Monika Boo
"I love to do animal and fantasy themes in a neotraditional style. My inspiration comes from nature, art nouveau style, fantasy books, movies and games. I enjoy tattooing pet portraits, because I admire the relationship between humans and animals."
Monika is an expert in neotraditional tattoos who tattoos at the Botanikum tattoo studio in Vilnius, Lithuania. Monika visits Hertsikan Leima several times a year.
"I like doing big projects, because technically they give me more opportunities to create elements and details in the design. I try to always try to optimize the image durability and details.
My style is neotraditional, although not so typical - sometimes it approaches realism (most often neorealism). I frequently visit different studios and I like to participate in tattoo conventions.
I'm always open to looking for inspiration and learning from other tattoo artists."
Please communicate with Monika in English or Lithuanian.
Instagram: @monikabooo
Cesar Pimenta
Cesar Pimenta is a dark neotraditional artist touring Europe and he regularly visits Hertsika's Leima.
Cesar Pimenta's field is neotraditional pictures, with wolves, dragons, skulls, goats and elements of nature roaming in the dark imagery, combined with a dominating black and shockingly bright effect color.
Cesari is based in Rome, but he actively tours around Europe. In Hertsikan Leima, Cesar visits several times a year.
Please communicate with Cesar in English, Italian, Portuguese or Spanish.
Instagram: @cesar666pimenta
Junky
Master in Blackwork style, Junky, is especially good at dark themes and a style that imitates wood carving and etching. He visits Hertsikan Leima often.
Italian Junky tattooes in Bologna, Italy.
“Born in 1989. Having been in the tattoo industry for nine years, I grew up at the Respect Tattoo studio, which was opened by the old master Rosso in 1997. I have participated in several tattoo fairs in Italy and Malta.
I opened my tattoo studio in 2018 in Bologna. I have collaborated with numerous artists. I have gained a huge amount of professional and life experience from them, which I keep in my mind with joy. I am a familiar visitor to Sardinia, Helsinki and Ireland, and always ready for new trips. Closest to my heart is blackwork, wood carving and etching style and dark aesthetics.
I love manga. I grew up with the works of Berserk, Junji Ito, Dorohedoro and Go Nagai. I try to combine my eternal love of Gustave Doré, William Turner, esotericism, old fantasy books and gothic imagery into tattoos that exorcise darkness on the surface of the skin. I like drawing monsters, scales, rocks and demons, with dotted lines and deep black.”
Please communicate with Junky in English or Italian.
Instagram: @giancarlo_junky_sitta
Cata
A professional in color realism, Cata, who works at Der Grimm, regularly visits Helsinki.
Cata (Tattoos By Cata) is one of the permanent artists of Der Grimm Tattoo studio in Berlin. In addition to Germany, Cata is already a familiar face in Helsinki, and also visits various studios around Europe.
Cata is skilled at nuanced color and photorealism, where strong shadows are combined with bright, almost shimmering color surfaces. Picture themes include nature, animal kingdom, fantasy, and various human and animal portraits.
Please communicate with Cata in English or Spanish.
Instagram: @tattoosbycata
Vasilij Torgashev
Lithuanian Vasilij's tattoos are somewhere between graphic and neotraditional styles. The artist, known for his colorful and almost cartoonish style, has established himself in Helsinki.
Vasilij's comes from Lithuania, but he frequently visits different studios in Europe. Especially recently, Vasilij has been a familiar face in Helsinki as well.
Vasilij's tattoo style emphasizes glowing bright, even and clear color surfaces. The themes of the tattoos combine traditional neotrad and graphics, as well as pop art, comics, anime and retro games. Vasilij's style is also full of playfulness and humor.
Please communicate with Vasilij in English, Lithuanian or Russian.
Instagram: @vasilijtorgashev
Catherina Gynt
Catherine Gynt is an Italian tattoo artist and has been visiting Helsinki since 2018.
Catherina Gynt tattoos in an ethereal blackwork fine line style. Beautiful, sensitive and emotional female figures, flowers and symmetrical elements are highlighted in her art.
Catherina "Cat" tattoos at her studio The Gynthouse Tattoo in Arezzo, Italy. Cat visits Hertsikan Leima a couple of times a year.
Please communicate with Cat in English or Italian.
Instagram: @the_gynt
Lu (Lovely Love)
Lu, or Lovely Love, is a neotraditional artist living in Poland, who has visited Helsinki several times in recent years.
Tattooing in Krakow, Poland, Lovely Love visits Helsinki regularly. In her works, neotraditional style, fantasy themes, mysticism, demonic women, nature elements and strong black combined with large and even color gradients come together.
Please communicate with Lu in English or Russian.
Instagram: @lovelylove.tattoo
Adrian Suez
Adrian Suez, a master of neotraditional and Japanese styling, works in Great Britain, but visits Hertsika's Leima regularly.
Adrian Suez's style mixes neo-traditional, Japanese tattoo style and cartoon art. Adrian feels that the words "wild, bold and colorful" best describe his tattoos. Adrian especially likes making portraits of people and animals using neotrad and Japanese imagery, but he also likes to do other subjects.
Adrian works mostly in London and Madrid, but visits all over Europe. He has already visited Helsinki several times.
Please communicate with Adrian in English or Spanish.
Instagram: @suez.tattoo
Uls (Dogma Noir)
Uls Metzger aka Dogma Noir is a Polish blackwork tattoo artist and illustrator. She regularly visits Hertsikan Leima.
Uls, who works at the Orfen tattoo studio in Krakow, is a familiar face in Helsinki.
Uls' tattoo style is fine line blackwork. According to Uls, she draws on dark aesthetics as well as Art Nouveau, folk art and macabre elements. Her inspiration comes from the art of folding in the 20th century and the clarity of woodcuts. In Uls' work, attention is often drawn to the empty space created by geometric and ornamental forms.
Please communicate with Uls in English or Polish.
Instagram: @dogmanoir
