My Dear Friends of Inked Yeah at first I was afraid to do like my forearms you know I I wanted to keep her in a way just to dress and you know keep it clean but then uh you know it just happened here I went for it and yeah and I don’t regret it you know my name is Pedro Pedro maruti and I was born and raised in Mexico City I’ve been.
Living in Brooklyn since year 2000 and that’s where I called my home I live in Mexico City to the age of 16 then um decide to you know to move and come to New York City I I was very influenced by one of my cousins that you know he was living in San Francisco and when he came back home you know it was heavily tattooed and.
Then you know the the way you know the dress and stuff like you know I guess you know that’s that’s what it came from and then you know when I started painting also you know like it kind of kind of goes hand in hand you know with the you know like an artistic way when I was 16 years old that’s when I come my first tattoo on started drawing.
My my leg and you know kind of wanted to you know get a get a tattoo you know wanted to see what a sensation would have felt like or grab a needle or Inked and I started on my last name my leg you probably won’t see it but uh the initial you know fade away but yeah I didn’t did it myself you get any trouble.
Oh yeah over there yeah so you know my father was very strict and you know I was living on my own so pretty much I could do whatever I wanted but it’s you know that’s always something you know I I guess the the way that I was raised you know like uh from you know it’s a form of respect and you know.
What was your next tattoo I was like 22 years old and it’s something that I always wanted to get and you know the clown faces with a saying this Mana cry later some have you know for some reason I was wanted to get that but you know it took longer you know it took longer than you know I think uh you know it was.
Worth the wait you know at least you know I’m gonna get a nice piece you know nothing that I will regret then although um you know I gotta same Saint Jude you know um I’m strong believer I got my faith on Saint Jude so that’s you know that’s why I want I want to I wanted to get it and yeah.
First I was afraid to do like my forearms you know I I wanted to keep her in a way just to dress and you know keep it clean but then uh you know it just happened here I went for it and you know and I don’t regret it you know like like you said you know I mean they got their own perspective of Art and oh they they said.
So you know so formal expression different type of art as well I always liked the style or black and gray my backgrounds Mexican Ram it’s a cartoon and you know so yeah it has like a lot of impact on culture we do the the research because you know then it’s gonna be you know people curious about it and you.
Know it’s more like um you know get to get to study more The Depths the roots of the culture you know like um let’s just say the the leg is meshika so on on this project it’s uh you know doing like deep research like pieces from from museums and yeah you can get to know more you know the of the culture.
And also everything it’s a you know plan the back piece is who did that how did that come along the audience is Snappy Palma from JP Ang Studios and uh well it’s a never-ending piece always add in you know always financing the peace uh spending on the words for like.
18 months pretty much I mean I I love it you know like I see the you know process and and the product final product and it’s coming along yeah I would say some people would not understand the process Within you know having a a place like that you know I guess you know not not everyone would see it the same.
Way but me you know like it feels good you know when people see it in you know and and they they see that so something you know that’s no very useful I would say that you know the understanding of the work I showed to to my father and you know he understand the you know it’s also something something.
Meaningful in a way that represents like background or ancestry the culture and uh well you know he said he liked him he actually liked it and you know for what it represents and then you see the the type of work and yeah he ended up liking it I didn’t need a time that acceptance for from my father let’s just say you know.
Because you know I mean sometimes it’s uh you know tattoos the world tattoo of people what’s associated with things you know like criminals and stuff like that you know probably they they have that whole perspective you know but uh as as he he saw that.
That I have something there actually means and you know represents the cultures now you know it’s nothing bad you know I I lived through the whole process of the the back piece then extended to the back of the head and and decide and people will look at you in a different way you know I mean due to my my work I.
Do the hiding finishes so I have to deal with though you know I could take designers and stuff so you know they they might not see you so good but then at the end of the day I guess they they understand the another form of art you know they they see art and and their perspective but then when they see it I mean yeah it changes I mean it’s not.
Like they look at it you know on a bad way in it you know like and sometimes they they even ask you know they see they see the work and you know they like it I’ve been collecting from I mean I would say friends also you know because eventually it’s not as an artist but then so many hours and I call it therapy.
You know like like going to swing and you talk to them for hours you’re sitting there for you know four hours you know I just wanted to be part of uh you know something that that it was it was in the works you know and well it’s hard so right now you know um like I said we get to go to conventions and I’m like the walking.
Campus so yeah it’s it’s fun you know I’m you know I’m happy you know the way the you know the back piece is coming along you know it isn’t it’s my my leg or full sleep coming along you know I mean pretty much yeah man I’m good with a man.
I’m good with a man so far and that’s something that that I always want you know like a one in and then every every piece you know we see the placement the composition and no I don’t require any of my tattoos at all
Pedro was only 16 when he left his home in Mexico City behind and made the trek to New York City. It was there that he not only found a new home for himself, but where he also was inked for the first time. As he’s built his collection he’s created a bridge between himself and the culture he left behind, thoroughly researching all of his work, creating a deep spiritual connection with his tattoos.
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