Staff

Steve Azzara (RIP) President/Editor in Chief/MFIC

Pamela Sellers Co owner/President/Writer

Matt Sellers Writer/Creative director/Editor

Contributors

Cypress Bates Video Journalist/Writer

Mike Johnston Concert/ Event Photography

Santelmo (Saint) Vazquez

Cover Model- @tattodninjaprincess

Cover Photographer-@obsessions_by_ku

Special Thanks to...

Daniel Kearney, Lydia Bruno, Santelmo (Saint) Vazquez, Mark Lawrence, Pepe Carire, Tommy’s Supplies, New England Tattoo Expo, Villain Arts, Sellers Ink Tattoo, WildWood, Sean Hightower, Walt Anderson, Battlefield Expo, Carnival of Ink, The Most famous studio, and anyone who we may have forgot.

Pro Team

Lydia Bruno, Pammy Sellers, Pepe Carire, And Jimmy Dalessio, Ninetoes

Models-@frankiefixation -@longlizztattoos

Photographer-

@_archer.photoraphy_

So where are you currently located? Tell us a little bit about where you are from?

I live in Beloeil but I grew up in Sainte-Julie during most of my youth, it is a beautiful big family town located on the South Shore of Montreal. Obviously like all artists I spent my youth and all my years in school drawing in absolutely all my notebooks and other things that had a surface decent enough to do graffiti and World Industries drawings because I was doing a lot of skateboarding when I was young.

How long have you been tattooing for? Tell us a little bit about your journey in the industry?

I started tattooing about 10 years ago but I’ve only been doing it full time for 7 years, I was trained by 2 former colleagues who taught me the basics and the rules of the tattoo world but they above all learned to trust my instincts and my artistic eye. Over time, I was able to evolve on my own thanks to that and it allowed me to open a lot of doors. But what really helped me a lot was to participate in conventions, thanks to a friend who gave me a kick in the ass to register because I didn’t think I had the level yet to be there. The meeting, the advice, the points of view of the other artists vis-à-vis your work are the things that will make you evolve more, whether it is one of the greatest artists or a 1-year apprentice, they can give you the best advice of your life because they allow you to see your work in another way.

So you have an incredible realism/ micro realism talent what got you into that specific style?

I have always liked challenges, I am someone who likes precision so when I arrived in realism I knew that I was in the style of tattooing that I really wanted to evolve and improve myself because there is no possible limit. The worst enemy for artists is routine and the comfort zone because it’s extremely difficult to get out of it, so that’s why realism because every day I can change everything and do things differently and take another machine to tattoo so that my hand doesn’t get used to just one.

You also excel at many other styles including neo traditional, and new school for an example which style do you enjoy doing the most?

Of course my favorite style is realism but over the years I have done all the styles of tattoo because I find that it is basic knowledge to have to do realism. Other than realism, I really like the bio organic style, cartoon but surely the traditional Japanese, because the meaning of life, the traditional values and the meaning of this style resonate with me a lot on a personal level. Their value of respect and merit even in old traditions is something I appreciate very much.

You’re also a father now, how is it balancing work and family?

It changes things a bit in terms of schedules but I simply start earlier than before I became a father, because we are going to say it with a 2-year-old girl who always asks for dad, I can no longer work 13-14 hour days like before. I’m lucky to have my wife at home so I can pick up the little one at daycare and do the evening routine with her when sometimes I finish a little later but usually I work from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. so Still, it’s been a good day.