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NOTICE. Johnny Sandler Is no longer taking Regurlar appointments for tattoo work. I am in a crossroads in my career now I am currently not taking any regurlar clients for tattoo work, I am really selective who I tattoo and I decide what I tattoo on them. I recently worked closely with one fairly well known tattooist who is in alot of books and has worked with some of the top tattooists in the world and It really put a bad taste in my mouth for the whole industry.. I was sitting in his studio and I was drawing and one of his employees comes to me and said to me Is that all you ever do is draw? and I said yeah and he snickered and turned his back walked away and said he hasn’t picked up a pencil in two years. ... This is someone who was supposed to be a draftsman someone who draws for a living.. I followed and found out that 95% of people in the tattoo industry and the really well known people don’t or rarely draw. They do everything on computers from lining through the grayscales to the colour and highlights… Basically paint by numbers.. I quit as soon as I found this out… They had the nerve to commission me on to pick my brain about art and To find out that they were all glorified tracers, really put me off… No wonder there is such negativity to tattooing… I do everything from my head and hands… If I do cut a corner it is to save time and only to save time because priveleged tools that help us conserve our time should not be abused. They are convienent but they should never be relied on.. I believe you should never use these tools unless you can do it by hand yourself. Most of these people rely on these tools and cannot do it by hand. There are select few who can do it by hand and are oldschool and only these people can call themselves artists. If you would like an original piece done by me in my painterly tattoo style then you can contact me for a consultation. I will be tattooing exclusively with a local tattooist and painter in his secluded studio by appointment only. |
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