day in school. And I'd see adults with tattoosthat were "alright" and I'd think to myself 'If I cando what I do on paper, on someone's skin, I'dbe unstoppable. I really wanted to make myselfinto someone who could produce a great tattoo,rather than a good tattoo.

What are your short term goals for your career?

I'd like to be able to gain more experience inpiercing and begin practice work on fake skin inthe next several months. Also, I am going to betaking my certification exam this October.

What are your long term goals for your career?

There are quite a few. One is to be able to masterevery style of tattooing so I can be as versatile as Ipossibly can. Specialties are well and good to have,but I feel it's important to have a variety in your port-folio. Not just for customers, but for yourself. Ideallyis like to make every style my strongpoint. As well asgaining as much knowledge as I possibly can fromother artists in the industry. There is no such thing asbeing done learning.

Megan

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Patrice "Pat the Haitian" Pam-phile was born in Port Au PrinceHaiti in 1978. He is the secondoldest of 5 brothers born to animmigrant mother, Josette, who

like so many others made the journeyto the states and while making theirway through Florida and Brooklyn, NYended up hanging their hat in Long Is-land. His story only begins there. Patbegan drawing at a very young ageand learned a lot of his would be tradethrough his uncle. He got a lot of hisreference from the comic books thathis older brother would buy and hewas not just able to replicate the artbut he learned to customize it andmake it his own. After high schoolhe attended the very prestigious St.

Johns University in queens and devel-oped his talent further within the Fine

Arts department where he immersedhimself in everything from painting tomixed media arts which followed himto this day. Pat found his path to tat-tooing through a chance meeting withan old friend of his who owned theshop in L.I. when he came to get hissecond tattoo of a clever stylized logo

for his would be creative arts busi-ness. The owner, Anthony Hunter, tookhim on as an apprentice without hes-itation knowing his background in thehigh school art scene and after a 2 yr.stint he was on his way to carving hispath in the industry. Seven years laterand Pat hasn't looked back since. Hisstraightforward, positive energy anddesire to get better have only servedto make him a very sought after artistat the shop and his attention to detailand multitude of reference from yearsof study in the arts make him a creativeforce to be reckoned with. Pat wants toreach that core audience that is as raw,open-minded and serious about theirtattoos as he is. Later this year, patis getting married to his fiance Chris-tine, who has been the glue that's kepthim grounded to his faith and beliefs

and reminds him every day to neverforget his path and to create new oneswhen necessary.

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Patrice

Patrice "Pat the Haitian" Pam-phile was born in Port Au PrinceHaiti in 1978. He is the secondoldest of 5 brothers born to animmigrant mother, Josette, who

like so many others made the journeyto the states and while making theirway through Florida and Brooklyn, NYended up hanging their hat in Long Is-land. His story only begins there. Patbegan drawing at a very young ageand learned a lot of his would be tradethrough his uncle. He got a lot of hisreference from the comic books thathis older brother would buy and hewas not just able to replicate the artbut he learned to customize it andmake it his own. After high schoolhe attended the very prestigious St.

Johns University in queens and devel-oped his talent further within the Fine

Arts department where he immersedhimself in everything from painting tomixed media arts which followed himto this day. Pat found his path to tat-tooing through a chance meeting withan old friend of his who owned theshop in L.I. when he came to get hissecond tattoo of a clever stylized logo

for his would be creative arts busi-ness. The owner, Anthony Hunter, tookhim on as an apprentice without hes-itation knowing his background in thehigh school art scene and after a 2 yr.stint he was on his way to carving hispath in the industry. Seven years laterand Pat hasn't looked back since. Hisstraightforward, positive energy anddesire to get better have only servedto make him a very sought after artistat the shop and his attention to detailand multitude of reference from yearsof study in the arts make him a creativeforce to be reckoned with. Pat wants toreach that core audience that is as raw,open-minded and serious about theirtattoos as he is. Later this year, patis getting married to his fiance Chris-tine, who has been the glue that's kepthim grounded to his faith and beliefs

and reminds him every day to neverforget his path and to create new oneswhen necessary.

