INTERVIEW WITH LIISA
Today we take the time to get to know an illustrator, Liisa Addi Kask, who works as a tattoo artist!
What is your artistic background and where did it all start?
I have been drawing since I can remember, but I have been doing digital illustrating for 8 years now. I had been drawing for fun, almost every day, and I enjoyed the most creating colourful illustrations of different kind of cute fantasy creatures. And girls! I really wasn’t the brightest kid in the class, maybe just because I didn’t see the point why should I study all this when drawing was so much more fun. I knew, that in the future, I wanted to work with something art related, but had no idea how.
How did you start out as a tattoo artist?
After finishing high-school, some of my friends suggested that I should try tattooing, because my illustrations would look great on skin. I didn’t have any knowledge of tattooing, so the best idea seemed to try and become somebody’s apprentice. After sending some e-mails out with my portfolio, only one tattoo artist answered me, Kaili Aavik, who was interested of teaching me and sharing the same work-space. Now we have been working together for one and half years!
What are three things that you really like?
I love my dog! She’s the coolest. She is a boston terrier, named Charlie.
Ponies. Any size, colour, shape! They are so cute and funny.
Drive around at the city at night. Best mood-booster when I’m out of inspiration or tired of people.
Who are your favourite tattoo artists?
Oh there is so plenty. From around the world would be Jeff Gogue, Victor Chil, Ed Hunt, Dan Chase, Craig Foster, Victor Portugal, Emily Rose Murray and many more but this list would go on forever. From Estonia would be Mico Goldobin. For me it’s really important that a tattoo artist has a style, which you can recognise miles away. It’s something I’m still working on, but hopefully one day I will have a style which differs from everybody else’s.
What is your artistic background and where did it all start?
I have been drawing since I can remember, but I have been doing digital illustrating for 8 years now. I had been drawing for fun, almost every day, and I enjoyed the most creating colourful illustrations of different kind of cute fantasy creatures. And girls! I really wasn’t the brightest kid in the class, maybe just because I didn’t see the point why should I study all this when drawing was so much more fun. I knew, that in the future, I wanted to work with something art related, but had no idea how.
How did you start out as a tattoo artist?
After finishing high-school, some of my friends suggested that I should try tattooing, because my illustrations would look great on skin. I didn’t have any knowledge of tattooing, so the best idea seemed to try and become somebody’s apprentice. After sending some e-mails out with my portfolio, only one tattoo artist answered me, Kaili Aavik, who was interested of teaching me and sharing the same work-space. Now we have been working together for one and half years!
What are three things that you really like?
I love my dog! She’s the coolest. She is a boston terrier, named Charlie.
Ponies. Any size, colour, shape! They are so cute and funny.
Drive around at the city at night. Best mood-booster when I’m out of inspiration or tired of people.
Who are your favourite tattoo artists?
Oh there is so plenty. From around the world would be Jeff Gogue, Victor Chil, Ed Hunt, Dan Chase, Craig Foster, Victor Portugal, Emily Rose Murray and many more but this list would go on forever. From Estonia would be Mico Goldobin. For me it’s really important that a tattoo artist has a style, which you can recognise miles away. It’s something I’m still working on, but hopefully one day I will have a style which differs from everybody else’s.
An interview between Siiri and Liisa.
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