When I was 12 years old I entered the Art School in Nikolaev city. During this period, for the first time in my life, I was deeply impressed by such thing as tattoo. After graduation from secondary school, I entered Nikolaev branch of University of Culture. There I chose art restorer qualification. Eventually, I earned my bachelor's degree in this field. Shortly after, I together with my friend and colleague made our first tattoo machines and began doing our first mess. Obviously, most of "lab rats" were our mates.
I continued studying in Kiev Academy of Arts, where I spent two more years. However, after Academy I worked in construction approximately for three years, instead of working in my specialty.
Eventually, I got fed up with construction, so I gave it up for good and started doing tattoo art professionally.
Actually, it was a hairdresser from Nikolaev, a friend of mine, who contributed enormously to my endeavors by helping with finding new clients.
That was the moment when I thought: "If I can do it daily for a month and won't hate this job, then it's what I was looking for".
First more or less good quality of my works began to appear only after 5-6 years of constant work. During this period I went abroad frequently to gain new knowledges and experience.
Currently I have 12 years of experience. However, I feel like only in the last couple of years I managed to move towards knowledges I was seeking for.
Yet, I'm rarely satisfied with my works even these days. After all, there is always room for improvement. At the moment trying to switch my tattoo style to ornamental and organic direction.
