When I design a tattoo, I don’t only think about the tattoo itself. I also think about the body where the tattoo will be placed. Every part of the body is different. The shoulder is round, the waist becomes narrower, the hip creates a strong curve and the thigh has a long natural direction. There are also muscles, bones and natural shadows that change how we see a tattoo. This is what I mean by anatomy-led tattoo design. I normally start by looking at the body and the placement. Then I decide...

A few years ago I was designing tattoos in AutoCAD, treating every curve with the precision of an engineer. Today, Visit Brussels, the city's official tourism guide, has included me in their list of the best places to get inked in Brussels. It's a strange and wonderful full-circle moment, and I wanted to share it here. From engineering to fine line I started tattooing in 2018, alongside a career in engineering that began a few years earlier. What began as applying technical precision to...

For a long time, tattoos have primarily been viewed through the meaning they carry. A memory, a person, a chapter of life, an intimate symbol. But today, another perspective is emerging: the idea of the tattoo as a true accessory for the body. A tattoo can tell a story, of course. But once it is created, it also becomes a visual element that we wear every day, often for the rest of our lives. It is precisely this permanence that changes the way we should think about it. We choose a piece of...