Breaking the rules- Mike Devries

You are remembered for the rules you break. On today's post I'll be talking about Mike Devries, a tattoo artist known for his colour realism works. Currently one of the world's top tattoo artist, Mike Devries started tattooing professionally in 2003. What is so special about his method of tattooing is that he does not outline the tattoo he is working on. Most artists outline their tattoo works before putting in the colours or shadings, for Mike Devries he go straight to the colours. This generated many criticism from other artists in the trade, they argued that tattoo without outline would not last. Mike Devries strongly believes that using contrasting colours for the subject it creates an invisible outline and also makes his subject more realistic. After proving himself to the trade by winning 130 awards for his work, people starts to acknowledge his style of tattooing. He tattooed many famous people and Slyvester Stallone is one of them. Sometimes breaking the rules is not that bad.