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My name is Robert Rodriguez. I work out of

Murda Ink 3 tattoos in North Babylon, New

York and I've been tattooing for 5 years. With

two years of apprenticeship I started my tat-oo journey under the tutelage of Master Mighty Nike,

co-founder of Shirt Kings Airbrushing and creator of

Murda Ink Tattoos. I began working for him as a body

piercer. I admit I had no desire to tattoo at the time. I

elt I lacked proper training in conventional artwork and

did not believe I had the skills needed to permanently

mark someone. After months and months of constant

prodding, he finally convinced me to purchase a tat-

oo set up and I begin drawing and tattooing on fake

skin. To my surprise, I discovered that I had a naturalknack and enjoyment for tattooing. I immediately be-

gan tracing, coloring, and shading any tattoo stencil or

flash I could get my hands on. After months of constant

epetitive drawing, tracing and stenciling, I finally tat-

ooed myself. Then soon after, I began to tattoo friends

and family. I eventually worked my way up to custom-

ers, when Nike thought I was ready. I've learned a great

deal from Master Nike, in and outside of tattooing. I

owe much of my customer service, and work ethicso him. To this day, I still look to him as an inspiration.

After almost two years I moved from Murda Ink 2 in

Hempstead, to Murda Ink 3 in North Babylon, where I

am now. Surrounding myself with positive artists and

riends has helped me grow much in the small amount

of time that Ive been a tattooist. My personal accom-

plishments have given me further motivation and con-

fidence to learn more and work hard. Ive been able to

accumulate 35 awards in only three years including 1st

place awards at Inked Out New Jersey three years in

a row.

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erBy

Dan Henk

I remember when I was 13. I hadjust gotten out of my Huey Lewisand The News, Tears For Fears,

juvenile musical tastes. I wasnow into hair metal. Ratt, Quiet Riot,Def Leppard. I thought that stuff wasso much cooler, and couldnt believe Idliked things like the Dire Straits. Then, alittle over a year later, I got three albums

all at once. Metallicas Ride the Light-ning, Megadeths Peace Sells, and Slay-ers Hell Awaits. I was floored, immedi-ately switched over to trash-metal, grewmy hair out, and became a little northernFlorida deviant. I wouldnt admit I had lis-tened to anything else. At 16, in my newschool in northern Virginia, I heard BlackFlag. My whole world changed... I doveheadfirst into punk rock. Blue Mohawk,

all painted up spiky leather jacket, com-bat boots. I was stealing my parentscar and hitting the 930Club downtown. Iwas going to the cool clubs, hitting the

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Dan Henk

I remember when I was 13. I hadjust gotten out of my Huey Lewisand The News, Tears For Fears,

juvenile musical tastes. I wasnow into hair metal. Ratt, Quiet Riot,Def Leppard. I thought that stuff wasso much cooler, and couldnt believe Idliked things like the Dire Straits. Then, alittle over a year later, I got three albums

all at once. Metallicas Ride the Light-ning, Megadeths Peace Sells, and Slay-ers Hell Awaits. I was floored, immedi-ately switched over to trash-metal, grewmy hair out, and became a little northernFlorida deviant. I wouldnt admit I had lis-tened to anything else. At 16, in my newschool in northern Virginia, I heard BlackFlag. My whole world changed... I doveheadfirst into punk rock. Blue Mohawk,

all painted up spiky leather jacket, com-bat boots. I was stealing my parentscar and hitting the 930Club downtown. Iwas going to the cool clubs, hitting the



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I HEARD BLACK

FLAG. MY

WHOLE WORLD

CHANGED...

I DOVE HEADFIRSTINTO PUNK ROCK

punk rock parties (usually at someoneshouse when their parents were out ofown). It wasnt cool to like metal, and I

had sold all my old albums. I even got infights with metal-heads. We called themmop-headed bangers, and they were

definitely their own click. Now, at 42,

listen to a wide variety of music. I stillove metal, and punk rock, but thats notall I listen to. I have Johnny Cash, Chrissaak, Fu Manchu, PJ Harvey, and hun-dreds of others on my iPod. So, whatsmy point in all this? I see the same juve-nile, close minded attitudes in tattooing.And, as in music, its mostly the youngercrowd. You show a veteran who doesraditional [tattoos] a good tattoo by aealistic artist, and hell go, Damn!

