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Adrian "Spider" Castrejon | The Body Art Exhibit April 11th
A few years went by of jumping
from one job to the next, never lasting more than a few months at any one place.
Until one day, when I was driving to another job interview, I spotted an
airbrush Shop. I quickly pulled over and soon, as I walked in there, my passion
for art returned to me. I bought a starter kit and spent the following two
months in my garage experimenting with my new airbrush. I eventually started
doing murals on everything from lowriders, choppers, custom trucks to even
designing graphics for Harley-Davidsons and Budweizer.
It wasn't until I
saw a black and grey tattoo on one of my good friends, that really sparked an
interest for me into tattooing. I had never seen anything like it before. It was
a piece done by Jose Lopez who was an up and coming tattoo artist at that time.
I knew at that moment, just like with the airbrushing, that I needed to learn
the artform. I located Jose and set up an appointment for a tattoo. That day, I
explained my interest for the art and more specifically my interest for
portraits. He really helped me out on getting started. After a few tattoo
sessions with Jose, he got me my first machine. The first thing I did was tattoo
myself and a few days later, I was tattooing my friends. I had been tattooing at
home for a few months, when I ran into an old high school buddy, Steve Soto. He
was in the middle of opening the new Goodfellas Tattoo Studio and was putting
his crew together. I showed him my art and I was lucky enough to land a spot at
this amazing new shop. I can now say, that I have been professionally tattooing
for two solid years in the art of black and grey. It has open so many doors for
me as an artist and to share my love and passion for the arte with everyone. I
have finally found my place in the world with my art and each day I work hard to
do more and to improve on everything I do.
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