We were lucky to catch up with Francisco Azua recently and have shared our conversation below.

Francisco , thanks for joining us, excited to have you contributing your stories and insights. Are you happy as a creative professional? Do you sometimes wonder what it would be like to work for someone else?

I love being an artist, is something i’ve been doing since i was a kid. I wanted to be an artist , i just didn’t know how to make money and live from it. I had alot of jobs coming up and really put my mind in perspective of how i wanted to approach my art career. It really made me appreciate my career and how not to go back to square one. I put all my effort now as a tattoo artist and a painter. Im always drawing and painting now, even when i have slow days. I rather put all my effort on something i love than something that i dont. It was really a leap of faith when i started on my career 4 years ago. I am now a top award winning tattoo artist in Houston.

Francisco , before we move on to more of these sorts of questions, can you take some time to bring our readers up to speed on you and what you do?

Well i was always drawing as a kid , but wasn’t good at all. I just knew that sooner or later after all the practice that i was going to get better. Later it just became muscle memory to me. So later in life when i chose to become a tattoo artist, i knew i was going to pick it up fast and be great at it. I would see every year how i was getting better at tattooing. Till this day i still research on how to tattoo better and also paint better. As a kid i was a troublemaker, so when i would draw it just calm me down a lot. I knew while i was growing up that i was becoming a good artist because i was getting awards in my schools.

Is there mission driving your creative journey?

My goal for sure is to be known in all Texas and for my family to be proud of me. I want to keep competing and be known in the tattoo industry and art community. Competing and networking will definitely get me to my goals.

We’d love to hear the story of how you built up your social media audience?

When i started i knew i had to start from scratch and built my audience with media and word of mouth. So with that in mind, i was staying up a lot , researching after work or during work. I knew as well that i needed a mentor if i wanted to achieve my goals faster. So when i was finally tattooing professionally, knew i had to take care of my reputation and do a good job on every tattoo. Also i had to paint so i can attract people that really love art to come to me and keep building up my name.

Contact Info:

• Instagram: sisconator91

Image Credits

Nidia cuellar