usually followed by, I wish I could dohat! Ive seen it happen so many timesve lost count. You show the exact sameattoo to a traditional artist in their mid-

20s, and often their response is a sneer,and they start picking it apart, It doesntook like a tattoo... It wont last... Youreust a frustrated painter. The same isrue in reverse. Ive heard realistic artists

criticize an old-school tattoo with theirstandard repertoire of insults, My five-year-old could draw that... Theyre justcopying Sailor Jerry... They are only do-ng that because they cant draw some-hing more complex. And so on. Now,

granted, a little bit of both sides critiques

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are on the money. But far more often, itspettiness. That same pettiness that makesa 16-year-old, who suddenly hates every-thing that isnt punk rock talk down aboutsomething that is well done, just not in theparticular genre he chooses to identify with.You dont like it? Thats fine. Thats whatthis country is supposed to be all about (notwithstanding the last two presidents, butthats a different story). But to slag it off ascontemptible? Grow up. If every album wasa death metal album, the music scene wouldbe boring. If every movie was a romanticcomedy? If every book was a space opera?

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f the only jacket you were allowed to wear wasa Members Only jacket, the only shoes werepuffy white Air Jordans? Look at it this way.f you love traditional work, thats great. If thats all that everyone did, unless you are an ab-solute sheep, I think you would love it a littleess. It takes variety to help define taste. Howdo you know what is your favorite, if you haveno other choice? Nothing to compare it to? Icould only realize how bad a Vanilla Ice songwas, because I heard N.W.A. So, take a Vali-um if you need to. Relax. Concentrate on beinghe best at what you choose to focus on, andeave other people (who are often trying the

same thing) alone. Otherwise youre behavinglike every other roadblock in the history of man-kind. Those fanatical Christians who killed andtortured people for not believing in their God.Those politicians like George Bush, who thinkthey know what is right for the rest of the world,and by golly, if you dont agree with them, theylldrop a Predator missile on your head! This isan alternative, underground subculture, and itsa shame to see the same things that tear themainstream world apart having any foothold.

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Dan Lorenzo:Hey Leah, how are you today?

Leah Jung:Dan! I am always having a good day! Its not fair to the rest of the world,really.

I have a few things I want to ask you, but I cant get my mind off your prank banana video.

(Laughs) I dont blame you, thats a good video!

The reason I found it so funny is my wife Gina is always telling me that she despises eatinga banana in public. I always tell her it doesnt turn me on to see a girl bite a banana. Forthose of us who havent seen your video describe what you do.

I agree with your wife, eating a banana in public can be awkward. I suggest tearing offbite-size chunks. For my prank video with OckTV, I not only took bites right from the phal-lic-shaped source, I took extra big, deep, long, messy bites. You get the idea. A few people

just gave me eyebrow-raised glances, but a few brave fellows interrupted my masticatingto inquire about my handling of their bananas. Its quite hilarious, everyone should check itout! I have done quite a few jaw-dropping prank videos. My favorites are probably the twoI lmed walking around bottomless, in painted on jeans. They have about 35 million viewson YouTube, which can probably be attributed to my jiggling booty.

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Leah Jung: I got my rst tattoo 16 years ago andhave been getting them somewhat regularly eversince.

Dan Lorenzo:Did anybody in your immediatefamily object when you got your rst tattoo?

Leah Jung: I had been asking my parents if Icould get a tattoo for several years before I got my

rst one. When they objected, I started piercingmyself instead, mostly my ears, and began stretch-ing the holes also. So, when my 18th birthdayrolled around they already knew that I was eagerto get tattooed, so my mother actually brought meto the tattoo studio to assure herself that I was go-ing somewhere reputable. I think they hoped thatit would calm the urge, but it fueled the re! Theywere concerned as I started to grow my collection,

but now they are my biggest fans. I love them end-lessly. My mom ended up getting herself an awe-

some tattoo a few years ago, but my sister and myfather will probably never get any.

Dan Lorenzo: Who are some of your favoriteartists out there today?

