Joseph Munoz Sacremento, CA

8 Years

Tattooing

Independent Artist

Black and Gray

Specialization

tattoopessuti

@gmail.com

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MURILO PESSUTI “THE MORE ORIGINAL, THE BETTER.”

I’m just a kid from the countryside in São Paulo who couldn’t stop drawing and doodling on his desk and everywhere else during class. Then, I was encouraged by an art teacher who showed me the sacred path of tattooing.

Who and what influences you to create your work?

Fabricio Gaudino, Samuel from Malta, many old Greek visual elements, and most of all, my father - my greatest inspiration. He taught me the art of persistence.

What advice would you give to someone about getting his or her first tattoo? (A tattoo

virgin) Be prepared and open to listening to many different opinions. Look for the most professional ones. The more original, the better.

What did your family and friends think about you getting into the

tattoo business? Right off the bat, my parents said no. I was 17. We had a standoff, and I won out of sheer stubbornness.

What would you say is your favorite part of the job? Being able to create unique pieces of art and insert a sort of my identity into them.

What was it that initially sparked your interest in tattooing?

Still young, I had reached a point in my life where I had to do something with this unquenchable desire to do something more with life, artwise. My father then decided to emancipate me, and here I am.

What do you think is in store for the future

of tattooing? It’s not the kind of thing that used to be the subject of discrimination. Now it’s part of people’s lives, and because it’s increasingly popular, more people will garner interest in it - which in the end will help future artists to become professionals.

What is the most important advice you can give someone new to the art of tattooing?

Try to focus on the style that attracts you the most. Doing all kinds of styles can be good up to a certain point, but there’s only so much an artist can do without flooding his schedule and becoming a do-it-all artist. That makes one a forgettable tattooer. ✕

dream big: implement his 20+ years of experience in North-American territory, build his shop and develop a new concept for tattoo studios. By sheer focus, hard work, and discipline (only equal to the Japanese), the effort paid off: besides being internationally awarded throughout his career, he achieved his dream in South Florida.

Located in Deerfield Beach, just one hour up north from Miami, the Black Kimono Tattoo shop is Bruno’s professional sanctuary, where he gets to keep his dream alive - not only by making his clients’ visions come to life but also by promoting workshops, training interns and inviting guest artists with the utmost respect and courtesy.