Jack Peppiette - Artist, Apprentice Tattooist

Jack grew up just down the road from me, he was a few years younger than me but was good friends with my younger brother, they used to spend hours drawing all sorts of horrible evil torturous monsters that I'm sure would give any child psychiatrist a seizure. When he was about 12 his family moved to America and we never really heard from them again.

Jack being all arty with an arty hat and badass tattoos.

Untill one day I went into the tattoo studio where I had got some work done before to book myself a birthday tattoo, the guy behind the counter was skinny and bearded with similar hair to me, but he was covered in totally awesome tattoos. I have a very particular taste in tattoos, normal, unimaginative tattoos really nauseate me so when I saw this guy I was like, NICE. After I booked a session he just said '....Jamie?' I had literally no idea who this dude was so I apologized and asked if I should know him and he just said 'Jack'. Instantly I saw the little boy who used to run about with my wee brother and steal my guitar without asking in this grown mans face. 

traditional style mandala

Anyway, Jack and I talked for a while and I told him I had been doing video stuff and he was very interested to have a big part project he was planning filmed. He was going to make a massive Mandala, which is a Indian type of circular, repeating pattern. But he was going to do it in a Modern Traditionalist' tattooing style. 

Jacks Modern Traditionalist Mandala

Unfortunately Jack made a mistake near the end of filming so he has to get the project back up to the same point again before we can finish filming. Hopefully it will be soon! check jacks website here

http://jackpeppiette.blogspot.fr/