Leah Jung: I work at a tattoo shop called SacredTattoo in Manhattan! My favorite artists are theartists that work there, obviously. Check out JonMesa, Matt Buck, and Dave Tevenal for big, bold,

perfectly clean tattoos.

Dan Lorenzo: The last time I saw you was at theEmpire State Tattoo Expo. Did anything from thatweekend stand out in particular to you?

Leah Jung: I love that convention! There arealways some heavy hitter artists attending. I lovewatching Nikko Hurtado tattoo. I also ended upmeeting Cervena Fox, another tattooed modelwhose work everyone should check out! Wehave become good friends, she is a good egg.She is a burlesque performer, complete withre breathing and bloody hearts.

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Dan Lorenzo:Please tell me the high-light was me hooking you up with Tat-too Media for this cover interview!

Leah Jung: (Yells) Absolutely! I havebeen reading the magazines for years;they are a staple at every tattoo shop.What an honor to join your cover girlfamily. Id love to work together more

actually! Have you wild and crazy guysever considered a cheeky advice colum-nist?

Dan Lorenzo: I will ask the ownerswhen were done with this interview I

promise. As a resident of NYC is it goingto be hard to convince you to make thetrip to Jersey for INKED OUT NJ Sep-tember 11-13?

Leah Jung:I do love New York but theInked Out convention is so much fun!Hopefully I can work the whole week-end, I know some clothing companiesand other retailers who will be there andmight need an extra hand. That would beideal.

Dan Lorenzo: Whats going on withyour music?

Leah Jung:Music is everything to me!I have been writing and recording mu-sic since I was a kid. My newest singleis a jazzy, powerful tune called MeanStreak...its about a girl who willget revenge on you if you scorn her!I wrote it about two years ago, but itis such a long process to fnd the rightmusicians and producers, record, mix,master, and then prep for release, it justfnally came out publicly last month!

It is available on iTunes, Spotify, You-Tube, everything. My next song ishopefully getting recorded this week.Its a bit more of a pop/electronic song.Although I write my new music onmy ukulele, and also perform with myelectric acoustic ukulele (hand crafted

by the masters at Tyde Music), I likemy songs recorded with a more pop-ular, full sound. Im currently work-ing on beats for my songs with a team

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Dan Lorenzo:OK,ime for some plugs:

How can people fndyou on social media?

Leah Jung:My favorites Instagram, @leah_jung

and Snapchat leahjung,but my largest fan basefollows me on Facebook,

have over 350,000 sub-cribers on that platform!interact with my fans! I

am very authentic on so-ial media, please follow

me on my journey!

@leah_jung

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Tattoo Media Ink was proud to be in attendance at the Empire State Tattoo Expo at

the New York Hilton Midtown, located on the Avenue of the Americas in the heart of

New York City. This years expo ran from July 10th through the 12th and truly lived up tothe hype. Where else could you find all the greatest tattoo artists in the same place for

one weekend? Marco, owner and operator of Asylum Tattoo in the Bronx, ran the show

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and did one hell of a job. He

got Richie Bulldog, of Hustle

Butter to MC for the weekend

and he did a great job hosting.

We had burlesque dancing,

extremely insightful seminars,

entertainment, music; what

more could you ask for? There

was a Coney Island sideshowact which featured sword swal-

lowing, nails being hammered

in noses and even some mag-

ic! Rock band Contracorriente

came to rock the house all the

way from Peru.

The main attraction however

was the star studded cast of

world renowned tattoo artists.

We saw the likes of Stefano

Alcantara, Carlos Torres, Nik-

ko Hurtado, Roman Abrego,

and many more. Paul Booth

& Nikko Hurtado even collab-orated on a lucky contestants

thigh piece, and Paul Booths

Last Rites Gallery curated the

art show. It was pretty spec-

tacular to see all the different

styles of tattooing throughout

the weekend. Sarah Miller of

Ink Master fame, was tattooing

lucky clients all weekend and

the Ink Master judges were in

attendance looking for Human

Canvases for Season 7. Tattoo

The main

Attraction

However

was the star

studded cast of

world

renowned

tattoo artists.



