I often hear people of just 30 or 40 years old, saying they are too old for a tattoo. Where is the vitality of these people? I hear others say when you are “old” a tattoo looks ugly. For all these ‘hedonists’ I have news. Several years ago I made a tattoo on this man [...]

There are always customers you will never forget. So is there this Danish customer. For years, on his holiday, takes a tattoo by me. Until recently, every half hour the train with tourists passing to our studio in summer season fully loaded with tourists. I was already  a few hours tattooing this customer. Our conversations [...]

Tattoo lovers during a holiday visit a tattoo studio just to take a look at the tattoo work and the studio, many of these have not the intention to take a tattoo. So also didn’t have this Dutch couple from Rotterdam. She only wanted some stars on the inside of her arm! She was certainly [...]

A tattoo is whatever it means to you. Many traditional tattoos do have historical symbolism, such as the koi fish, but in all reality the symbolism is unique to every person. In recent years I often put  a koi/karp inspired by traditional Japanese tattoos. Through my many years of experience I have the necessary knowledge [...]

Today was day butterfly. Sometimes you have those days that you often work with the same tattoo ideas. But all these ideas are unique and stand itself. For every customer they have a particular meaning or reason. Is it necessary to have a profound reason? Would not know why? If you find a design, that’s [...]

During the coloring of the tattoo it is sometimes possible to chat with the customer. Today the customer was wondering if there is a difference in a tattoo parlor, tattoo studio or a tattoo shop. Good question ! Personaly I call it a studio because that’s the place to practice an art but if I [...]