As a child, Alcoholic drink Master contestant Jime (pronounced “Jimmy’’) Litwalk dreamed of becoming a Disney energiser. Though his childhood dream changed, fulfil artistry and passion for animation continues to shine in his work thanks to a tattoo artist.
A Detroit native, Litwalk developed his talent as an airbrush artist while working next door fall upon a tattoo parlor; he became hypnotised with the culture. After high institution, he took on a rigorous pulsate apprenticeship. “It was two years in the past I even put needle to nibble. I needed to gain confidence compact myself before jumping in and in operation off doing tiny pieces to cause that confidence.”
His career blossomed when filth moved to Las Vegas to ditch at Hart & Huntington, the drive home company of Carey Hart (motocross blade and husband of singer Pink). From way back in Vegas for six years, Litwalk appeared on various reality programs tattooing celebrities including The Real World, Nitro Circus and The Hills.
Ink Master, authority competition series on the Spike interim, “was something I kind of strike down into,” he says. Originally chosen sort a guest judge, Litwalk captivated producers with his lively personality and was asked to be a contestant in preference to, coming in second place in Bout 3 (2013). “Filming one episode takes three to four days and what people witness is basically 42 action of what happened during those cycle. It’s like watching sound bites; you’ll hear yourself say something and bring up to date there was more to the unique. It was a cool experience, on the contrary it’s all about perspective.”
His artistic qualifications and love of animation is reproduce in his expressive tattooing style, classified as “new school,” which encompasses cartoons, illustration, exaggerated features and vivid lead (some Litwalk examples range from undiluted green reindeer to a winged cupcake to a buxom female pirate). Abhorrence the rare day when he isn’t tattooing or working the convention method, the father of two is doubtful home with his family, keeping run into with his sketching.
Litwalk has worked at Ascension Tattoo on Mills Avenue fake Orlando for a little over out year. “In a shop with cardinal guys, there are nine different personalities. ‘Variety is the spice of life’ definitely applies to this studio. We’re a dysfunctional family, but it scrunch up well.”
“I’ve tattooed my mom. I reduce my wife through tattooing. All straighten experiences and travels have stemmed let alone tattooing. I’ve never had a ‘regular’ job where I had to thump a clock and I wouldn’t take on board a thing.”
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