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con Carlo Fodera, a.k.a. Coney Island Car-

o was on hand at the Technical Tattoo Sup-

ply booth and his tattoo inspired liquor was

a big hit at the concession stands through-out the 3 day event.

Dont even get me started on the after

party.take it from me, you need to be

there next year. The next Empire State Tat-

too Convention will be held July 15th, 16th

and 17th 2016 in Midtown Manhattan. Tat-

too Media will be there to take your pho-

tos and capture the event like only we can!

Make sure to check out www.EmpireSta-

teTattooExpo.com and add yourself to their

mailing list so you never miss an update on

the action coming up!!

Tattoo Media would like

to thank Marco for putting on

such a first class expo and

showing the world why New

York City was the place to be

this summer.


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icon Carlo Fodera, a.k.a. Coney Island Car-

lo was on hand at the Technical Tattoo Sup-

ply booth and his tattoo inspired liquor was

a big hit at the concession stands through-out the 3 day event.

Dont even get me started on the after

party.take it from me, you need to be

there next year. The next Empire State Tat-

too Convention will be held July 15th, 16th

and 17th 2016 in Midtown Manhattan. Tat-

too Media will be there to take your pho-

tos and capture the event like only we can!

Make sure to check out www.EmpireSta-

teTattooExpo.com and add yourself to their

mailing list so you never miss an update on

the action coming up!!

Tattoo Media would like

to thank Marco for putting on

such a first class expo and

showing the world why New

York City was the place to be

this summer.


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Brian:Where are you from? Are you married? Haveany kids?

Frank: I was born and raised in Brooklyn, NY andmoved to South Florida about 8 years ago. I amrecently married to the beautiful Christa Z. who also



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works with me and as I'm sure you know is aphenomenal artist as well. We currently do nothave any kids but are looking to start our familyn the near future. Right now we have our babyChihuahua Honey, which is the closest thing to akid we have. Not too long ago I had Jesse Smith

attoo a cartoon version of her on my forearm.

Brian:When did you first realize you were anartist?

Frank:As a little boy I began drawing and al-ways had an affinity for it. I didn't really come toerms with being an artist till my early teenage

years and even then it was more of a casualhing. It was really till my mid 20's that I spent

more time on art and not until 30 that I decided

o make a career of it. It wasn't till I hit about 35hat I decided to actually make a career out of

being a tattoo artist.

Brian:What was your life like before you werea tattoo artist?

Frank:I started learning at the age of 20. Prioro that, I worked in a video store while goingo college to become an accountant. Life was

pretty much the usual for a teenage kid. I nevereven fathomed the idea of getting a tattoo letalone becoming a tattoo artist. It wasn't evenegal in NY at the time and no one in my family

had tattoos. So it was a complete surprise to

me when I decided to start learning.

Brian:How did you learn how to tattoo?

Frank: I actually began learning when theyfirst legalized it in NY. My cousin who ownedthe video store I worked in teamed up withsome tattoo artists he knew and they part-nered up to open a shop when it first becamelegal. The artists saw my artwork and askedme if I would be interested in learning. At the

time my life was in shambles, just got out of arelationship and wasn't sure if accounting wasthe life I wanted. So it wasn't hard to convinceme to take a shot.

Brian:What type of artist are you? Would youconsider yourself a technically motivated artist?Or more working from your mind?

Frank:I am an illustrator. I currently have myBachelors degree in Illustration and have fo-

cused more on the character design and con-cept art side of things. I love to narrate throughmy art and create little worlds in which these



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characters I design canlive. I am extremely tech-

nically motivated as an artistand I spend a lot of time researching and study-ng my craft; Not so much as far as differentmediums go, but more along the lines of char-acter and environment development. I spend a

ot of time studying the animals I design as wellas human and animal form. Color theory, per-spective, motion, expression and line of actionare all things I try to push every time I sit downo create a new piece. I work a lot from refer-

ence as well to better understand my elementsand subject matter. I do work from my mind abit as well when it comes to creating the sceneand story. In those aspects I let my imaginationake over and then I bring in the technical sideo bring it to life.

Brian:How do you feel about the industry to-day compared to when you started?

