A Brother Has Fallen
The first time I met Erico was on my first year of tattooing professionally. Our mutual friend Dennis (who is the guitar player for Dantesco) brought him to the studio to talk about his next tattoo, of course. I was a bit anxious about it, not gonna lie, you see he was already a legend in the metal scene in Puerto Rico. He was not at all what I was expecting, don’t get me wrong he was Metal as fuck, but he also had a calming presence and after a few minutes of talking I knew I had a new friend.
Dragon Encounter
Imagine climbing a tall mountain and when you reach the summit, a red dragon is hiding in between the clouds. This is it, you either let it consume you or you fight it and conquer that beast. This one is inspired by the Dungeons & Dragons game. It was one of my favorite games growing...
The Old One
Going back to murky waters and what lurks in the deep darkness of our oceans. I really like tentacles and skull so most of the time that’s where I go to when I start sketching ideas, they come very easy. If I could, I would include tentacles and skulls to every design or drawing I...
The Nightmares
How vivid are your dreams? How clear do you see them? For me they are very clear, specially the bad ones. I’ve always had problems sleeping since I was very young. I’ve had this recurrent dream that involves a long narrow road, water on both sides and a giant wave that washes everything away. I...
Deep Encounters
The Deep Encounters series is inspired in Cthulhu, a fictional cosmic entity created by H.P. Lovecraft, but that part is common knowledge. I have this fascination with tentacles and giant creatures and knowing that the vast majority of our oceans hasn’t been explored gets my imagination in gears about the cool things, scary things we...