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INKEDblog takes you beneath the skin of today's tattoo culture. Our mission is to celebrate tattooing as a modern art form which incorporates art, fashion, style, and pop culture. While paying homage and respect to the past, we look to present a contemporary take on the present and future of skin art.
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Tuesday Jun 28, 2005
INKEDblog Interviews... Eli Quinters
When the unloved need tattoos, they call upon the talents of Eli Quinters. A bit of an enigma, Eli lets his work do most of the talking for him. I did, however, manage to squeak a few answers out of him for the Inked Blog website.
Eli's beginnings in tattooing are shrouded and subsequent attempts to get the 411 on him were unsuccessful, but here is the full extent of what I do know about him:
1) He went to Pratt Institute
2) He has more talent than anyone can imagine
To see more of Eli's work, check out Tattoos For The Unloved
... Logan Hicks
INKEDblog: Eli, what's the strangest request you've ever had for a tattoo?
Eli: It's always real strange to me when people ask me to put a boyfriend or girlfriend's name on their body. I cover names more than any other tattoo, and it always amazes me when people do get a name. A name seems to almost jinx the relationship. I think its a real sweet and romantic idea, but it's almost always a bad idea.
INKEDblog:So what makes a tattoo "good"?
Eli: Clean and even lines. Solid and saturated color. Dark and smooth black shading. It's nice to see a few healed tattoos in an artists portfolio, so that you can see how their tattoos look weeks or months later.
INKEDblog: What are the best and the worst things about being a tattoo artist?
Eli: Being a tattoo artist is amazing. If you're an outcast, its perfect. That's also the worst thing about being a tattoo artist.
INKEDblog: Describe your favorite tattoo of all time?
Eli: My favorite tattoo of all time is a back peace I did on my friend Henrick. It's an hour glass with a severed woman's head in the top half. There is a snake wrapped around it and apples all around it. It's my first back peace and I'm very proud of it. My favorite tattoo on other people is any tattoo that is about their mom. You never regret getting a tattoo for your mom. It's a classic.
INKEDblog: What's your thoughts on Old School vs. New School styles?
Eli: I prefer to try to make my tattoos look more towards the old school style. But I think that a good tattoo design is a good tattoo design. If the tattoo is still cool looking, and still holding up in the skin in 30 years, than it's a good tattoo.
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