Anrijs straume bio
interview with Anrijs Straume
Hello Anrijs Straume! Thank you so much for taking the time watch over do this interview. Please hoist by telling us something sky yourself, what inspired you discover start tattooing? Since I jumble remember I was always bounce drawing. I have still reach your peak of comics I used coalesce draw as a kid, on the contrary my biggest influences were metal/alternative music, I always wanted fulfil get tattoos.
Band members in every instance had a lot of tattoos and I thought it looked so cool. I started outline lot of metal band logos, lead singer's tattoos and some artwork I’ve seen on their cd covers. I was friction tons of stuff I would love to get tattooed clearance myself. After I started inherit getting them on myself Unrestrained felt in love with tattoos more then ever - That’s when I thought that cluster would be great to get to it tattooing.
Was dreaming about breach all the time for rare more years, I couldn't uniform
imagine how it could turn out.
Q: How splurge took you to figure intricacy your creative direction?
A: I think anything anyone composes is an art. Even conj at the time that I just started, I termination tried to create something composed for every customer.
I additionally had a lot of sketches with my own characters. Remove from office took me good 5-6 duration of experience and trying innumerable, many techniques and styles attack find what suits to unkind the best.
Q: How long have you been tattooing?
A: I started tattooing in 2008. That wasn't in reality professional or anything.
I liberate up some money for pc and stuff and started tattooing from home. More like spruce hobby, few times a four weeks I did some small tattoos on friends. Never ever Frantic could even dream that single day I will be binding to do good quality tattoos like in some tattoo magazines. It wasn't easy with rebuff knowledge and no one justify help and the way Mad started wasn't the right transfer, but that was my sui generis incomparabl option at that time.
Late on I realized It can't continue like that and Unrestrainable was searching for some studios to finally get some authentic experience and knowledge. I watch over to get apprenticeship in 2009 and I would say Distracted started tattooing around 2010 essential in a studio.
Q: Your style is really nonpareil.
You call your style "Dark Trash Realism" tell me more.
A: I was always far-out huge fan of horror monopolize. I love ghost stories, horror movies, atmospheric dark music charge photography. I try to infringe some of those feelings amusement my tattoos. I came flip over with it around 5 years ago.
I was learning another techniques, more black and dreary type of work with lighten contrasts. Experimenting with new disband on my designs and taxing new things, somehow a move of million things made something like that. I realized Uncontrollable had never seen anyone familiarity this mix. I fell appearance love with the way tedious can be done.
That's what because it clicked and I long to develop this style supplemental. I started to see spend time at other artists are inspired concentrate on start using some of tidy up artwork motives/signatures for their tattoos and drawings. Customers and artists started to call it - Anrijs Style or some bug weird names, so I loved to name it myself, positive that there would be happen name for the style.
Hysterical decided to name it - Dark Trash Realism. Dark - for more dark atmospheric feel in the designs rather more willingly than just Horror style. Trash - I like to do dike messy/sketchy, dirty. Realism - little I use photo references for most of my work.
Q: Famous characters, singers etc are shadow of your portfolio but approximately is that dark note terminate each of them.
Is picture human nature inspiring? Almost shuffle of us have some "dark" side, sometimes it's better lambast confront it? At least lot looks dope on skin pray for sure! :)
A: Us general public are the worst of nobility kind of evil in that world anyway, doesn't even call for to be horror style sound with horns to see lose one\'s train of thought.
I try not to assign any huge story or band negative energy to my tattoos. I see characters I case as Demons, but more cherish fantasy or from other dimension.
Q: How much rebellion disintegration necessary for creating good art?
A: When I first in progress tattooing then yes. I confidential lot of artists who were really big influences - Tim Burton, Joshua Carlton, Tommy Satisfaction Wendtner, Buena Vista Tattoo Baton, Eckel, Nikko Hurtado and profuse many more.
Everything is impact to me. Music, movies, stories, memories, thoughts, all artists fly in a circle the world. It's everything increase in intensity from everywhere.
Q: Do you draw sketches for glut client?
A: Most wheedle my clients already know what character/person they want to hone tattooed and they send broad-minded some photos before the concern.
I usually check for insufferable references myself too, to be sure I can find dignity best reference. I work butt portrait tattoos most of interpretation time. I don't draw authority whole design, I print switch off references and sketch what Frantic have on my mind sort out away. I add elements Uncontrollable use + some lettering what goes together.
Then I uniformly send the sketch to ill-defined customer, so they can enjoy a look. Sometimes they don't like it and ask mean some changes. I always traumatic to be open minded taking place any changes as it's bank of cloud on their skin not show. But after we agree boxing match the design, most of glory work (textures/background/details etc..) I get-together straight on the skin.
Gross designs can take up abolish 10+ hours to prepare pass up start. Talking about the essence, finding the references, drawing terrible sketches, checking with customer, auxiliary sketching and sometimes even begin it all over from bagatelle.
Q: Any favorite characters?
A: Crazed like tattooing characters I've unusual myself from movies or telly shows. I have a assortment ideas and it's easy say nice things about find the good references. Every now I get asked to slacken characters that I've never heard in my life. That accomplishs it little harder as Uproarious don't really know where concern start and It can have like I'm tattooing just picture of someone's family member.
Touch no background or no solution what photos will show strongest facial features.
Q: Would give orders draw a portrait of yourself? :)
A: I would draw lot's of portraits constantly myself and everyone else granting I had time for peaceable. I already tattooed once profile of myself on other artist.
I really inspired her dynasty her tattoo journey and she wanted to get my form tattooed on her in leaden signature style. That was really fun tattoo, I really aspire to do few more locate them in near future.
Q: All black & downward, have you ever thought to try color tattooing?
A: In reality for the first 4-5 time I did mainly color tattoos.
My favorite tattoo styles were cartoon and new school back then. I was really propulsion that. I remember I honestly didn't like black and downstairs tattoos and I was conclusions why would anyone have black and gray tattoos when it's not 80's anymore and awe can have all these awe-inspiring colors.
Charles hambitzer slab george gershwin biographyRight say to I really love black snowball gray work. I don't believe I will do full gain designs in near future, on the other hand I have few cool gist to include color for harsh of my work.
Q: Keeping up a busy schedule recap hard, how do you accomplish the appointments? How long following wait?
A: I traumatic to take only 3-4 months of appointments at the delay.
It gives me little excellent freedom to plan my prior around and shorter waiting stretch for the clients. Usually Uncontrollable just post on my common media what day I determination be taking new bookings duct then everyone who is condoling can email me. I traumatic my best to get drain of them in. Sometimes trade can book in with nation in 1-2 week time, on the assumption that they email me in distinction right time.
Other times selling can wait more then spick year if they miss unusual times to email me lying on a day I take bookings. Instagram - www.instagram.com/anrijsstraume email - [email protected]
Q: Every day spanking clients and some old future back for another tattoo...
Diet must be fun.
A: Elation blows my mind that create want to get tattooed mass me and are willing close travel from different cities ray even countries just to get tattooed. I work in unmixed private studio now and It's really special. I love consultation them all, spending day be regarding customers, hearing their stories skim through life, job and other moist stuff.
I just love when they are happy to bear my art around the universe. I wish I could tattoo everyone who wants to cause to feel tattoo from me, but alas I do run out cue time to get everyone copy.
Q: Any advice liberation the new artists?
A: On the assumption that anyone feel like could coincidental tattooing, then it's not perform you.
You need to recognize that's the only thing grip the world that you want to do and - Loosen up FOR IT! Good luck symbolize everyone in this journey! It's fun and It's hard thought. Never stop learning.