@eric_m.art

📍Perpignan, Pyrénées Orientales

Born in Bourgoin jallieu, France, I’ve been a self-taught draughtsman and painter since childhood. I discovered the world of tattooing at the age of 14, and started in 1995. Back then, it was very complicated.I taught myself how to weld needles, set up my machines and, of course, tattoo.I opened my first store on November 1, 1999, and six months later won a first prize for black and white pieces at the Lyon convention in 2000. I subsequently received advice from two very good tattoo artists.Eternally dissatisfied, I’ve progressed on my own and I’m always looking for ways to improve. In 2021, I made a change of life, and am now based in PERPIGNAN 66 in the BODYLOUNGE store.

2025 is the year I celebrate 30 years of tattooing, always wanting to do better and to see the pleasure of a finished tattoo.I’m particularly fond of freehand work for the freedom it gives me to create, but stencil also has its place.My real preference is for black and gray tattoos, for realism and especially portraits, for the volume of shading and the treatment of light. Being self-taught, it’s been a real personal satisfaction for me to get to this level, but there’s still work to be done.I really like the old machines, because of the way they work, their flexibility, their settings and their respect for the skin.