Tag: russian

Interview with Lena Fedchenko on Botanical Tattoos

Lena Fedchenko, born in 1987 in Yartsevo, a small town in the far Western region of Russia, relocated to the suburbs of Moscow at the age of 17 and later to the city itself at the age of 22. She graduated from Dubna International University in 2010 with a Sociology degree. After working in the […]

Ilya Kuznetsov’s Stippling Tattoo Creations

Born in Russia in 1989, Ilya Kuznetsov worked at an Italian fabric store after earning a degree in costume design from Smolensk State University. A tattoo artist friend urged him to use his drawing skills in the tattoo industry as he barely made ends meet. Self-taught in this new discipline, Kuznetsov began taking tattooing more […]

367: The Kooky and Offbeat Tattoos of Victor Zabuga

To say Viktor Zabuga’s works are minimalist or simplistic is a total understatement. Chockful of short millennial musings, contemporary symbols, and clean linework, Zabuga’s works are the silent voice of the European youth subculture. The only thing remotely simple about the tattoos he does is the essence of each piece. These are the modern sentiments of […]