Frank: I'm proud to be a part of the indus-try as it is today. When I started almost 18

years ago it was so underground and misun-derstood. People didn't really collect as muchas just get tattooed. I feel like today a lot ofus focus on the art form and less on the tradi-tion of tattooing. It wasn't till about 3-4 yearsago that I didn't even want to tattoo anymorebecause it was a job and not a career. It was

just a day to day grind and something that wasgoing to help pay my way through college so Ican get a real career as a character designer.I never would have thought that I would be in

the position I am today and I couldn't be hap-pier. I love every minute of what I do and ev-ery second of being a part of an industry that

I NEVER EVEN

FATHOMED THE

DEA OF GETTING

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oves the work I do. I am so flattered andonored to be in a position where I can

nfluence and inspire so many otherartists in the field. That is somethingnever could have dreamed of.

Brian:How do you feel social me-dia has changed tattooing? Good?Bad? Doesnt matter?

Frank: Social media by far hashanged tattooing. It has opened the

world up to tattooing and it has opened us upo the rest of the tattooers across the world. I

would never have known or known about halfhe artists out there if it wasn't for social me-

dia. I wouldn't have made the friends in thendustry I have today otherwise. I definitely

wouldn't have the clientele I have today if itwasn't for social media and definitely not theareer I have today either. I think it was a greathing for us. It comes with a little downside

as well. I know a lot of artists havecopied or stolen work and I know it has

happened to me countless times. But I thinkit's a small price to pay for the opportunitieswe have been given because of social media.

Brian: What is your goal with your work? And

is there a different goal or approach doing atattoo compared to a painting you may do foran upcoming show?

I WOULD

LIKE TO BE ABLE

TO TRULY CAPTURE

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Frank: Currently my goal is to try and take mydrawing as far as possible. I would like to beable to truly capture expression and emotionn my characters and their interactions. I wanto be able to create environments so believ-

able that can't help but feel that the world iseal. I spend a lot of time studying artists from

Pixar, Dreamworks, Blue sky, etc. I hope that ifwork hard enough I will be able to stand withhe best of them as a character designer.

Brian:What type of materials do you preferto use in your work? Machines, inks, etc. Forpaintings what type of canvas or boards may-be papers if you paint? If you can speak aboutthat a little. What type of needle configurationsdo you like to work with? Give a brief explana-tion about your technique. Do you work fromlight to dark, dark to light? Outline or no out-line? Do you complete each section as you

work or tend to move around more?

Frank: Well when it comes to tattooing I'm allabout my NeoTats! I use a 4.2 to line with and a3.5 for everything else. As far as inks I'm strictlyEternal. I'm also converted to cartridges about2 years ago and never looked back. My setupusually consists of the True Tubes Cartridgetube and Hex grips. Super comfortable andsturdy and works with all the different brandcartridges, which most other brands only fitcertain ones properly. As far as my needleconfigurations, I work with all size liners fromtight bugpin 3's all the way to 14 liners. I cameup to 3-4 liners on one piece. My mag setup issimpler. I use a 9 curved mag and 13 curvedmag for everything. On occasion when I needto cover large areas I'll pull out a 23 curved.My technique is really a whole lot of buildupand layering. Its very rare that I will just go inand saturate an area in one pass. I like to buildup my values slowly and leave myself plenty ofroom to blend and layer other colors on top.Nothing is ever really one solid color in life andis usually a combination of colors from thingsaround it, so it requires me to have to layercolor on top of color to get believable lighting.When starting a tattoo I will usually do a combi-nation of gray lines, color lines and black lines.Sometimes I will leave my black out lines forlater on so I can just focus on my values andcolor to form the piece and rely less on blacklines to separate everything. Prior to startingcolor I will black and gray my whole piece toset up my values and lighting. I also alwayshave a lighting study done on paper prior. Thiscuts out any guess work or having to try andfigure things out in the moment on skin. Mynext step is to then do all of my backgroundand I will also finish each area of this as I go,including details and highlights. This helps meto build the environment and create the moodfor the characters. Doing this also helps to be

able to place the characters in the environmentso that it looks like they are really there, as wellas saves the best and most fun part for last.If all the characters are done first, most times



