BLACK AND GREY ARTIST EXTRAORDINAIRE, TDAN ⋆ Tattoo'd Lifestyle Magazine

My title is Denis Torikashvili (aka Tdan) and I’m from Rostov-on-Don, south of Russia.

Once I began tattooing in 1997 there was prractically no data obtainable about tattooing so evidently I needed to work in very tough situations.

I purchased my first tattoo machine from Micky Sharpz and from that point on I started to seek for extra details about tattooing and began sketching. Again then tattoo boards and web communities simply began to look.

I took half in St. Petersburg tattoo conference in 2005 for the primary time and gained a prize in 2006. It was better of the day tattoo, my first award.

At first I labored in just a few native tattoo outlets in Rostov and than I opened my very own tattoo store. I’ve tried many various tattoo types. I did some Japanese tattoos, decorative , American conventional tattoos and life like.

I deal with conventional types with an incredible respect however it requires a profound data of a tradition and most immersion into the types.

Then, All the pieces modified in 2014, I made a decision to maneuver to Moscow and began over again.

I started to experiment, created collages and was making an attempt to appreciate my distinctive concepts on the pores and skin. At some point I made a Sackboy (Little large planet PS recreation).

That tattoo grew to become highly regarded and I spotted that I discovered my very own fashion. It’s humorous cute characters. I made plenty of tattoos in that fashion and that was enjoyable.

In 2016 I centered on black and gray tattoos.

I had plenty of journeys working as a visitor artist in well-known tattoo studios in Europe and North America. From 2017 till 2019 I used to be a resident of NR studio in London, the largest studio in UK. Throughout that point I’ve met plenty of gifted artists, comparable to Matteo Pasqualin, Tomas Carli Jarlier, AD Pancho and others. They grew to become my mates and influenced my creativity and motivated me to work higher.

I attended many tattoo conventions. And I’ve acquired some trophies. From 2019 I’m a resident artist in Vatican Studios, Lake Forest, CA.

I’m very completely happy to be the a part of the nice crew led by Franco Vescovi. Franco is superb artist, nice man and world well-known main tattoo gear producer generally known as BISHOP ROTARY model.