Charles Huurman
Address:7 William street Kilkenny Ireland
Facebook: www.facebook.com/CHARLYTATTOOO
Website: www.utopiantattootribe.com
Email: charly@chtattoo.com
Inked: How do you approach doing a portrait versus doing a fantasy-inspired piece?
Charles Huurman: For me they are the same. In all my portraits I try adding an abstract background that gives an energetic feeling. But when it comes to the face, it’s always a portrait for me. It’s all about copying the reference and choosing what personality features or facial shapes I want to enhance or discard.
What inspires you as an artist?
Other artists mainly. I see painters, photographers, digital artists, and tattoo artists and I feel like “Wow! Wouldn’t it be amazing to do that on skin?”
What tattoo artists do you admire most?
Nikko Hurtado was an inspiration for me from the start. I especially learned a lot from his videos. Buena Vista Tattoo Club got my brain thinking that anything was possible in tattooing. And many artists like Csaba Müllner and the great Dmitriy Samohin have inspired me a lot in what I want to do myself when it comes to combining the real with the abstract.
What led you to open Utopian Tattoo Tribe?
My girlfriend, Caro Blackswan, and I were tattooing in Cork in Ireland and we realized that there were more traveling clients contacting us by email or Facebook than locals. We realized we could create our small Utopia. So we went into a nice small town surrounded by nature in the middle of Ireland: Kilkenny. The funny thing is that we feel a bit isolated sometimes, so we are about to open a second Utopian Tattoo Tribe in the center of Dublin.
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