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people will tend to be bored with the back-ground and just rush it to get it over with. Thisalso makes the characters look separate fromhe environment instead of a part of it. Finallyget to my favorite part and start coloring the

characters which I will also finish each area asgo along working from dark to light. There areimes I will go back and add more dark after

my light are done or vice versa. As long as youdon't traumatize the skin to much you shouldnever have to worry about wiping into yourother colors. Believe it or not, my approach toattooing is very simple and formulaic. To mehe tattooing is the easy part. All of the real

work and challenge comes before I ever touchhe skin. I spend twice to three times as muchime on just creating the artwork for the piecehen actually tattooing. I can spend 2-3 dayso a month or more just creating a piece. This

s where I believe most artists should focus, notso much on the tattoo itself but on the artwork.To me that is the most exciting and challengingpart of everything.

My process for creating any piece is to firststart with the clients story or idea. What sto-ry am I trying to tell, what type of animals orcharacters will best tell the story? Once I havea solid vision or idea for their piece, I will beginto get reference and study the animals. ThenI will rough out some quick studies and un-derstand key aspects and characteristics that

make the animal unique. Next, I will begincharacter studies and design. What the char-acters face, shape and body language will be.How will the characters interact with each oth-er? How exactly will they play off each other?How will their facial expressions best tell thestory? Once I have some key designs and Iknow what I want them to look like, I will be-gin thumbnails for the overall composition andlayout. Finally I will put all the pieces togetherto create the final drawing. Last but not least I

will do a full value and lighting study to set themood and create a dynamic setting for them,sometimes I will go as far as doing a full colorstudy as well. Days to weeks to sometimes



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months of work, and then Im finally ready tobegin the project on skin. For me its aboutbeing a better artist, not tattoo artist. My tat-oos can only ever be as good as my artwork.

Don't get me wrong, maybe I can put in a cleanand solid tattoo that can be technically sound,but if my artwork sucks, then my tattoo sucks.Tattooing is just a medium and understandinghow to use that medium with technical skill is

mportant, but it is only a tool and an extensionof the artists them self. As far as other mediums,

I have worked in all types. My favorites tend tobe digital and my trusty good ol' blue pencil.I've used the same mechanical pencil and leadfor over 15 years.

Brian:Where do you see the industry in 10years? What type of work do you feel may begetting the most attention?

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t's so hard to say, I know everyone has theirheories on whats gonna happen, but I'veearned to not expect anything. If I wentbased on what I thought 10 years ago I wouldhave never in a million years thought I wouldbe where I am. I never saw tattooing wheret is now so I just hope that in 10 years thendustry is in an even better place. Hopefully ahriving art form that's finally given the credit it

deserves.As far as type of work that is getting the most

attention, right now it's hard to say. Every styleseems to come in waves and also depends onwhere you are in the country or world. Newschool and illustrative was really at its peakecently and now seems to be waning as old-

er styles come back to take the fore front.Now if you go over to Europe, New Schooland Illustrative are still peaking. It seems thatust like clothing styles of the decade, tattoo

styles will always come back around whenhey have been out of the spotlight for a while.

Brian:Do you feel the main stream art estab-shments such as museums have given the

art developed by modern tattoo artist its fairamount of respect?

Frank:As of right now I would say not entirely.think because of social media, Tattoo Artists

as artists are getting out there a bit more and

t seems that it is starting to get more respectamong the artists outside of our industry, but Idon't feel it's quite there yet. But in due time itwill be and I believe Tattoo Artists will be ableo cross over into the fine art world.

Brian:For anyone looking to be a tattoo art-st what would you tell them to help them getstarted?

Frank:My best advice to anyone looking to get

started is something I spoke a little about ear-er, being a better artist. Don't worry so much

about the tattooing and focus on yourself as anartist. How strong are your drawing capabili-ies? How well do you understand composi-ion, lighting, perspective, anatomy, movement,

color theory, shape, etc? Your tattoos will bemited to your understanding of any or all ofhese aspects of being an artist. You want to be

a tattoo artist, then be an artist first. Dedicateyour life and time to drawing and studying artbecause you love it and not because you thinkt just might be something fun to do or makemoney off of. The term starving artist exists for

a reason. Your passion should be aboutbeing a great artist; otherwise you will justbe another in an assembly line of tattooistscompeting for local clientele and just wor-rying about being better than the guy downthe block. I think a lot of times people justwant to become a tattoo artist becausethey think it's a fast way to make moneyor some fast path to fame, and then reality

kicks in and you realize that it requires alot of hard work and dedication to make acareer for yourself in this industry.

