Alright – so today we’ve got the honor of introducing you to Luis Velasquez. We think you’ll enjoy our conversation, we’ve shared it below.
Luis, looking forward to hearing all of your stories today. Learning the craft is often a unique journey from every creative – we’d love to hear about your journey and if knowing what you know now, you would have done anything differently to speed up the learning process.
I have almost 22 years in the tattoo world! In those years in Peru, tattooing was very difficult. lila had only 6 tattoo shops and to have any reference you had to wait for the usa magazines to arrive to be able to see works by foreign artists. at that time there was no internet so we only used our creativity… for the materials we had to weld needles and prepare our own inks… my apprenticeship lasted almost 5 years and then I started tattooing
As always, we appreciate you sharing your insights and we’ve got a few more questions for you, but before we get to all of that can you take a minute to introduce yourself and give our readers some of your back background and context?
I am a tattoo artist! I really like to make colorful illustrative tattoos and perform black and gray realism….I am constantly seeking to improve and learn, currently it is much easier to find inspiration from other artists to be able to improve every day of which I feel very proud.. I wake up every day and try to be the best version of myself every day…currently I am focusing on large-scale tattoos and I try to be more selective with the designs that they ask me to be able to give them exclusivity in their final designs and tattoos
We’d love to hear the story of how you built up your social media audience?
I manage my social networks and I have a lot of movement… my great recommendation is to study a little about social networks and marketing. That will help a lot to study your target audience in segmentation… and most importantly, give a good impression on your social networks… as a unification in your photos and videos that looks harmonious
Is there mission driving your creative journey?
I think my main objective has always been to improve myself every day and always be the best and evolve both as a person and as an artist. I just want to get to the end of my journey and know that I tried hard and did my best. 
Contact Info:
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