Can you please introduce yourself to us?
My name is Akinsanya Adedayo. All my life has always been about design, before I started doing tattoos I was a professional photographer and i have a degree in accountancy, naturally i can draw but drawing on paper is different to drawing on the skin, I had to go and learn everything about the art of tattooing and application so as to know how to use and implement ink on the different types of skin as a canvas.
What makes you different?
Tattooing is not all about drawing on the skin. There are a lot of other things you need to put into consideration such as the colour of the individuals skin, how fat he or she is, the location the person is placing it and several other things, for example anything below the wrist usually doesn’t heal fine because the hand is prone to infections, very close to the wrist and the ankles are places you should try and avoid as much as possible. We have different colours and they react differently to types of skin, knowing the exact colour to use on the exact complexion is part of the technicalities of the art. How far one goes into the skin is also vital part, the skin has layers such as the dermis and epidermis and also fat. How you deposit the pigment into the skin is very essential, how to handle hair follicles are theoretical. It not just about carrying machines and sticking needles into people, how to make your tattoo shop virus and infecting free, how to sterilize.
What challenges have you faced?
When you study more about something and you get to the peak, you will find yourself floating, there has never really been any serious challenge cos in art there is no mistake, most times i counsel clients on where to put the tattoos, knowing whether the design will stay on the individuals skin, sometimes you handle a client and the pigment fails to stay on the body.
What skin type is better for tattooing?
Everybody can have a tattoo it depends on the application and handling, the only persons you can’t do tattoos for are diabetic people because it would not heal, it will take longer to heal and bacteria will set in and at the end of the day will turn to a wound and will not dry off like a normal tattoo, tattoos should appear as designs, dry and the dead skin will peel off and the design will generate and not heal as a wound.
What other things interest you
All my life has been about designs; I did photography for eleven years, designed and customized shirts too. Writing a good essay is a piece of art as well knowing where to add certain stuff. I have always found every kind of art as interesting because they all have the same foundation.
Any pets?
I have ten breeds of dogs, they happen to be what i cannot live without, i grew up having dogs around me i have always believed in dogs because of their greater sense of smell and sense of hearing, they don’t have good eye sights so they cover up with the other two.
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