I would also recommend getting an ap-prenticeship at a reputable shop andworking your ass off. A lot of the youngergeneration today have this sense of enti-tlement and feel they don't need to workfor anything. They feel like they're owedsomething and shouldn't have to put intheir time the way we did. What they fail to

realize is that the only reason we are wherewe are, is because we put in our time andpaid our dues. We know what it took to gethere and so we built a respect and appreci-ation for what we have. So work hard, takeinitiative and make your art a priority anddon't expect anyone to hand shit to you...earn it!

Brian: And if you would like to mentionsome coworkers ,shop name or anything

else that comes to mind you would like tomention

Frank:Well my studio is Into theWoods Tattoo & Art Gal-lery. I have an amaz-ing team that worksfor me and that I'mvery proud of. Wehave only beenopen just short of

3 years and seemto have left quite amark on the indus-try. We have beenknown for our slewof amazing guest artistsfrom all over the world, theTwo of a Kind collaboration event and the EpicGuest Spot event which we do every year. Wealso hold some great gallery shows for someof the best artists in the industry.

The Into the Woods crew consists of my wifeChrista Z LaNatra, Joe Casal who has beenwith us from the beginning, Jessica Brown,

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whom I've apprenticed for almost 3 years ands now building her career. We also have justexpanded and brought a bunch of new talentke Evan Janeke from Nebraska, Phil Sommers,

Josh Tucker, Horacio Montes, and Derek Garciawho is a professional make-up artist for moviesand TV as well. Also, I have an exceptionallyalented apprentice by the name of Sean Gard-

ner who is known in the industry for his zom-bie caricatures. Soon enough we will unleashhim on the tattoo world to wreak some havoc.Last but not least we have our shop managerCharles, who is the glue to everything and helps

to keep the integrity and professionalism of IntoThe Woods to the highest standards.

You can fol low us on

@Intothewoodsgal lery

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The Gallery

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4.1.Tattoo by Halo Jankowski 2.Tattoo by Andy Barrett 3.Tattoo by Bob Tyrell 4.Tattoo by Timothy Boor

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Cara Mia presently re-sides in the state capital

of Maryland. Her recentcross country move,

from Portland to Annapolis hasbridged the gap between her andher love, Travis Brown. He has tat-

tooed the all seeing eye and sa-cred heart on her hands, as

well as the stargazer lilieson her left foot. Most of

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Caras artwork has been collected whiletraveling and working at different tattooconventions, where there is always anabundance of unique styles and artists!

This lovely lady spends most of hertime working for supportive companieswithin the tattoo community such asHush Anesthetic and Steadfast Brand.You can find her alongside these com-

panies at conventions throughout the

east coast and the Midwest, with hercounterpart Jake the Dog. She is eeri-ly obsessed with Adventure Time, andtakes Jakes the Dog everywhere withher.When Cara isnt traveling for conven-tions or photo shoots, she spends timewith her family or satisfying her owncreative urges. She creates with what-ever she can get he hands on, from

feathers to flowers to bones, and typi-



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cally utilizes her pieces in herphoto sets.

Keep an eye out for this kindhearted lady, she always has

some sort of goodies up hersleeve and is ridiculously easyto talk to. In a cut throat indus-try, she has proven to genu-inely care about those aroundher as well as the people shecollaborates and works with.



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WebsiteCaramiaxo.bigcartel.com

Email

[email protected]@caramiaxo



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11.9.Tattoo by Halo Jankowski 10.Tattoo by Randy Engelhard 11.Tattoo by Dan Kelly

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Silvia Paveri

(www.silviapaveri.com)

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15.12.Tattoo by Andy Barrett 13.Tattoo by Dan Henk 14.Tattoo by Randy Engelhard 15.Tattoo by Halo Jankowski

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