Our interview for the master of the blackest surrealism, Matteo Nangeroni. 1. Hi Matteo, would you like to tell us when you decided to start tattooing and what motivated you to pursue it? Hello!! Back then, while I was still working and studying economics, I wanted to completely change my life, not because it was bad, but because I wanted to feel aware and in tune with my world. I decided to give myself a year to try this job. Before that decision, I had never drawn, studied art, or anything related. So, at first, I started with YouTube tutorials to “learn how to draw,” literally from the basics. It turned out to be anything but easy, but I gave...
Our interview for one of the most known tattoo artist specialized in micro realism, Edit Paints. 1. Does the name Edit Paints come from the fact that you were a painter before being a tattoo artist? The name Edit paints started when I was a painter working at a gallery. That was my full time job. And that was my “stage” name. When I got into tattooing I loved the idea of using the same name since I believe my tattoos are just like paintings only different medium. And I keep using all my knowledge from oil paintings into my tattoos. 2. How much has your style of painting influenced the way you tattoo? I developed my own style...
Our interview for the talented “Poesis” - Surreal Artist 1. Your work is always unique and original, do you want to tell us how your design is born or what inspires you when you draw? I believe a design is born way before we even realize it, long before the decision to get a tattoo is made. My art is born when life is being experienced. When emotions are being brought to the surface. A creative idea is the sum of an entire lifetime. It goes deeper and farther in ways we can’t understand at first glance. Everything that has shaped the client and me, from the way our society has evolved to the way we brush our teeth in...
